'He sees stuff other lads don't, so he's still in there in the mornings helping us out in meetings and he's there for us to pick his brain. He’s a big game player and he's a good person to ask about what it takes to win.'
DESPITE BEING MARKED absent with an injury that has more than likely brought his club career to an end, Garry Ringrose has revealed that Johnny Sexton continues to exert a strong influence behind the scenes at Leinster.
“He was speaking earlier on in the week. He’s in on our backs meetings and surprisingly he’d still be humble enough to maybe not speak sometimes because he’d maybe feel it’s not his place, but we’d always ask if there’s anything he’s seen that we’re missing. Usually there is with how he reads the game and what he sees,” Ringrose explained at a pre-match press conference held at the Aviva yesterday.
The New Zealander’s most recent outing for Leinster was a United Rugby Championship encounter against Ospreys in Swansea on 7 January and even though he has missed out on a spate of games with a hamstring problem, the Gisborne native has regained full fitness in a timely fashion.Tom Maher / INPHO Ringrose with Robbie Henshaw. Tom Maher / INPHO / INPHO
“He has been itching to get back and he’s a big game player. He has a ton of experience. From when he found out he was going to be playing, the energy and excitement he was bringing, you could notice it. From my perspective, it didn’t change anything.
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