Ringrose and rugby still getting to grips with tackle interpretations

High contact and low bases - it's a complicated area in a complicated sport.

Ireland’s Garry Ringrose and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu of South Africa clash off the ball. Pic: ©INPHO/Gary Carr

There aren’t many players in modern rugby with a better grasp than Garry Ringrose as to just how thin the line is between a perfectly-pitched tackle and a whole heap of trouble.

The Leinster, Ireland and British and Irish Lions centre has made an art of shooting from the defensive line and isolating ball carriers behind the gain line, the delivery of his forceful hits allying with his speed of movement to put an attack firmly on the back foot.