Ireland Wolves look set to end their self-imposed two-year exile with eight matches against Nepal in March.

The lack of an A-team programme has been one of the glaring failures of recent times, and it's been one that has cost them dearly.

Players have been thrown in at the deep end from interprovincial to the senior ranks without any 'halfway house' and while a few have flourished, many have qute naturally struggled.

The initial indications were that it was to a senior tour, but it's believed now to be eight white-ball games, a mix of 50-overs and T20's between the respective nations second strings.