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Show remorse having sent off one right winger (5)

Ross

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egret

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'winger' is the definition.
(type of bird)

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(Other definitions for egret that I've seen before include "young bird" , "Greet (anag) -- wading bird" , "Seabird" , "Water-bird, has plume" , "White wading bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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