Sexton plays on the edge, says Leinster boss Cullen

Jonathan Sexton doesn’t do a whole lot wrong on the field and that probably explains why the recently named World Player of the Year has been getting it in the neck all week for his tempestuous showing in Thomond Park last Saturday.

Keith Wood and Brian O’Driscoll, both of whom know a thing about top-class rugby and what it is to wear an armband, have spoken at length on radio about Sexton’s evening in Limerick while podcasts and papers have joined the same chorus.