Sexton ‘mad keen’ to make Ireland return

Jonathan Sexton leaves the field with a head injury in December’s game against Australia. He will miss the start of the Six Nations campaign.

With just over a month to go until the start of the 2015 RBS Six Nations, Ireland out-half Jonathan Sexton has spoken for the first time about the concussion injury that has kept him sidelined since November’s memorable Guinness Series victory over Australia.

The Racing Metro star was a guest on Newstalk’s Off The Ball programme last night (which featured his former team-mate Brian O’Driscoll alongside Ger Gilroy in the presenter’s chair), and now that he is halfway through his projected 12-week rehabilitation period, he is beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel.