THE one key man Wales must close down on Friday night is Johnny Sexton. It will be his 100th Test match and he has turned into a real talisman for the Irish.
Where once there was concern that there might not be a ready made successor to fill the boots of David Humphreys and then Ronan O’Gara, Sexton, right, stepped in, stepped up and went beyond. Now the worry is who will take over the No.10 shirt from him.
You saw the competitive streak in him last weekend when he was replaced in the second half in Paris. ‘What? Me? What are you thinking?’ was written all over his face....