Garry Ringrose says Ireland's players are determined to right a few wrongs during the Six Nations after their disappointing Rugby World Cup exit.
Ireland begin a new era under head coach Andy Farrell when they face Scotland in Dublin on 1 February.
They hammered the Scots 27-3 when they last met in their World Cup pool opener in Yokohama, but it proved to be a false dawn as Ireland lost to hosts Japan before again crashing out at the quarter-finals stage.
"It’s never nice finishing with a sour taste when you put on the Irish jersey," Ringrose told RTÉ Sport in an interview to be broadcast on 2fm's Game On from 6pm today.
"Everyone in the group will be excited and motivated to try and right a wrong or two.
"There are a lot of things I would have done differently [in Japan] on a personal level, in terms of balancing the time analysing opposition and analysing ourselves in training better.
"You sit down with Robbie (Henshaw) or other centres and players and pick their brains, see what they think. I wish I did more of that.
"Would I have picked up one or two more things that would have ultimately benefited the team? Could I have asked one more question here?"
Ringrose was named in Farrell’s maiden Ireland squad, which met up in Abbotstown for a ’24-hour mid-season stocktake’ before Christmas.
"It wasn’t overly different in the sense that the whole group would be quite familiar with Faz. Everyone gets on very well with him," said Ringrose, who was speaking at PWC's four-year sponsorship extension deal with the IRFU.
"There was excitement – we were only in there a short time so there wasn’t a massive amount of detail thrown at us. It was more just trying to rebuild cohesion a bit and get everyone on a similar page."
Before shifting focus towards Ireland, Ringrose has a crucial game with Leinster on Saturday. They travel to Benetton in their final Champions Cup pool game seeking a win that would see them progress into the quarter-finals as top seeds.
Leinster have won all 15 matches this season, despite regularly rotating their squad. Connacht coach Andy Friend has called for Leinster's fringe players to be moved around to other provinces but Ringrose says the competition for places is the reason behind their winning run.
"We’ve played 15 games this season and done pretty well, but it’s not the same 23 guys going out each week," he said.
"Whenever a guy gets their opportunity they’re grabbing it with two hands. There’s no complacency within the group, which is all contributing to the success.
"I wouldn’t like to lose anyone who’s adding to that success at the moment."
