
Lots of controversy sparked by two French neurosurgeons who had questioned whether Johnny Sexton would be fit to face France after suffering a concussion in the defeat to Wales.
In order to keep pace with the story when it first broke, the Examiner asked me to – quickly – translate one of the Q&As and give it a top and tail. I did this in *about* an hour. Not the best translation work I’ve ever been involved in, but tempus fugit, and all that…
The prospect of Johnny Sexton starting for Ireland against France on Sunday, seven days after what he described as an ‘obvious’ concussion, has alarmed a respected French neurosurgeon.