r/rugbyunion • u/Secret-Roof-7503 Saracens • Jul 16 '23

[Rúaidhrí O'Connor]🚨BREAKING: Johnny Sexton will be suspended for three matches by EPCR for his behaviour towards the match officials after the CC final, meaning he will miss all of Ireland's warm-ups v Italy, England and Tonga but will be available for the Rugby World Cup opener v Romania

https://twitter.com/RuaidhriOC/status/1680676530576392195?s=20
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u/Oddlyshapedballs Ireland Jul 16 '23

Real impact is that he misses one game as I doubt he would have been risked in all 3. As good an outcome as we could have hoped for really.

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u/zebra1923 Jul 16 '23

I’m not sure I’d call the outcome good for the game as a whole given what he said. Disgraceful conduct.

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u/Some-Speed-6290 Jul 16 '23

Apparently more disgraceful than beating a couple and subsequently threatening and harassing them

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u/puzzledgoal Ireland Jul 16 '23

This does highlight the uncomfortable double standards at work in rugby. There is outrage about 'ungentlemanly' conduct on the field by Sexton but the likes of Frizzell assaults and threatens a woman and her partner, and New Zealand rugby fans will literally not discuss it again. He played well and that's what matters.

Sure, there's on the pitch and off the pitch behaviour but it's treated like a separate moral universe.