Burns is playing it cool ahead of duel with Sexton

Two Irish European Cup-winning fly-halves past and present are casting a long shadow over Billy Burns as he prepares for the biggest game of his career.

Not in an intimidating way, though, as the chance to play against Johnny Sexton is exactly the kind of opportunity which convinced Ulster’s new number 10 to leave David Humphreys’ Gloucester for the bright lights of knockout Champions Cup rugby.