Contrite Jack McGrath apologises for Rory Best stamp

Jack McGrath has apologised to Rory Best for a stamp which earned him a three-week ban earlier this month.

The Leinster loosehead, who missed the Rugby Champions Cup ties against Castres and Wasps through suspension, admitted the incident was a painful lesson.

“I gave him a buzz just to apologise,” McGrath said yesterday. “There was no malice behind it. I felt he was near the ball and I felt that by rucking on him a few times he might move away from the ball.