Curtain falls on dynamic duo

Paul Rees sees Johnny Sexton and Dan Biggar exit stage left as their epic international careers come to a close

ALL things must pass, none of life’s strings can last,” wrote George Harrison. Two of the game’s most accomplished string-pullers, Johnny Sexton and Dan Biggar, left the international stage last weekend, long and notable careers ending a couple of weeks early after the World Cup’s most compelling quarter-final round.
Sexton raged against the extinguishing of the light at the end of Ireland’s defeat to New Zealand, telling Rieko Ioane what he thought of the New Zealand centre’s ta...

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