Tommy Bowe: 'The opportunity arose to sling the ball out wide ... that would be better'
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As a wing in Joe Schmidt's rigidly-drilled, defence-minded Ireland team, Tommy Bowe does not enjoy the luxury of seeing the ball very often.
On the one occasion that they displayed some latitude against England, it was Robbie Henshaw, leaping over Alex Goode and somehow touching the ball down in the same motion, who took the glory for the winning try.
"I was folding around on the openside, hoping they were going to go left and, typical, Robbie turned up on the b----- right," Bowe says.
"He's getting all the ball these days.
It's killing me.
" At one level, Bowe should simply be gra…
On the one occasion that they displayed some latitude against England, it was Robbie Henshaw, leaping over Alex Goode and somehow touching the ball down in the same motion, who took the glory for the winning try.
"I was folding around on the openside, hoping they were going to go left and, typical, Robbie turned up on the b----- right," Bowe says.
"He's getting all the ball these days.
It's killing me.
" At one level, Bowe should simply be gra…