Assistant coach Johnny Sexton during the Lions media conference at the UCD Bowl in Dublin. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Johnny Sexton has defended Andy Farrell’s decision to pick 16 Irish players in his 38-man Lions squad.
Farrell has come in for criticism in England for selecting so many of the players he has worked with during his nine years in Ireland, but Sexton argued that his former teammates have earned their place.