Ronan O'Gara, Johnny Sexton and the photo that sparked an Irish rugby rivalry

'I took that': Inpho's James Crombie on the day Johnny Sexton 'lorded it over' Ronan O'Gara at Croke Park as Irish rugby's two most compelling modern characters came into focus for the first time

SCORE-SETTLING: Jonathan Sexton and Ronan O'Gara exchange words. Picture: James Crombie/Inpho

I started in Inpho in 2007 so I was only there two years and I didn’t really know much about rugby at that time, to be honest. At that stage Leinster were still playing league games in Donnybrook and I’d been to games there and it was a good crowd on a Friday night kind of thing.

Munster were the big boys then, Leinster kept failing, and in my naivete, I just thought Munster would roll up with O’Gara, Howlett, O’Connell and do what they usually did.