Sexton scythed through Tonga's strained rearguard to secure not just the bonus fourth try but to reach yet another special milestone
Johnny Sexton played down his achievement of becoming Ireland's record points scorer after the comprehensive 59-16 Rugby World Cup defeat of Tonga in Nantes.
READ MORE:Johnny Sexton brings the house down as Ireland rev up for South Africa showdown with Tonga win "Look around, it's insane," he said. "Every game we get a crowd like this at World Cups, I don't know how many people in Ireland can afford to come but they do it time after time and it means so much to us."The start of the game was tough going, the breakdown was a bit of a mess, a bit of inaccuracy by ourselves and once we got to grips with that part of the game I think we started playing our game and we scored some good tries.
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