It’s a girl for Irish rugby star Tommy Bowe and his wife Lucy

Irish rugby ace Thomas John "Tommy" Bowe has become a father for the first time, after his wife Lucy Whitehouse gave birth to a baby girl.

The new addition arrived on Sunday, with the proud daddy (33) taking to Instagram to share the first snaps of his baby daughter and reveal her name... "Little Emma Bowe arrived yesterday morning." he wrote. "We are so in love."

A post shared by Tommy Bowe (@tommybowe) on Apr 3, 2017 at 11:14am PDT

The Belfast-based couple, who married two years ago, prefer to keep their personal life out of the media spotlight and had kept the pregnancy quiet.