Ruddock wary of ‘dangerous animal’ with Biggar heart

If it’s Ireland-Wales in the Six Nations then chances are Rhys Ruddock will be nudged in front of the media at some point or other in the week leading up to it — the Leinster back row’s current absence through injury didn’t change that yesterday.

With the rehab from his Grade 3 hamstring injury ahead of schedule — he should be available for Leinster’s Champions Cup quarter-final crack at Saracens come April — the 27-year Irish international could spare the time to launch the Tackle Your Feelings app and chew the fat.

His backstory is well-known: Dublin-born but Welsh-raised to Irish mum Bernadette and dad Mike, who coached his native Wales to a Grand Slam. Goes without saying, then, that he appreciates the threat this week having learned so much of his rugby across the Irish Sea.