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title: "Sexton admits to losing Six Nations medal"
canonical: "https://readrugbyunion.com/2018/03/22/sexton-admits-losing-six-nations-medal/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Sam Brown"
section: "Ireland"
published: "2018-03-22T11:25:50Z"
modified: "2018-03-22T11:25:50Z"
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# Sexton admits to losing Six Nations medal

Irish fly-half and Six Nations champion Johnny Sexton [has conceded he lost his winners’ medal](https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/the-left-wing/i-was-sent-the-video-of-me-looking-for-it-johnny-sextons-funny-story-about-how-he-lost-his-six-nations-medal-36728168.html) in the immediate aftermath of the trophy presentation at Twickenham on Saturday.

After defeating England 24-15 to complete the Grand Slam, the Ireland team were enjoying the revelry that would succeed such an achievement, when Sexton realised he’d misplaced a rather important piece of hardware.

The Leinster back was caught on camera in his moment of realisation that the medallion had become detached from the lanyard.

> Twitter: #WheresJohnnysGold? https://t.co/hFjmcwMb1z (@TheRugbyPaper)

Sexton said of his mishap:

> I found it. Myself and Jordi Muphy were walking around the pitch and I said to him, ‘Mate, you lost your medal’ and he goes, ‘Oh… I think you have too’. Same type of personalities me and Jordi.

> There was one medal on the ground and we couldn’t figure out whose it was. He gave that one to me and I’m not sure if he found his one.

> We’ll get a replacement I’m sure. It was probably yanked off one of us when we were in the crowd with our families.