Steyn out to end season on a high

AS Jonathan Sexton embarks on an international career he hopes will be paved with gold, he might look for inspiration from someone of similar age from the southern hemisphere, a young man he will get to know very soon.

Today’s sporting headlines are all about the elevation of Sexton ahead of Ronan O’Gara to the Irish team for Saturday’s clash with world champions South Africa at Croke Park, a selection that provides for a mouth watering confrontation with Morne Steyn.

The two square up at Croke Park on Saturday and Steyn is in no doubt Sexton will want to explode, like he himself did five months ago, into the big-time arena.