There are 11 changes to the Ireland side which started the 19-12 Pool A loss to Japan

As Johnny Sexton sat out Ireland’s first full training session of the week yesterday, the Ireland management has been wrestling with a familiar conundrum.

Imagine Johnny Sexton on a park bench doing sudoku, his son beside him and reading dad’s autobiography.

Accumulated profits at the management company owned by Ireland’s leading rugby star, Johnny Sexton, last year soared to €1.84m.

Leo Cullen vented his anger last week at what he perceived as suggestions in some media outlets that Jonathan Sexton had been ‘dropped’ for the semi-final win over Munster. He need not have bothered as Sexton’s selection for today’s decider was always going to refute such spin.

Ireland’s search for form has taken them from Dublin to Edinburgh, on to Rome and through to Belfast where they spent the last three days trying to rediscover their mojo ahead of tomorrow week’s Six Nations meeting with France at the Aviva Stadium.

Johnny Sexton has been typically forthright in speaking about Ireland's Six Nations campaign so far, saying his side "haven't been good enough yet".

Joe Schmidt has played down rival Eddie Jones’s jibe about Johnny Sexton’s “bat phone” to referees, claiming he would like one of his own ahead of the Guinness Six Nations opener against England.

‘The Sexton Series’ takes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Johnny from his playing career, to his mindset to life outside rugby.

Johnny Sexton has been backed to start against England in next month’s Six Nations opener – despite not playing a game this year.

To many of his team mates, Johnny Sexton has often been seen as a man who brings a Monday morning personality to a Saturday night game.

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The rugby international was chosen by an expert panel of judges, including several of the country's leading sports reporters.

Johnny Sexton will continue to play after next year's World Cup in Japan.

Jonathan Sexton has got a lot right in rugby but he couldn’t have been more wrong about Joe Schmidt.

A pair of rugby boots worn by world rugby player of the year Johnny Sexton has fetched €15,500 at auction.

A pair of rugby boots worn by Ireland star Johnny Sexton are being auctioned to raise funds for a seriously ill girl.

Johnny Sexton reflected on a landmark year for Ireland as he accepted the Guinness Rugby Writers Ireland Player of the Year award and did not waste too long stressing the importance of staying at the peak of the world game.

Johnny Sexton was crowned Guinness Rugby Writers’ Ireland Player of the Year for 2017/18 at Aviva Stadium last night as an unprecedented season of success for Irish rugby was celebrated at the annual Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Awards.

New Zealand are about to be knocked off another of their perches on Sunday night, for the second time in eight days.

Another accolade for the Leinster captain.

Johnny Sexton has admitted it would have been a “big ask” for Conor Murray to have faced the All Blacks this weekend and the Ireland scrum-half not playing was “the smart thing”.

Irene Feighan talks to Ireland and Leinster star Johnny Sexton about his health habits.

Johnny Sexton is adamant that the Irish Rugby team will still be successful after Joe Schmidt.

Leo Cullen admits that choosing a team for Saturday's clash with Munster has been complicated by the variety and complexity of demands on players at a time of year when Europe and November Test also come into view.

In an early-season landscape that leaves the Irish provinces without their frontline internationals, a lot of responsibility falls on overseas signings.

New Leinster captain, Johnny Sexton was compared to soccer legend, Lionel Messi this week and the star Irish No 10 displayed some nifty footwork off the pitch himself last year to increase profits at his company to almost €1.6m.

Michael Cheika may not have envied Joe Schmidt the task of telling Johnny Sexton he would be watching tomorrow’s kick-off at Suncorp Stadium from the bench but the man who made the call had no hesitation in handing Joey Carbery Ireland’s No. 10 jersey.

Johnny Sexton and Robbie Henshaw could return to the Leinster team for Saturday's Pro 14 final against the Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium.

Johnny Sexton looks set to miss Leinster's Pro 14 semi final against arch rivals Munster at the RDS tomorrow.

Stuart Lancaster has joined the public chorus of voices calling for Joey Carbery to stay at Leinster.

Stuart Lancaster has labeled Jonathan Sexton as the “complete” player and suggested the out-half could even emulate Tom Brady by excelling at the elite level beyond his 40th birthday.

Grand Slam hero Johnny Sexton is auctioning off the boots he wore when he scored the astounding drop goal against France to help a young girl pay for a life-changing surgery.

By learning from the best, the apprentice has become one of the best. Anyone who fears Leinster and Ireland talent Joey Carbery may get impatient waiting for Johnny Sexton to retire doesn’t appreciate the upside of operating in his shadow.

Jonathan Sexton and Leo Cullen were deep into the third quarter of yesterday’s pre-match press conference when the conversation spooled back 12 months to Leinster’s Guinness PRO12 semi-final loss to Scarlets.

Jonathan Sexton has been eager for a crack at Saracens for a while.

Johnny Sexton will be teeing the ball up at the Aviva Stadium this morning, working away with skills coach Richie Murphy on his day off to keep his kicking routine ticking over as the countdown to Twickenham continues.

Joe Schmidt may have thought long and hard about the make-up of Ireland’s second row for tomorrow’s Six Nations clash with Scotland but the inclusion of Johnny Sexton was never in doubt, whatever about the fly-half’s off-day with the boot last time out.

Ireland half-backs Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton have been warned they’re in Welsh crosshairs for Saturday’s pivotal Six Nations clash at Lansdowne Road.

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Well done, Johnny Sexton!

Ireland and Leinster star, Johnny Sexton, is coming in for some serious - and deserved - plaudits on social media.