Sexton: No bad blood in showdown with O’Gara

JONATHAN SEXTON insists there is no ill-feeling between himself and Ronan O’Gara as the battle for the out-half position on the Irish team intensifies ahead of the November internationals.

A photograph taken after Gordon D’Arcy’s try confirmed Leinster’s defeat of Munster in the Heinken Cup semi-final last May, captured Sexton making sure that a fallen O’Gara knew all about his rapture.

With Sexton providing genuine competition for the green No.10 jersey it would be easy to suggest that there might be some tension between the competitors but it seems nothing could be further from the truth.