wixfjord wrote:curates_egg wrote:I really hope he is not getting ongoing treatment to play through an injury in the 6 Nations and then we get him back with an instruction to rest him.
Hmm....
curates_egg wrote:
Not only is it possible, it has happened before with other high profile players: played through injury for Ireland and then returned unavailable to Leinster at key periods of the season.
Now that's not what you said was it Curates?
There is a chance all of our players won't be returned fit to Leinster.
There is not a chance that we'll be told to 'rest' players for a Euro QF.
I certainly meant precisely the same thing with both those statements: Ireland have no problem playing an injured Sexton (again yesterday), but we would not be "allowed" play him if he still has the injury.
I'm not in favour of players playing through injury by the way: if he's injured while with Ireland, then he shouldn't be playing 70 minutes and making it potentially worse.
The flipside is the Premiership, where the RFU couldn't instruct - say - Saracens not to play Farrell if he had an injury.
Again, I'm not saying we should play players injured.
I thought Sexton was class with the ball yesterday but clearly had some issue that was affecting his kicking: shanked almost everything. Lower back or hamstring I guess.
Given how good Scotland looked yesterday, there's no way he will be rested to allow that issue to recede.
