Although it was a light session some players charged into the team-mates with tackle bags
Eddie Jones's side have the chance to avenge last year's defeat in Dublin, when Ireland won the final game of the championship, thereby denying England a second successive grand slam.
Despite being around the team during their triumphant run in '09, Sexton didn't feel he played a part.
Their win over Scotland at the Aviva Stadium yesterday afternoon ensured they remain undefeated at home in the Six Nations since 2013.
"That's going to be our motivation, and making sure we put on the right performance and learn from the things that we've learnt the last couple of weeks and fix the problems that we have".
Right now, Irish rugby is in the midst of a golden generation and Schmidt has sown the seeds that have allowed his team to sprout into a towering oak.
"I remember playing Scotland in Croke Park for a Triple Crown [in 2010] and nearly taking it for granted, because I thought, "Triple Crown, I'll have plenty more opportunities at this" - and I still haven't won a Triple Crown", said Sexton.
"They had to drag along guys like Luke Fitzgerald and Tommy Bowe, Rob Kearney, these young guys coming through".
Back-to-back champions England were on course, of course, for their own five-in-row before shuddering to a halt in Murrayfield and then losing all title hopes in Paris.
"It's great building forward into World Cups and before that as well, the championship next year, because we've built a bit of depth".
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But we know that the biggest challenge is ahead still (against England). "We defended well and we always went forward". That would raise huge questions over their chances of becoming world champions in 18 months' time.
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Led by guard Tony Carr, the Big Ten's leading scorer (19.9 points per game), Penn State will be considered a top NIT contender. The Nittany Lions reached the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational in 2014 following a 16-18 record.
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Salomon Rondon put Albion ahead but Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez, Kelechi Iheanacho and Vicente Iborra replied for Leicester. Liverpool's top scorer Mohamed Salah had a quiet day, and was thrown to the ground by Chris Smalling at one point.
"I remember playing Scotland in Croke Park for a Triple Crown and nearly taking it for granted because I thought, 'Triple Crown, I'll have plenty more opportunities like this, ' I still haven't won a Triple Crown, so you've got to take these opportunities with both hands when they come".
"We're just keen to get everyone fit to train on Monday, Tuesday".
"We said after that it was a very special moment for the team".
"Five years ago when I started this job I would have taken one out of the five because they are so tough to win".
"Every time you pull on your global jersey at home in front of the Irish people, your family, your friends, you don't need any more motivation. We need to get momentum because if you're carrying into a brick wall, it's pretty easy (for the opposition) to get over the ball". We definitely didn't want to lose at home, in front of those people.
It was a stint in Ireland during the 1980s - in remote Multyfarnham, Westmeath - where he found his passion for coaching and steered Wilson's Hospital to a Leinster schools title. I know a lot of them personally from Lions trips and they're a very, very proud bunch of people.
"They will certainly have huge resolve to come back and bounce back and beat us".
But when a opportunity like this presents itself, it would be rude not to take it.
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