Jonny Sexton - Ireland's Number One

Heā€™s retiring after the RWC, what if heā€™s banned for longer than that or banned for most of it?

Not their issue.

I suppose technically they can ban him for 200 years but they canā€™t retire him :man_shrugging:

What a bitchy comment.

@BruidheanChaorthainn is saying they canā€™t let the fact he is retiring prejudice their decision

Iā€™m lost ?

Ah Jesus, that was fierce mean of me :joy:

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Nah just a bit bitchy

The ban will be in weeks and starts before the first
Meaningful fixture heā€™ll due to be involved in so I presume thatā€™s the Irish pre season World Cup games. I donā€™t think Leinster have any fixtures before them.

Iā€™m going to hazard a guess heā€™ll get 12 weeks with six suspended.

So heā€™ll be back for the middle of the World Cup group stage.

The fact heā€™s retiring makes no difference.

Six months. Fuck thatā€™s his career over so. And Irelands World cup dreams up in smoke again

https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/rugby/rugby_irish/result-of-disciplinary-hearing-johnny-sexton-and-leinster-rugby

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Is there an appeal process? Thatā€™s a serious statement from the rubby crowd, didnā€™t think they would do it.

respect to refs is huge in rugby, right call

andy farrell is never gonna give him up

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Terrible shame, heā€™s let down Ireland here.

Could Sam Prendergast be a bolter for the World Cup or would he need senior gametime for Leinster to enter the equation?

No.

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not a chance

crazy suggestion

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For now but heā€™s not finished yet. Heā€™s never gonna say goodbye.

Play him sure BOD was only a chap and he scoring hat tricks over there

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Yeah heā€™s 20 since February. Youā€™d swear he was 17 the way lads reacted here. Handre Pollard and Dan Carter were regulars at international level by the age of 21. The fact Prendergast only has 2 caps for Leinster though would stand against him.

Our best out-half outside of Sexton is a certain PJ who is ineligible. In the unlikely event that Sexton were to be suspended then what three (3) out-halves go? Ross Byrne, Jack Crowley and Joey Carbery? Although Iā€™ve seen it muted that we only take two and the likes of Henshaw offer cover.

So Ireland havenā€™t got much of a hope from looking at PP? Thought it was going to be a tighter match than that.