'It's funny being on the same side as him' - No lingering Lions tension for Russell and Sexton

PACK MENTALITY: Finn Russell of British & Irish Lions, right, and assistant coach Jonathan Sexton before the Lions 1888 Cup match between the British & Irish Lions and Argentina at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Any suggestion that Johnny Sexton and Finn Russell might have trouble coming together as parts of the same team would have been cut short last week when the British and Irish Lions went about their business at the UCD Bowl.

Opposing tens for so many years with Ireland and Scotland, Sexton had retired by the time he spoke publicly about the ‘flashy’ nature of the Bath out-half and how Owen Farrell would be his own preference for a Lions playmaker.