{"id":292891,"date":"2023-10-24T14:54:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=292891"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:54:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:54:33","slug":"johnny-sexton-lands-new-job-days-after-retiring-in-rugby-world-cup-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-league\/johnny-sexton-lands-new-job-days-after-retiring-in-rugby-world-cup-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Sexton lands new job days after retiring in Rugby World Cup loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johnny Sexton insists Ireland are ready for \u2018toughest game we\u2019ve ever faced\u2019<\/h3>\n

Ireland skipper Johnny Sexton hung up his boots after his side were dumped out of the Rugby World Cup by New Zealand in a crushing 28-24 quarter-final defeat earlier this month. However, the 38-year-old has already landed a job outside of rugby despite only retiring from the sport a few days ago.<\/p>\n

In fact, he has actually held a role with the same company for the last two years already. Since April 2021, Sexton has been working as a commercial manager for Ardagh Group, a supplier of glass and metal packaging based in Luxembourg.<\/p>\n

Prior to the World Cup, Sexton had been working one day a week for the group but is now expected to take on a more involved role. He also owns his own management company, JAS Management and Promotions Ltd, which accumulated profits of \u00a32.431m in 2022 – an increase of nearly \u00a3305,000 on the previous year’s earnings.<\/p>\n

Sexton has also been tipped to make a move into Ireland’s coaching set-up after a stellar 14-year run playing for his country. According to the Irish Mirror, Ireland assistant coach Mike Catt is set to leave his post after next year’s Six Nations, leaving the door open for Sexton to potentially take over. <\/p>\n

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Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has always spoken passionately about Sexton’s positive impact on the rest of the squad and would surely want to keep him around in some capacity post-retirement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of our group are still learning and I said to the group in the changing room the reason they\u2019re going to keep on learning is because of this guy (Sexton) sat beside me here,\u201d said Farrell after Ireland’s defeat to New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe impact that he\u2019s had on the rest of the team over the last four years has been amazing.<\/p>\n

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