Jerry Sexton, former second-row for Exeter Chiefs and London Irish, has successfully completed his police training as he looks ahead to a career in law enforcement once his rugby career comes to an end.
Currently playing for English Championship side Jersey, Jerry completed his training along with nine other academy graduates.
Notably, his brother Johnny, who is also the captain of Ireland’s rugby team, is also preparing for life after rugby as he recently announced his retirement after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
He confirmed in an interview with the Irish Times that he likely won’t go into coaching.
Sexton said: “I would never say never, you never know what life is going to throw at you
“It wouldn’t be my plan straight away, if an offer came in, it wouldn’t be right for me to coach with guys I played with the last number of years.
“I certainly wouldn’t want to jeopardise this year, because if they find out you’re coaching them, the relationship changes straight away. I won’t be doing it for the foreseeable future.
“Rugby is my passion, it’s all I’ve known. I’ve been doing it for 20 years, longer maybe, when I was a kid. But I think it’s important to step away from it to try another walk of life. And then we’ll see what happens.”
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“I’ll go and see if I can do something in the business world, I’ve been doing a bit of work experience there over the last few years, one day a week, so I’ll go into that and see how it goes.
“It might not be for me. I might get the itch straight away and come out of retirement, play for St Marys!”
The previous year saw a significant rise in accumulated profits at the management company owned by Johnny Sexton, the renowned rugby captain of Ireland.
The profits surged by nearly £307,000, reaching an impressive total of almost £2.5m.
Below, we look at six other players from down the years who worked for the ‘Old Bill’.
1. Dean Richards
Richards was schooled at John Cleveland College, in Hinckley, and was a police constable for Leicestershire Constabulary between the 1980s and 1990s before English rugby union became professional. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers, and played 48 times for England and six times for the British & Irish Lions. The 55-year-old is now the boss of Premiership side Newcastle Falcons.
