Ireland first five Johnny Sexton ruled out of Scotland openerREUTERS Ireland's Johnny Sexton will miss his side's opening Six Nations game. Ireland flyhalf Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of their opening Six Nations game against Scotland after feeling tightness in his injured calf on his return to training on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), the Irish Rugby Football Union said. Sexton, a key figure in Ireland's Six Nations victories in 2014 and 2015, has only played three times at club level since he was injured on Irish duty in November and failed to complete a full game on each occasion. Ulster's Paddy Jackson was the only other first five named in the squad for Saturday's (Sunday NZT) opener in Scotland and trip to Italy a week later. The IRFU said on Twitter that Munster's Ian Keatley has trained with the squad and uncapped centre Rory Scannell was also in line to cover.

Source: Stuff January 31, 2017 20:06 UTC