Jonathan Sexton gave Ireland and its fans a scare when he rubbed his left wrist after being slammed by a Romanian when scoring a try in a Rugby World Cup match in Bordeaux.
Sexton hung behind the posts, rubbing his wrist. Then the flyhalf converted his try and all was OK, as was Ireland in a record-setting 82-8 win against Romania.
Before kickoff, he was bossing both teams before the anthems to move into shade on the field, a little respite from the 34-degree heat.The old man played like he’d never been gone, though he was caught out in the third minute when his grubber kick was snatched by Romania’s busy Hinckley Vaovasa, who split Sexton and Keith Earls and ran in Gabriel Rupanu for a shocking Romania try.
By the time he was replaced after 66 minutes to a standing ovation from Ireland supporters, he’d racked up two tries and seven of eight goalkicks for a personal haul of 24 points, his most ever in 114 tests. That tally took him past Ronan O’Gara for most World Cup points by an Irishman, and closed him within nine points of O’Gara’s Ireland points record of 1,083.
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