Sexton off to France???

[Stuka]

I'll eat my hat if he goes!!

http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/rugby/ ... 21975.html

[sid]

Oh great, this bullshit again.

[blockhead]

If he left, how would the IRFU respond?
It could be seen as the start of an exodus of top talent from here to France, just like what happened/ing to the welsh teams.
Will they impose a strict ban on representing the int team?
Is there any other leverage they have, apart from matching the french clubs on salaries?

[Apocrypha]

According to Bails it's a done deal. Sure didn't himself and his domesticated mongoose, Kiki, meet the Racing Metro resident radiographer's octoganerian mother-in-law in a Turkish bath-house in Izmir last week who confirmed as much, while sipping Oolong tea and chasing the dragon.

[domhnallj]

According to Bails it's a done deal. Sure didn't himself and his domesticated mongoose, Kiki, meet the Racing Metro resident radiographer's octoganerian mother-in-law in a Turkish bath-house in Izmir last week who confirmed as much, while sipping Oolong tea and chasing the dragon.

Brilliant image

[blockhead]

Shaggy on newstalk. Sexton talk is true and he will have a big decision to make very soon.

[ceemec]

Shaggy on newstalk. Sexton talk is true and he will have a big decision to make very soon.

Elaborate please! Won't be able to listen to replay online for some time yet.

[blockhead]

Shaggy on newstalk. Sexton talk is true and he will have a big decision to make very soon.

Elaborate please! Won't be able to listen to replay online for some time yet.

He was asked if it was just posturing from Sexton as we have seen in the past from others. Shaggy said it wasn't and that he believed an offer has been made by racing.

[ceemec]

He was asked if it was just posturing from Sexton as we have seen in the past from others. Shaggy said it wasn't and that he believed an offer has been made by racing.

Well there you go. Ta very much.

[simonokeeffe]

IRFU ball is in your court
ROG off central contract this summer so surely worth the spend on Sexton and he'll be only centrally contracted out half

[Cianostays]

Dear Johnny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r06fL6oMTHA

[mikey]

Shaggy on newstalk. Sexton talk is true and he will have a big decision to make very soon.

Elaborate please! Won't be able to listen to replay online for some time yet.

He was asked if it was just posturing from Sexton as we have seen in the past from others. Shaggy said it wasn't and that he believed an offer has been made by racing.

But I can't see Shaggy undermining the contract talks of a former team mate by not backing the story....I'd not read too much into that IMO.

[Xanthippe]

If the numbers being bandied about are even close to true then, in one way, I can't see how he could refuse to go - two years in Paris could set him up for life, financially speaking. I don't see any possible way that the IRFU could match the numbers being quoted in some of the French papers. (One of us will just have to win the Euromillions and donate his salary to Leinster Rugby for the next couple of years until the French millionaires stop sniffing around.)

He has some very tough decisions to make - not least of which will be family concerns and his very obvious love for Leinster Rugby. It appears Johnny and his fiancee are quite a private couple but I don't think there'd be too many young woman who would turn down the possibility of living the high life in Paris for a couple of years.

I'd hate to see him go but looking at it logically I can see all the reasons why he should

[artaneboy]

If the numbers being bandied about are even close to true then, in one way, I can't see how he could refuse to go - two years in Paris could set him up for life, financially speaking. I don't see any possible way that the IRFU could match the numbers being quoted in some of the French papers. (One of us will just have to win the Euromillions and donate his salary to Leinster Rugby for the next couple of years until the French millionaires stop sniffing around.)

He has some very tough decisions to make - not least of which will be family concerns and his very obvious love for Leinster Rugby. It appears Johnny and his fiancee are quite a private couple but I don't think there'd be too many young woman who would turn down the possibility of living the high life in Paris for a couple of years.

I'd hate to see him go but looking at it logically I can see all the reasons why he should

Okay, I'll bite: what sort of money are we talking of here?

[mikey]

If the numbers being bandied about are even close to true then, in one way, I can't see how he could refuse to go - two years in Paris could set him up for life, financially speaking. I don't see any possible way that the IRFU could match the numbers being quoted in some of the French papers. (One of us will just have to win the Euromillions and donate his salary to Leinster Rugby for the next couple of years until the French millionaires stop sniffing around.)

He has some very tough decisions to make - not least of which will be family concerns and his very obvious love for Leinster Rugby. It appears Johnny and his fiancee are quite a private couple but I don't think there'd be too many young woman who would turn down the possibility of living the high life in Paris for a couple of years.

I'd hate to see him go but looking at it logically I can see all the reasons why he should

Okay, I'll bite: what sort of money are we talking of here?

Report suggests UP TO 750k euro per year - who could blame him if that is true....

[bamboozle]

i'd have no problem with Sexton leaving but clearly i'd like him to stay, its (reputedly) far too good of an offer to turn down. A 2 year contract would probably leave him with a nice next egg of over a million sitting in a bank to put towards his retirement and he could still return home prior to the next world cup.

The IRFU's response will be interesting, having see ridiculous central contracts offered to players who were going nowhere such as ROG, DOC and Leamy in the last few years they need to take a long hard look at how they want to control the best players here.

[hugonaut]

According to Bails it's a done deal. Sure didn't himself and his domesticated mongoose, Kiki, meet the Racing Metro resident radiographer's octoganerian mother-in-law in a Turkish bath-house in Izmir last week who confirmed as much, while sipping Oolong tea and chasing the dragon.

Haha! Well in. Bails, it's over to you ...

[Peg Leg]

We need to keep Jonny! He has been hamstrung by the Irish rugby team tactics and this needs to be considered in offering him a new contract. The next Irish coach will look to build the whole team around J10's attacking capability, this must be kept in mind!
No Jonny... No trophy!

[Logorrhea]

Well having won three HEC here, why not head off on a new adventure.

Would hate to see him go, but wouldnt begrudge him the move either.

[Rogocoko]

Bit more info here...

http://www.thescore.ie/jonathan-sexton- ... 5-Jan2013/