Flawless Ireland laud their Jonny be good

JONNY Sexton did not finish Ireland’s Six Nations rugby Test. He had done enough to finish off England, though.

Soon Sexton and Ireland’s attention will turn to doing the same against the Wallabies, who host the European champions in a three- Test series in June.

It’ll be their first visit to Australia since 2010 and the first time they’ve played the Wallabies since Ireland ended Australia’s European Tour grand slam hopes with a 27- 24 defeat in Dublin in November.

On Saturday, Sexton and especially his fellow senior Ireland teammates finally won the Six Nations grand slam they craved when they beat England 24- 15 at Twickenham.

The grand slam was kept alive in the first round when the fly half slotted a long- range dropped goal deep in injury time to overcome France 15- 13 in Paris.

He injured a muscle in the third round against Wales and struggled to kick cleanly, but arrived at Twickenham relatively pain- free.

Then he bloodied his nose in the first half and emptied his tank in the second to the point that he was pulled off for good in the 66th minute.

“He was starting to fatigue, just because of the workload, his confrontational tackle ability, his commitment, and general insanity,” coach Joe Schmidt said.

By then, Sexton had had a hand in Ireland’s first two tries and converted them.