Sexton: We must give it 80 minutes

Jonathan Sexton trotted out for training at the RDS yesterday sporting a nasty looking gash down the left side of his neck.

Whether it was a souvenir of Leinster’s win in Ravenhill last Friday or his part in the pitch invasion that greeted St Mary’s defeat of Young Munster to win the Ulster Bank League at Templeville Road the following day is another matter.

That latter success was assured thanks to the intervention of his brother Mark, whose postponement of a hip operation allowed him take the field as a replacement and score two tries in the 23-19 win.