‘Pinnacle of my career’: Six Nations title would be best ever for Johnny Sexton

Johnny Sexton training with the Ireland squad at the IRFU High Performance Centre at the Sport Ireland Campus in Blanchardstown. Picture: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Johnny Sexton believes captaining Ireland to a Six Nations title would be the pinnacle of his glittering career but he knows it will take something extra special from his team if they are to clinch it with a bonus-point victory in Paris this Saturday night.

Sexton’s last game at Stade de France saw the fly-half clinch victory with an epic drop goal at the death in February 2018 that began a run to an Ireland Grand Slam and a year that saw him crowned World Rugby Player of the Year.