PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

Johnny Sexton sets out on Saturday aiming to be the first flyhalf to skipper a Grand Slam team since 1978, unless, of course, beats him to it. Both are swimming against the tide of history. Of the 30 post-war Slams, only one has been delivered under the captaincy of a No.10, Phil Bennett at the end of his last international campaign 44 years ago. Nobody has done it since.
Sexton, still good enough in his 37th year to keep fending off Father Time and his scythe, leads a squad capable of matching his soaring ambition as the All Blacks will testif...