Sexton fully focused on final championship of his celebrated career

Ireland stalwart believes positive Six Nations will help Ireland bring fresh momentum into the World Cup

Referee abuse: ‘It’s mostly parents... They encroach on the pitch and think they’re right in every way’

Although he didn’t mention it in public, Sexton will also be acutely aware that Ireland host England in the final game at the Aviva Stadium on March 18th and haven’t clinched a title in Dublin since 1985. Ireland’s three Grand Slams have been sealed in Belfast , Cardiff and London . “I think it’s important, if you talk about 2019, to keep the momentum going, to prove that we can do something in the World Cup. We need to go and do something in the Six Nations as well.”

For the first time since Joey Carbery saw out the endgame in the 2016 win over the All Blacks in Chicago on his debut, he will not be part of an Irish squad barring injury.

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