Sexton: We must figure out why we come up short in World Cup efforts

November, 2010, just the third Test match at the new ground, was when Sexton was given the nod over Ronan O’Gara and started his first test against the Kiwis.

By Ciarán Ó Raghallaigh

He’d faced the Springboks at Croke Park, the French at Stade de France and the English at Twickenham – but there was something else about running out at the Aviva Stadium against the All Blacks.