Devin Toner addresses the French comparing of Johnny Sexton with Zlatan Ibrahimovic

You would want some balls to give out to Devin Toner.

The lock is an absolute giant and to be honest we'd be scared to even ask him to pass the salt, but Johnny Sexton clearly has no bother ordering the giant second row or any of his Irish colleagues to get into position in the middle of a game. Racing Metro coach Bernard Labit revealed on Monday that the club and the Irish No 10 did not always see eye-to-eye with everyone at the club, and that the Leinster man was sometimes more than a little bit abrasive with his team-mates at training and in games. Labit revealed that Sexton's colleagues described him as the 'Zlatan Ibrahimovic of rugby' due to his behaviour and sometimes over-the-top anxiety around games. And ahead of Sunday's World Cup clash with France in Cardiff, Devin Toner admitted that Sexton can often be a little bit cranky on the pitch:

“If lads aren't getting their roles right, but he's not going to do it for the sake of it, he'll be doing it because there's a reason behind it. “It will be because lads aren't in the right position or knowing their roles, so I think it's hugely positive for the team. “Obviously they weren't used to it, but we're glad to have him back to be honest. I've played with Sexto since schools rugby so I'm pretty used to it to be honest. They mustn't have been used to that, but it's a hugely positive thing for the team."

“Well we couldn't even fathom that. "He's just another player with us, he's not big-time, he's the 10 who runs the show. He's not big-headed, he's a very down-to-earth guy. So we don't recognise that at all. "I think he grew into it. Back when we were playing schools rugby he probably wasn't as dominant, but now he's older and he's learned the game and grown into it."