JOHNNY SEXTON became Ireland’s record points scorer as the Grand Slam winners ran in eight tries against Tonga.<br /><br />Sexton overtook Ronan O’Gara’s tally on a night when he racked up a try, a penalty, and four conversions in Nates.<br /><br />It all added up to a bonus-point victory to set up next week’s showdown with holders South Africa in Paris.<br /><br />Sexton said: “I don’t think it is about individual achievements this evening. It is about getting the next win and keep building in this tournament.<br /><br />"It’s week-on-week in a World Cup and you have got to produce it week after week.<br /><br />“It’s always nice to score a try, I don’t get it too often. It’s a lovely personal milestone but I’d much rather have a victory.<br /><br />“We’ll move on and we’ll concentrate now on a massive game next week. Playing against the world champions is going to be special.”<br /><br />Andy Farrell’s side celebrated early tries from Tadhg Beirne, Caelan Doris, and Mack Hansen.<br /><br />And when Sexton added a fourth it meant the skipper, 38, was now a record-breaker.<br /><br />Vaea Fifita touched down for Tonga before half-time but James Lowe and Rob Herring scored for Ireland either side of Bundee Aki’s brace.<br /><br />Centre Aki said: "I know we got the points that we wanted but we’ll go away and we’re still not happy with how we performed.<br /><br />“Next week is going to be an even bigger test for us but we will go out there and give it our best.”
