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Ep 3072: Sexton's Obsession, Deep Reds, RWC QFs, The ROG Relationship, Confrontation And Reconciliation - 14/10/24

The Second Captains Podcast
The Second Captains Podcast
Episode • Oct 14, 2024 • 1h 5m

Johnny Sexton has won European Cups, Grand Slams, has the all time Irish and Six Nations points records and is a former world player of the year. It takes talent but also an obsessive drive to get this good, and his new autobiography, Obsessed, explains the mental toll this took on Sexton.


He joins us in studio to discuss his big breakthrough in 2009 at Croker, his pattern of bust-ups followed by regret, Lancaster's personality test, about needing to change how he communicated with teammates and refs, how he feels about the RWC 2023 QF loss, and his relationship with ROG.


Plus there's the contrasting management styles of Schmidt and Farrell, Snyman's paws, Doris the Swiss Army Knife and over-confident Scots.


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