Chat unsurprised by 'dinosaur' Sexton's rugby longevity 

Camille Chat is a key cog in a Racing machine that sits second in the domestic table and he could only chuckle when asked about the fact that Sexton is still going strong all these years later and at the age of 37.

VETERAN: Leinster's Johnny Sexton. Pic: ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

Seven years spent since Johnny Sexton returned home to Leinster from Racing 92. That’s the length of your average career in pro rugby but the meeting of the Ireland out-half’s two clubs in a Heineken Champions Cup opener in Le Havre this weekend can’t but invite a recap of his two seasons in Paris.

Neither side can look back with anything like fulfilment.