Jonathan Sexton fit for Ireland's Six Nations opener

Ireland captain Jonathan Sexton has returned to full training and has declared himself fit for Ireland's opening Six Nations match against Wales in Cardiff.

“I trained fully today with the group, thankfully, and got through that ok so all available for selection,” said Sexton on Wednesday.

“The group trained well today, the lads had a good hit-out at the weekend and we’re looking forward to this weekend.

“It only feels like yesterday since we were finishing up the Autumn Nations Cup and a disappointing end to the last Six Nations campaign for us. In many ways, it has been good – we’ve hit the ground running, it doesn’t feel like we’ve gone backwards. We’ve taken up where we left off in the last campaign, which is great.”

The Ireland skipper suffered a hamstring injury in Leinster’s win over Munster two weekends ago but has recovered in time to feature in Ireland’s opening game of the championship.

Three years ago today, after over 40 phases with time up on the clock, @JohnnySexton did this to secure a famous victory in Paris 🎯 #GuinnessSixNations

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