Leinster centre Garry Ringrose has heaped praise on Felipe Contepomi's influence on the training field as the double winners begin their new campaign.

Ringrose joined Thursday's OTBAM ahead of the new season and speaking to Ger, he outlined how the new voice on the coaching staff is integrating himself into the environment. 

"Certainly the tail end of his time at Leinster -  he was a pretty influential character. I wouldn't have been over-analysing his game, I'd just have been a Leinster supporter in the stand. 

"But, he's someone who played so passionately and certainly with Argentina - the experience he has as an international player - helping us out coaching is phenomenal. 

"I suppose it still is early days but he's incredibly measured and intelligent - you can see he's a true out-half with proper rugby intellect.

"The message he's given us is a breadth of fresh air and a different perspective to what we would have had last year. It's great having his set of eyes adding to the group. 

"From what he's saying now he's become quite calculated and strategic so I don't know thinking back whether the stuff he did looked like it was 'off the cuff' might have been pre-planned and worked-out than out of instinct which led him to be as successful as he was. 

"It's interesting off the back of last year the way you'd look at any successful group to 'change before change is needed' is a quote I heard before and we've got to evolve because everyone else is going to get better.

"So we've to similarly try and improve as opposed to sitting back and thinking we've in any way completed or reached the perfect picture because we know we in some of the games last year - that's not the case."