Jonny Sexton
98 results

Andy Friend: 'We know if we run straight into them we will probably lose that battle’
- European Cup
- November 16, 2019, 06:00
The forecast for Galway on Sunday afternoon is dry and sunny but on Wednesday afternoon, as the Connacht squad returned to the dressing-room following(...)

Vanilla words of Ireland’s Call an unlikely antidote to bitter divide
- Sport
- October 19, 2019, 01:00
On Syokaun-Dori Avenue, about a half-hour train ride away from Tokyo Stadium where Johnny Sexton, on Friday, went through the captain’s run under heav(...)

Matt Williams: Warm-ups vital for Ireland to recover form and confidence
- Rugby
- August 10, 2019, 05:00
In what had been a titanic 2003 RWC semi-final, time was running out for New Zealand and Australia were seconds away from winning through to the World(...)

Matt Williams: Leinster and Munster is a battle of pride after European heartbreak
- Pro14
- May 17, 2019, 06:00
I am amazed that some in rugby consider the 2018-19 season a failure for Irish club rugby. All four provinces reached the quarter-finals of the Heine(...)

Matt Williams: Irish teams must follow golden rules of knock-out rugby
- European Cup
- March 29, 2019, 05:30
With four exciting matches featuring the form club teams in Europe, the Champions Cup quarter-finals weekend is my favourite in the club rugby season.(...)

Matt Williams: Scotland will test the mental strength of a wounded team
- International
- February 9, 2019, 07:00
Being ambushed in rugby has never been a pleasant experience. Being ambushed in your own backyard is downright humiliating. If we cast our minds back(...)

Sense of destiny was there from the minute Irish crowd challenged the haka
- International
- November 17, 2018
Thirty-five minutes in, Ireland deep in the New Zealand 22 and Kieran Read is genuflecting on one knee as a medic tests his shoulder and arm. The big (...)

Matt Williams: Pack can ensure Irish victory but don’t underestimate Scotland
- International
- March 10, 2018, 07:00
There are many eternal truths in rugby. The first is that ‘forwards win matches, backs decide by how much’. While Jonny Sexton’s Parisian drop goal (...)

Matt Williams: Gendarme was right – Ireland stole win in Paris
- International
- February 10, 2018, 08:00
While many Irish supporters were wearily making their way back from France to Ireland, I was doing the opposite. Dublin to Barcelona, then a drive bac(...)

Kerry get their teenage kicks in Castlebar
- Gaelic Football
- February 3, 2018, 21:02
Kerry 1-15 Mayo 2-9 Sometimes it’s good to stir the hornets net. Kerry’s youngsters came to Castlebar, shot the lights out, bullied venerable Mayo na(...)