Garry Ringrose the wingman for all occasions

A year ago yesterday Garry Ringrose scored a brace of tries off the wing for Leinster.

A first-half replacement for Jordan Larmour against the Sharks in a URC clash at the RDS, the Ireland centre soon had two tries to his name.

In fact, his first four starts for Leinster came on the wing, back in the 2015-16 season.

And just last week in the Rugby World Cup Pool B win over Scotland, he was forced to the flank after Mack Hansen went off for a head injury assessment after 22 minutes.

Hansen's replacement Stuart McCloskey moved into the centre with the Leinster man finding himself on the edge.

The Australian has been named to start against New Zealand tomorrow evening but sat out training early this week as he works off a calf injury.

Andy Farrell is already without the services of Robbie Henshaw and Keith Earls (both hamstring) and utility back Jimmy O’Brien was named on the bench.

It won’t take an unimaginable series of events for Ringrose to find himself out wide at the Stade de France again but the 28-year-old (below) is confident that the work has been done that means any potential move will be as smooth as possible.

"It certainly wasn't easy, there was once or twice I was roaring to Mack on the sideline because I forgot one of the roles that the winger was supposed to be doing," said Ringrose when asked about his appearance on the wing against the Scots.

"We are challenged, as backs, to be across everything, detail-wise.

"When you have Stu [McCloskey] stepping in, myself going to the wing, Jamison [Gibson-Park] going to the wing, it's part of the challenge.

"[We run in other positions] frequently enough in training

"Very often some guys might be managing load-wise so we’d be encouraged to test out different positions and be