Ireland 'hard on themselves' after losses - Ringrose

Ireland centre Garry Ringrose says nan Six Nations winners person been "putting it each retired there" successful nan aftermath of Saturday's conclusion by South Africa.

The world champions beat Ireland 27-20 successful nan bid opener successful Pretoria and Andy Farrell's broadside play nan Springboks again connected Saturday successful Durban successful their last crippled of nan season.

"When it doesn’t activity retired a batch of guys are rather difficult connected themselves, truthful it’s astir being unfastened and honorable and transparent," said Ringrose.

"That’s what nan past fewer days person looked like.

"It's not being difficult aliases soft - it’s conscionable dealing pinch nan reality of nan game. What tin we do better? What looked bully and what we tin build on?"

Inevitably for a broadside classed number 2 successful nan world, this Ireland squad does not suffer very often, though suffered 2 cardinal defeats this play to New Zealand successful a World Cup quarter-final and successful nan Six Nations to England, a consequence that costs them back-to-back Grand Slams.

However, Ringrose says they are capable to grip nan losses successful a affirmative way.

"There’s nary egos successful nan group and, while we opportunity it’s a typical group and we each consciousness privileged to beryllium portion of it, we each want to do our champion and yet win.

"But that is simply a by-product of being focused and difficult moving and enjoying each other’s institution and Saturday is simply a immense opportunity to person nan chance to spell again."

While Saturday's Test brings a agelong twelvemonth to a conclusion for nan Ireland team, Ringrose feels "ready to go" having missing astir of nan 2nd half of nan season.

A enarthrosis wounded restricted him to conscionable 1 Six Nations quality arsenic a replacement and he only returned to Leinster for nan United Rugby Championship semi-final conclusion by nan Bulls.

He made an effect coming connected astatine half clip past week against nan world's undisputed number 1 classed broadside and is hopeful of much minutes connected Saturday.

"From my position I was injured a batch truthful I ne'er deliberation backmost connected nan agelong season, it's each astir nan week that’s successful it and giving it everything," Ringrose said.

"It (rugby) is simply a spot of a belief present truthful it’s cool being successful that environment."

South Africa will consciousness assured they tin complete a bid triumph complete Ireland connected Saturday.

While admitting it is not easy to find positives from defeat, Ringrose pointed to nan opportunities Ireland created, but did not take, successful nan first Test arsenic a plus.

"I deliberation location is different level successful really we tin play," he said.

"Credit to South Africa for really beardown they are successful defence and nan unit they put you under, and successful onslaught they person really bully variety.

"The affirmative for america I conjecture is having nan opportunity to spell again and knowing we tin beryllium better."