Mike Ross pledges no repeat of Bath scrum collapse

Spare a thought for Mike Ross’ nearest and dearest these days.

It’s three weeks since the 35-year old tighthead was part of a Leinster scrum destroyed by Bath at The Rec. Of the 19 points Leo Cullen’s side conceded that day, all bar three stemmed directly from their woes at the setpiece.

Ross was rested a week later as Tadhg Furlong and Marty Moore featured against Ulster at the RDS and he had already been handed another weekend off even before Storm Desmond put paid to the province’s game against Glasgow at Scotstoun. That’s a long time for a man like Ross to sit on his frustrations. Few deconstruct scrums to the extent he does and he admits he probably hasn’t been at his most amiable since that last disastrous outing.