Well-rested Sexton was ‘mad keen’ to join touring party

Ireland out-half Jonathan Sexton said he is feeling very fresh despite a hectic first season in France and always intended to travel to Argentina for the two-match series.

He only had a very short break after the Lions tour to Australia before embarking on his career with Racing Metro 92 but the 28-year old says he is as fresh as he ever was.

“I was mad keen to come. I had a brief conversation with Joe [Schmidt] about how I was feeling. Since Christmas I had a week off before the Six Nations because we had a week off before our Heineken Cup campaign was over so I got away then. I was injured for one game during the Six Nations so I had a week off then and I had two weeks off after the Six Nations, so I had, like, loads of time off, loads of holidays.