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Sexton's Six Nations journey entwined with England

Johnny Sexton's Six Nations journey began against England and it will come to a close against the same opposition this weekend.

When the Ireland skipper leaves the Lansdowne Road pitch on Saturday evening, he will have played in 60 championship games, 14 of which will have been against England.

It only took him three minutes of his first clash with the Red Rose, his Six Nations debut, to make an impact, his grubber kick setting up Tommy Bowe for a try.

Despite an assist and a penalty kick in a four-point win, it’s not all fond memories of a wet day in Twickenham.

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"How horrible a day it was," is his first recollection when prompted.

"I had played against South Africa the previous November and I thought that was big; it was at Croke Park and you were playing against the world champions at the time but then when you come to the Six Nations it’s just a different level, a different level of expectation.

"You’re coming in, in Twickenham, just the build-up to the game and I remember a lot of the game.

"I remember it like it was yesterday, that’s the scary part. It was 2010, and it’s mad how time has gone by so quickly but we got the win that day.

"I remember being a little disappointed after the game because I came off with about 20 to go for 'Rog' [Ronan O’Gara] and I think we were losing at the time, so I wasn’t too happy after the game.

"But then I saw how happy someone like Paul O’Connell was, who’d never beaten England previously at Twickenham, I think.

"So it was a huge result that

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