JOHNNYSexton had a ready-made excuse for giving the Rugby Union Writers’ Club annual dinner in London a miss.
The knee damage that put him out of Leinster’s Champions’ Cup tie against Toulouse 48 hours earlier as well as today’s at Wasps would have been a plausible enough reason for staying put in Dublin.
What’s another award bash when you’ve just been to one in Lyon to collect the ultimate accolade as World Player of the Year?
Sexton, always a man to go the extra mile, kept his word and turned up with his wife, Laura, to receive the Pat Marshall Trophy a...