Joe Schmidt tells Ireland ‘we can’t rely on Johnny Sexton to keep saving us’
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• Ireland coach: ‘We didn’t convert our advantages against France’• ‘Johnny’s ability to win in big moments is second to none’A relieved Joe Schmidt hailed his Ireland team for dragging themselves out of a hole it had appeared for 70 minutes there was no danger of them tumbling into. “It’s pretty hard to explain how you feel when you think you’ve let the game slip and then suddenly you’ve grabbed it,” he said.“I felt it was an incredible team effort to work your way up the pitch about 45 metres and then to add on to the end of it a 45-metre drop goal. It was inspirational, especially when so m…





