The Johnny Sexton Loop in Rugby™

[@filmsaboutfilms6964]

You know it's coming. He does it every time. Yet it simply cannot be stopped. 😂

[@joshwilliamson3428]

His trademark. A great coaching move and what a player implementing it. It’s so effective.

[@schnozz87]

He did this in literally every game, i could never work out why no one ever seemed to expect it and it always caught people out!

[@celtic4862]

sign of a world class player

[@bjwist3rror]

Huge difference between knowing something is coming and being able to defend it.

[@kairb]

Because the outside centre fixes the defender

[@Dreyno]

You number up in defence. You each line up an opposing player. This move means you’re instantly a man down and also have players scrambling into each other’s space trying to get across. By the time your brain registers what’s happening, it’s already too late to respond.

[@ciaranbrk]

you can expect it but its hard to defend he can go himself or can unleash another strike runner

[@jackm2939]

AKA The Leinster Loop! The GOAT

[@timslade5808]

Started off as the Sexton-D’arcy loop, once D’arcy retired sexton claimed overall ownership😂

[@Jeno097]

Hate it or love it, you still watched and that’s all you could do

[@extremesportsify]

Love seeing all of them, sick sick video! One of the best you’ve done

[@die_regte_vicks]

that thumbnail is absolute gold😂😂😂

[@benoitsuard2984]

Un schéma qui marche à merveille depuis que l'on permet les passages à vide.

[@laravandoros6262]

My idol

[@Therugbydetails]

Crazy this move isn’t used by anyone else really

[@AndrewDavidForde]

Frawley did it not long before his drop goal against the Boks but I know what you mean - It shouldn’t work, but by god it does!

[@Dreyno]

Presence of mind. Knowing how to do it and having the presence of mind to see the opportunity and implement it instantly is the tricky part. I played casual Astro football for years until Covid ended my “career”. Every week I told myself to try a McGeady spin. Every week I wouldn’t do it. One day I was chasing a ball into a corner and a defender was closing. The McGeady popped into my head. As we got to the ball, I did it and completely skinned him. Everyone gasped. I then shanked the ball behind the goals with my left foot. The point is, good players can pull off the simple stuff regularly to great effect in a game. The rest of us can do it in the back garden and never in a game.

[@RugbyGuide]

Totally agree. From my mate Ben doing it five times a game back in 2000 to Sexton to ... ? 😄 There are faster, more agile 10s who should have used it regularly!

[@EdwardKeen-yq3to]

He was a piece of art

[@Keeks749]

The trademark was a nice touch

[@NickProductions20]

Watching a video of some really nice rugby and yet my biggest take away from the video is 4:00 what the hell were the Scarlets thinking with that kit!?

[@DMD19]

Sometimes I feel he is protected by two dummy runners.

[@danielokeeffe6358]

Aka The Bain of Scotland

[@BarneyChilman]

W PLAYER

[@Driver2616]

Simplest of manoeuvres but almost impossible to defend against, unless you leave your team open elsewhere along the line…..

[@luobomu9747]

It looked like something but most of the time it did nothing.

[@danielokeeffe6358]

Like all the tries it led to in this video? As he aged it lost effectiveness, but it was unreal when he had enough pace to take the gap.

[@nepiahemopo1702]

Gate crasher.

[@ChuisFonsdePelo]

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