Simon Zebo will not regret leaving Ireland to fulfil his dreams

Simon Zebo will not look back on his career with any regret after having the “balls” to leave Ireland and fulfil a dream of playing in France.

The 27-year-old Munster full-back announced his decision to leave his home province at the end of the season and sign for a French Top14 club, believed to be Racing 92, knowing he was likely to be exiled from the Ireland Test squad.

That exile came sooner than expected when he was omitted from Joe Schmidt's squad on Thursday for the November internationals.