Saints trying to lift the spirits of Todaro as he's handed two-week ban
Saints boss Phil Dowson says Edoardo Todaro was 'very down' after being shown a 20-minute red card in the second minute at Ashton Gate last Saturday.
And Saints have been working to lift the spirts of the talented back, who was handed a two-week ban on Wednesday afternoon.
Todaro, who was punished for taking Bristol Bears fly-half Sam Worsley out in the air, will now miss the opening two Investec Champions Cup matches, at Section Paloise on Sunday and at home to Vodacom Bulls on the following weekend.
He will be available to return for the Gallagher PREM home game against Sale Sharks on Saturday, December 20.
And Dowson is keen for the 19-year-old not to dwell too much on what happened in the early stages of last weekend's 46-12 defeat at Bristol Bears, while also hoping he learns from the incident.
Todaro made his Italy debut last month, coming off the bench in the game against Chile, but just six days later he saw red on his return to Saints.
"Edo was looking forward to playing," Dowson said.
"He was away, he enjoyed camp but he didn't play a huge amount. He probably got seven minutes in his first cap but he said he didn't touch the ball very much so he was excited about playing.
"He makes a mistake, no malice but he gets a deserved red card and he was very down because what happened after that was very, very poor (as Saints lost badly) and he'll feel responsible, but it's just one of those things that happens.
"We've tried to pick him up, we've tried to make sure he has a short memory on some of that stuff but a long memory on what got him into that position."