Captain Johnny Sexton pleased as Andy Farrell’s leaders have their say

Ireland turn the page from one era to the next this week as the 2020 Guinness Six Nations gets underway with not just a new coaching team but also a fresh player leadership group.

Andy Farrell’s reign as head coach is up and running in preparation for the home opening-round visit of Scotland to the Aviva Stadium on Saturday and the new boss has already implemented a number of changes to the set-up he served in as defence coach and has now inherited from Joe Schmidt.