Garry Ringrose gets absolutely appalling abuse for his role in Scarlets red card

38 minutes into Leinster's Guinness PRO12 semi-final against Scarlets, Garry Ringrose was dumped head-first towards the RDS turf.

The Leinster centre was his side's brightest spark in a dour first half performance that saw them trail 21-10 at the break. Ringrose scored Leinster's only try and was pressing for a second when he was stopped in his tracks by Scarlets winger Steff Evans. As he attempted to wrench free, prop Samson Lee joined in on the tackle. Ringrose was tipped back towards the turf and the tackle looked bad on the replays as he got treatment on the pitch. The match officials took their time and watched eight or nine replays before a decision was made - red card for Evans. Whilst the home crowd approved of the decision, Ringrose was copping some flak on social media. Many fans of a Welsh persuasion felt the 22-year-old exaggerated the incident and needlessly stayed down for treatment. We will not display the unsavory comments out there - and there are quite a few - but this is a taste of the criticism Ringrose has received: https://twitter.com/OJLloyd/status/865652149845336064 https://twitter.com/dylanjamespugh/status/865653047766077442 https://twitter.com/marc_b15/status/865652772498059264 https://twitter.com/ffionmthomas/status/865653010436718592 https://twitter.com/Dociest/status/865652909144285185 Luckily for Leinster, Ringrose was fit to play on.