The former All Blacks player Israel Dagg was speaking on a radio show in New Zealand and said the following ..Â
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âJust accept it, mate,â the 66-Test international said on SENZâs Scotty & Izzy. âGive it a rest.
âIreland tend to throw a lot of chat out there because theyâre winning in between World Cups, but come World Cups â you just donât. You donât win it.
âObviously the comments were pretty harsh and they probably hurt your feelings. But you were retiring.
âPeople donât forget when you toured New Zealand and you said some things to our very own All Blacks. Theyâre going to bottle that up for the big occasions.
âThey bottled it up nicely and you guys bottled it over there in the quarter-finals. Thatâs just the way it goes.â
Stand-in co-host Kimberlee Downs pointed out the hypocrisy involved in the accusations, given Sextonâs history of inappropriate on-field chat, most notably the sideline abuse of referee Jaco Peyper during last yearâs European Champions Cup final that led to a three-match ban.
When challenged on the incident in relation to the All Blacksâ âno dickheadsâ policy Sexton had referred to, Dagg explains that stance was more centred around the team environment and didnât apply to such scenarios.
âThereâs a âno dickheadâ policy in the brotherhood â between each other and in the environment, in amongst their own team-mates,â he noted. âItâs not about you. Itâs not about the Irish team and not being a dickhead to them or the English team.
âWe carry ourselves in a way that we donât want to sound arrogant. We want to show humility a little bit. But when you fire something, youâve got to expect a return, and thatâs whatâs happened here.
â(Ioane) is standing up for Sammy Cane and Brodie Retallick. Pete OâMahony threw out some chat. Well, you just lost the quarter-final â time to go home.â