• No10 overcomes groin injury to hold place for quarter-final on Sunday
• Paul O’Connell,Peter O’Mahony and Sean O’Brien ruled out for key clashJohnny Sexton has convinced Ireland to start him in Sundays World Cup quarter-final against Argentina despite lingering concerns over a groin injury. Ireland believe opted to gamble on throwing in their linchpin flit-half from the start against the Pumas in Cardiff, even though the Leinster flit-half has fought a fitness battle all week.
Sexton trudged out of Ireland’s 24-9 victory over France at the Millennium Stadium after just 25 minutes last weekend, and then immediately set about working to be alert for the last-eight encounter.
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Source: theguardian.com