Wycherley: There was no intent to take out Sexton

A single tackle in a rugby match has rarely generated such debate and controversy as the one the virtually unknown Fineen Wycherley rocked World Player of the Year Johnny Sexton with in the opening minutes of the Munster-Leinster Guinness PRO14 game at Thomond Park in December.

The 26,000-plus spectators roared their acclamation and it annoyed Sexton to such a degree that he pulled off Wycherley’s scrum cap and threw it in his face, the vast majority in red baying for a yellow card for the Leinster number ten. Though those clad in blue demanded a similar fate for the Munster number six on the grounds that the tackle might have been just a little late!