Ringrose had no doubts after return from concussion

Four weeks on from suffering a frightening head injury against Scotland in the Six Nations, it would have been understandable to expect that Garry Ringrose would need a bit of time to settle himself back into the cut and thrust of the game.

The reality was that he needed little more than a minute.

From the moment he sent Dan Kelly sideways with a dummy and galloped in to score a try after just 73 seconds of Friday night's 55-24 win against the Leicester Tigers, the 28-year-old was the best player on the pitch, adding another try, and setting up the third when the game was still there to be won or lost.

The fluidity of his attack was probably never in doubt though. For a centre who has built a reputation for being a hard-hitting and aggressive defender, it was going to be interesting to see if his early tackling had the same levels of grunt after what had happened at Murrayfield.

But shortly after scoring that first try, he found himself in a similar situation to the incident that left him knocked out in Edinburgh, tracking across to his right to try tackle player on the move, before cutting through Mike Brown like a torpedo.

And Ringrose says there was never a hint of trepidation on his part about whether or not he was ready to return.

"I don't think Leinster or Ireland or anyone would put you back out if there was any doubt," he said.

"I was back training that Wednesday in a non-contact capacity and then working with Sean O'Brien, gradually reintroducing contact and hitting him a few times, so it was a good way to get the confidence back, if you can manage him then it's alright coming to playing in the games.

"I was probably close to being available for Ulster but speaking to independent specialists and Leinster as well, I