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"And the amount of experience he has, looking for openings and making the right call, you can't over-state that. That's the trouble with rugby is that, when you become a subject matter expert, father time taps you on the shoulder," says Ross.As it has done with Sexton. So where to-next? Sexton now appears to be set to work in a role as a Commercial Manager with Ardagh Group (Glass packaging supplier) but between them, Ross and his fellow House of Rugby guest Johne Murphy reckon he may come into coaching in the years to come. "I believe he's going into the corporate world first, see how he gets on in that," says Ross. "He'll have to watch out for HR in corporate," jokes the former prop forward, "you know, there's not much HR in professional sport, so you can't be telling someone what you really think of them. "He might come back to coaching," adds Ross. "But he'll probably want a few years of separation between himself and the current squad because it can be quite difficult, going in managing guys you played with the previous season." Former Leinster player Murphy agrees, and feels that he may follow a similar path to Paul O'Connell, by taking a few years away from the game before coming back in as a coach.
"I can see him doing a bit like what Paulie did in terms of taking that break away for a while, doing what he's doing in the corporate sense, then maybe starting with some age-grade stuff, Irish 20s or 19s, but I wouldn't be in any way surprised if he did end up there, given his rugby IQ," says Murphy."He's the ultimate competitor so he will have to try and get that fix from somewhere." Watch the full episode of House of Rugby here: https://youtu.be/hS2wA6xwHxY?si=spSsyEtPFS737o6z
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