Sexton: It’s just about biting your tongue sometimes

Jonathan Sexton and Leo Cullen were deep into the third quarter of yesterday’s pre-match press conference when the conversation spooled back 12 months to Leinster’s Guinness PRO12 semi-final loss to Scarlets.

It was put to both of them that the defeat was among the most aggravating either had suffered in their respective careers: That it had even outranked the Champions Cup last four loss to Clermont Auvergne a few weeks earlier.

“There’s lots of results that have pissed me off,” Sexton deadpanned.