Felipe Contepomi puts Sexton in exalted out-half company

By full time in Eden Park last weekend, so many history books were torn up that the bill might have bankrupted Beauden Barrett.

Felipe Contepomi puts Sexton in exalted out-half company
Tue, 28 Aug, 2018 - 05:50

By Ciarán Ó Raghallaigh

By full time in Eden Park last weekend, so many history books were torn up that the bill might have bankrupted Beauden Barrett.

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