‘I feel for him’ – Sexton says racist abuse ‘marred’ Edogbo debut

Racist abuse marred Edogbo’s Irish debut – SextonImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sexton mentioned the abuse directed at Edogbo marred a special day for the debutantByMatt GaultBBC Sport NI senior journalistPublished7 minutes agoFormer Ireland captain Johnny Sexton says he does not think Edwin Edogbo “paid too much attention” to the racist abuse that was directed at him following his international debut. The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) had to turn off comments on a social media post which congratulated the player on coming off the bench in the Six Nations game against Italy because of replies which contained racial abuse.On Tuesday, the IRFU mentioned it is hopeful “we can bring something to the Gardai (Irish police)” following the abuse.”It’s horrible to see that in this day and age, it still exists like that,” mentioned Ireland assistant coach Sexton. “In terms of how he is, he’s good. I don’t think he would have paid too much attention to it, and I don’t know if he would have even seen most of it.”He’s a pretty humble guy, really level-headed, but it’s not right, some of the comments that were made.”I feel for him, I feel for his family, it marred a pretty special day for him.”IRFU keen to ‘hold people to account’ for racist abuse