We Will Pick A Team To Win But Players Will Get Chances – Sexton

Ireland Assistant Coach Jonathan Sexton was on media duty today and spoke about the squad’s disappointment at the result against New Zealand and the need to learn the lessons ahead of the Quilter Nations Series match against Japan on Saturday.

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Sexton has very fond memories of his 100th cap against Japan which saw them presented him with a decorative samurai sword. He also spoke about team selection for the game on Saturday,

“It’ll be a bit of both. It’s a bit of giving guys a chance, for sure. Some of it will be selection, guys will get a chance because others didn’t play that well at the weekend.

“It’s always a mixture, isn’t it? We need to make sure we pick a team that goes out, first of all, and tries to win the game. It’s a really important game for us, as all these games are, with regards to rankings and with the World Cup draw coming up.

“So picking a team to win, first and foremost [to win], but at the same time Andy knows that in two years time, we’re going to a World Cup and we need to have 40 players ready to ready to go.”