Johnny Sexton on Conor Murray: 'It’s a mark of the character of a player, who in my eyes, has always been a class operator.'
JOHNNY SEXTON SAYS Ireland are determined to build on today’s stunning Six Nations win against France by pushing on and landing a first Grand Slam since 2018.
“I’ve seen Keith Earls practise those in training with pads. I don’t think I’ve ever seen James practise them but then lots of things comes naturally to him. I love playing with him because he’s a phenomenal player and the energy he brings.” Even though we won and got five points in the end, it still didn’t feel very comfortable. At the end, Dupont getting away, he’s a remarkable player. You have to alive to hold on to him, but look, we concentrated on last week for the two weeks in Portugal. “Then we concentrated on this week and we knew we had to be across it in terms of the Championship and now we have got to decompress, take a few days off and come back.
Sexton was forced off early in the second half after being involved in a number of heavy collisions, with his Leinster teammates Ross Byrne steering Ireland home in impressive fashion.“It was another impact and I couldn’t run it off. I was gutted to come off, I was enjoying it. It felt good.
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