Stringer appreciates second chance

Peter Stringer has revealed he went back to the drawing board in a brutal period of self-assessment that has revived his Ireland career.

The veteran Munster scrum-half admits his “whole world was rocked” when he was dropped during the 2007 World Cup, an errant pass against Georgia earning an ear-bashing from captain Brian O’Driscoll and the axe from then coach Eddie O’Sullivan.