Johnny Sexton

Since taking over as Ireland's head coach, Andy Farrell has tried Joey Carbery, Ross Byrne, Harry Byrne, Jack Carty, Billy Burns and Jack Crowley as back up out ...

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JOHNNY SEXTON said he has never been more nervous before a game than he was ahead of today's clash in Cardiff.

"So we need to keep building and we need to sort out that third quarter. I said I just needed to see a physio and get a quad strapped. For lots of reasons, but the main one was I'd forgotten what it was like to build up," he said. "It's the beauty of this competition, there's no easy games. I had a dead-leg, wanted to get it strapped up but he said I needed to come off for a HIA. I tested it out as well."

Ireland's evergreen captain still has plenty left in the tank as he becomes the oldest player ever to play in Six Nations.

Thorn would go on to play his last first-class match, with Leicester Tigers, at the close of the 2014-15 season at 40 years and 109 days old. Remarkably, this made Thorn the most decorated player in the world at the time, the first player to win a World Cup, a Super Rugby title and the Heineken Cup. There were 59 caps in the second-row for the All Blacks and his arrival at Leinster on a three-month short-term contract during a break in the Japan League, in March 2012, would have a profound impact. His last Six Nations game as captain against Wales at the Principality Stadium in March 2019, aged 36 years, seven months and two days. Two further Italians, out-half Diego Dominguez who played his last match at 36 years and 303 days, and second-row/No 8 Alessandro Zanni, who finished at 36 years and 22 days also feature at the top of the Six Nations ‘oldies’ list. The Sicilian-born prop was, something of an enforcer and his last appearances at 36 years and 313 days, came in the 2013 Six Nations was against Ireland.

Ireland skipper Johnny Sexton has admitted he was the 'most nervous he ever has been before a game', while Warren Gatland says he isn't disappointed despite ...

Asked if he had the time to do so before travelling to Murrayfield, Gatland said: "I think so. At the same time there's plenty to do, to fix and get better. "I trained hard, made some mistakes in training but you want to train well and then hopefully you get a few less on Saturday. "It's all down to next week [vs France in Dublin]. Skipper Sexton landed all five of his kicks at goal, and admitted Saturday's championship opener was the most nervous he had ever been prior to a match. "We'll get through it and see how we are next week.

HE LEFT WITH a dead leg and having to undergo a HIA, but Johnny Sexton is back up and running. It was a barren period for the Ireland captain in terms of ...

“It’s what you want, you want the ref to be strict. “I had a dead leg, wanted to get it strapped up but he said I needed to come off for a HIA. I said I just needed to see a physio and get a quad strapped. “We just did the opposite. “Really happy with how we started,” said the Leinster man. We’re still in the hunt, which is brilliant. With [Laya Healthcare](https://www.layahealthcare.ie/), official health and wellbeing partner to Leinster, Munster and Connacht Rugby. “I trained hard, made some mistakes in training but you want to train well and then hopefully you get a few less on Saturday. He has had to wear a face mask in training in recent weeks as he recovered from the latter. Happily, he was able to reflect on a I felt good, was confident and I got a good whack in the first-half and it was OK. A calf injury last autumn was followed by a facial injury on his return for Leinster on New Year’s Day.

Johnny Sexton believes the nature of Ireland's 34-10 win against Wales shows how far they've developed in recent seasons under Andy Farrell.

We can't let that be the first 20 minutes next week, we need to be more consistent through the game." "We held out, and all the messages were: 'we just need to win the next moment'. For lots of reasons, but the main one was I'd forgotten what it was like to build up. We need to keep building, and sort out that third quarter. Test match rugby is difficult, teams will have a purple patch, and the lads did really well to bounce back and get that all important fourth try," he added. "You got a reaction [from Wales] at half-time, but we didn't help ourselves.

Ireland were red hot against Wales in the opening round of the Guinness Six Nations, more or less putting the game to bed before half time at the ...

Owen Williams (Ospreys – 3 caps) Rhys Webb (Ospreys – 36 caps) Scott Baldwin (Ospreys – 34 caps) Justin Tipuric (Ospreys – 89 caps) Jac Morgan (Ospreys – 6 caps) Adam Beard (Ospreys – 41 caps) Tomas Francis (Ospreys – 67 caps) Gareth Thomas (Ospreys – 17 caps) George North (Ospreys – 109 caps) Pity Sexton felt the need to push for the yellow, especially given the score line. But new footage has shown that Sexton knew what he was doing, as he pulled off a crafty wink to his bench after Williams was sent off. It was only a yellow card because Williams was passive in the tackle.