What Garry Ringrose learned at tackle school

Garry Ringrose is free to return to face Italy in Rome this Saturday having completed his reeducation

LESSONS LEARNED: Garry Ringrose said World Rugby were "happy with the work that was put in by myself and the coaches to try and right the wrong" of his red card tackle against Wales. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Garry Ringrose believes he has emerged from his red card against Wales and the tackle school that followed it much the wiser for the experience, not that it made watching the defeat to France last weekend any easier.

That Ringrose is free to return to face Italy in Rome this Saturday is still rankling with France fly-half Roman Ntamack. Both players received three-match bans, each time for a high hit on unfortunate Welshman Ben Thomas, yet Ringrose was allowed to use a Leinster match as part of his suspension whereas Ntamack was not permitted to include a Toulouse game in his ban and missed rounds two and three before returning against Ireland following his own tackle school.