JOHNNY SEXTON’S FIRST game as Leinster captain was cut short after just nine minutes this afternoon as he was forced off with a head injury.
The sight of the Leinster out-half gingerly making his way off the field at the Ricoh Arena is a huge concern for Ireland coach Joe Schmidt with the Six Nations just a couple of weeks away.
Sexton, who was making his 100th start for the province, clashed heads with former Leinster centre Brendan Macken during the first-half of the Champions Cup clash with Wasps.
He headed down the tunnel after briefly receiving treatment on the field but didn’t return after failing his Head Injury Assessment (HIA).
However, he did emerge a little later on to take his place on the Leinster bench to watch the rest of the half but a potential concussion would make him a major doubt for Ireland’s opener against Wales on 7 February.
maybe a video of the goal wouldnt do any harm now after reading it i cant not look for it
@Eoin Murphy: if you saw it it should be engrained in your memory, right down to his strange chicken run celebration to the right corner flag
@Eoin Murphy: Irish decency legislation makes it’s illegal to show a Brazilian lob Seaman from 40yards into Annette
He was some man able to lob Seaman from 40 years
His overhead against Osasuna was the most skilful goal I ve ever seen.It defied physics
His overhead kick against Villareal defied physics
@Ciaran Foy: He scored two physics defying overheads? Would have been good odds for that!
@DL_8_5: the one against Osasuna was nt an overhead