Johnny Sexton: 'We don’t respect teams more than we do the All Blacks'

Sexton also admitted he is looking forward to having a beer with New Zealand coach Joe Schmidt after the quarter-final clash.

RESPECT: Jonathan Sexton during an Ireland Rugby media conference at Stade Omnisports des Fauvettes in Domont. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Johnny Sexton has been there and done that. This is routinely viewed as a good thing.

Experience is supposed to be the making of men and women. It is both building block and cement for character and personality. Until it isn’t.