'Leader' Sexton will handle any challenge thrown his way, insists Ringrose 

Sexton will turn 38 just two days before that disciplinary session, and will be approaching 17 weeks without any game time by then, but Ringrose is convinced that his club and country teammate will be at full tilt whenever needed.

BACKING JOHNNY: Garry Ringrose National Dairy Council Ambassador at Teagasc Moorepark Open Day, Fermoy.

Garry Ringrose has no doubt that Johnny Sexton will be ready to hit the ground running at the upcoming World Cup regardless of the outcome to his EPCR disciplinary hearing next week.

Sexton has been called to account for “misconduct complaints” arising from his behaviour in the wake of Leinster’s Champions Cup final defeat to La Rochelle at the Aviva Stadium in May when the province lost out by a single point.