Johnny Sexton angry at 'stigma of concussion'

Jonathan Sexton has addressed the confusion over his head injury assessment (HIA) last month while again highlighting his frustration at the “stigma of concussion” that has attached itself to his career.

The Leinster out-half underwent the assessment at the Aviva Stadium last month after attempting a tackle on Matt Kvesic of the Exeter Chiefs just two minutes into the sides’ Champions Cup pool game.

Head coach Leo Cullen revealed afterwards that the player had failed his HIA and thus did not return to the game. This was contradicted on TV later that evening when Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt claimed his No. 10 had passed the test when speaking at the RTE Sports Awards of the year.