This is what Matt Taylor said;

"We did a good a job on [Sexton in February] and I think a lot of teams took a leaf out of our book in terms of getting up and trying to smash him," the coach told reporters.

"He's a brave player, he plays it right to the line. But if he plays right to the line, you tend to smash people and that is what we intend to do.

"They've kept him a bit wrapped in cotton wool over the last period because he has taken a lot of hits and knocks.

"We will certainly be trying to do that to him and they will be trying to do that to Finn as well.

"I love Finn as a player - although Sexton is a very good player. They're quite different types of players. Finn plays things as he sees them, I'd say, while Johnny is a bit more regimented in the way [Ireland coach] Joe Schmidt likes to play.

"We're looking to put a lot of pressure on him like we did last time we played. That's going to be an objective again for us."

I'm actually relatively relaxed again about it. Both teams will target the out halves; I don't think that's hugely controversial. Indeed part of what Ireland did well was targeting Russell and not allowing him the opportunity to be mercurial.  Was the Taylor stuff really that bad to people?