Sexton: ‘I thought I had played my last game for Leinster’

LET’S rewind the tape back six weeks or so to The Stoop. Leinster’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Harlequins is still a few hours away.

Munster’s game against the Ospreys is on TV in one of the hospitality lounges.

Few who watched that game could fail to be captivated by the majesty of Munster’s performance, but Jonathan Sexton merely sat there, head down, fiddling idly with his mobile phone.