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9th February 2019
03:14pm GMT

It was his pass that sent Stockdale on his way but he never got the chance to kick the conversion as he went off for treatment.
Joey Carbery was thrown into the manic fray for the remaining 12 minutes and he didn't catch the pace of a physical and confrontational first half.
Defensively, he was loose and, even in possession, it was his intercepted pass that sent the Scots on their way to bring themselves back into the game.
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Late hits on outhalfs - especially those of the Sexton vintage - are not cited enough in rugby as it stands and, because of that, teams don't just lose players, but individuals continuously take unnecessary punishment.
Sexton had to be removed from the rest of the game and sometimes that elephant takes up uncomfortable space in the room when it too often feels like business as usual.Explore more on these topics: