had been the fastest in the preliminary race and took that form into the early stages of the final. but alessandro haemmerle of austria reeled him in and it came down to a photo—finish... haemmerle taking it in the end! saying afterwards he had no idea it was so close — the difference was just two—hundredths of a second. ireland captainjonny sexton will miss their six nations match against france this weekend because of a hamstring injury. both won their opening games of the tournament. and sexton had originally delcared himself fit despite a bruising encounter with wales. but the fly—half will be replaced in the ireland team byjoey carbery in paris on saturday. meanwhile a hamstring injury has ruled scotland flankerjamie ritchie out of the rest of the six nations. he came off during the second half of the calcutta cup win over england and will be replaced by sam skinner for the game in wales on saturday. that's one of five changes, including bringing in an entirely new front row.