Sexton: The decision is only as good as the outcome

Tries win finals. Most of them anyway.

It wasn’t the case just over a fortnight ago when five penalties were enough to pip Racing 92 to Champions Cup but it’s a maxim that holds true for the majority of games of serious import in the environs of elite rugby.

It’s why Sexton turned his nose up at a handful of, by his standards, attractive penalty kicks on goal on Saturday evening as the first-half of Leinster’s Guinness PRO14 decider with the Scarlets seeped into injury-time.