Johnny Sexton's "insanity" to play through any level of pain propelled Ireland to just their third Grand Slam in history, according to Joe Schmidt . Johnny Sexton's "insanity" to play through any level of pain propelled Ireland to just their third Grand Slam in history, according to Joe Schmidt. "He actually felt really good today, going into the game," said Schmidt, of Sexton's assorted ailments and running repairs. "Then he was fine, he was totally coherent, but he was starting to fatigue, for sure, just because of the workload, his confrontational tackle ability, his commitment and general insanity. Ireland became just the second team in history to complete a Grand Slam at Twickenham, emulating the feat last achieved by France in 1981.

Source: Irish Independent March 17, 2018 19:53 UTC