The 34-year-old Edinburgh forward’s Test career appeared to be over after he was not selected for a single squad last year.

Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby expects Sam Prendergast and Jack Crowley to be long-term rivals for the team’s number 10 jersey but insists the former is the “right man” to start against England.

A man has been jailed for six years after burgling two properties armed with a baseball bat and a firearm in Winchester and Ryde.