Johnny Sexton: 'I’m not trying to play the victim. I made a mistake'

Sunday's appearance at the top table for Ireland’s World Cup squad announcement was Sexton's first time in a media setting since receiving his suspension

BACK: Johnny Sexton at Ireland's World Cup Squad Announcement at the Shelbourne Hotel. Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

The irony of Johnny Sexton being banned for three matches because of something he said shouldn’t be lost.

The Ireland captain has long earned a reputation as a firebrand, his testy relationships with referees all too apparent down the years, but this is a man who has found the perfect words time and again in his time as a player.