Gordon D'Arcy: Johnny Sexton's absence offers Leinster a 'massive opportunity'

D’Arcy believes Sexton’s absence for the rest of the club season is both a concern and an opportunity for a club that will have to get by without the veteran out-half next season

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Leinster’s Ross Byrne prepares to take a penalty kick. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Gordon D’Arcy believes Johnny Sexton’s absence for the rest of the club season is both a concern and an opportunity for a club that will have to get by without the veteran out-half anyway as of next season.

The province is well set on both fronts as things stand with a home quarter-final berth secured in the URC and a Champions Cup semi-final against Toulouse to follow on from this week when their third-string faces the Bulls in South Africa.