Tom Sexton (born 10 December 1989) is a professional rugby union player who plays for The

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in the

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competition. His usual position is hooker.

Early years

Sexton was born in Melbourne, and left Australia at age four. Sexton was educated at

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in Dublin. He won a Leinster Schools Junior Cup with Belvedere and also captained his school to a tenth Leinster Schools Senior Cup win in 2008. During his schools rugby career he played for Leinster schools (at both u-18 and u-19 age levels) as well as the Irish schools' u-18 and u-19 sides.

Professional career

Sexton was offered an academy contract at Leinster. The following season, Tom was a permanent fixture in the Ireland under-20 team for the six nations and the Junior World Championship in Japan. He also captained this side on a couple of occasions, a team containing current Ireland internationals,

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and

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. He has over 20 caps for the Leinster "A" side, including games in the

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. He made eight appearances for Leinster's Senior team under Joe Schmidt, his debut coming against

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on New Year's Day 2011 in the

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League. In April 2013, Tom was part of the All Ireland League winning side with Lansdowne FC. Sexton also completed Law Degree ( L.L.B) from Trinity College, Dublin in 2013. In June 2016, Tom was a member of the Western Force team that won the World Club 10's tournament in Mauritius. The Tournament featured clubs such as the Brumbies, Saracens and Toulon. He has been

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twice for Ireland Under-19 and nine times for Ireland Under-20.

Move to Australia

In 2013, Sexton returned to Australia to join the

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for the 2014 season. Sexton missed the

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with an ACL injury, making his return to play during the inaugural 2014

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with The

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. He then made his

Debut for the Rebels on the 27 March 2015 against The

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in Wellington. Sexton went on to earn five caps for the Rebels. In October 2015 it was announced that Sexton had signed a deal with The

for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sexton, Tom 1989 births Leinster Rugby players Lansdowne Football Club players Living people Irish rugby union players Australian emigrants to Ireland Melbourne Rising players Melbourne Rebels players New South Wales Country Eagles players People educated at Belvedere College Western Force players Irish expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Australia Rugby union hookers Rugby union players from Melbourne Randwick DRUFC players