Leinster’s long goodbye

It is the moment Irish rugby feared, when its most prized talent was finally made an offer he couldn’t refuse.
Ireland fly-half Jonathan Sexton dropped his bombshell on the IRFU yesterday that he will not be renewing his contract to play full-time in this country. Instead, the three-time Heineken Cup winner will leave Leinster at the end of season having accepted a lucrative two-year deal, reported to be €750,000 per year after tax, to take his considerable talents to Racing Metro.