Sexton can be Kidney’s top fly-half, declares Contepomi

THERE were no insults and no fresh wounds opened yesterday as Felipe Contepomi assessed an Irish fly-half.

Rather than turning his ire on frequent sparring partner Ronan O'Gara, his nemesis from Munster, the Toulon star instead was given the opportunity to praise his former Leinster team-mate Jonathan Sexton, who has been given the nod by Ireland coach Declan Kidney to continue at out-half against the Pumas at the Aviva Stadium tomorrow afternoon.

“Since I left - and when I was at Leinster as well - I think he has developed really well,” Contepomi said of Sexton. “He's a great out-half and he's getting better and better with every game.