Sexton warns against taking Scotland for granted

“We definitely won’t be underestimating them. We know some of the big results that they’ve had over the last couple of years are away from home. They hadn’t a good record away from home and then in the last couple of years they’ve beaten France, they’ve beaten England. Wales as well. They’ve had some big scalps away from home.

Ireland’s Jonathan Sexton, Peter O’Mahony and Andrew Conway during the anthems

They may be odds-on favourites to round off the Six Nations Championship with at least a Triple Crown to show for their efforts, but history has taught Ireland captain Jonathan Sexton not to underestimate the challenge of Scotland.

At the end of the Leinster fly-half’s first Six Nations campaign in 2010, Ireland - who were Grand Slam winners just 12 months earlier - needed a win over the Scots at Croke Park to claim their fifth Crown success in the space of seven years.