Background
Sexton was born in Melbourne, and left Australia at age four.
Sexton was born in Melbourne, and left Australia at age four.
Sexton was educated at Belvedere College in Dublin.
His usual position is hooker. After a schools rugby career where 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, he 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, Peter O"Mahony, Ian Madigan and Conor Murray.
He made eight appearances for Leinster"s Senior team under Joe Schmidt, his debut coming against Connacht on New Year"s Day 2011 in the RaboDirect Pro 12 League. In April 2013, Tom was part of the All Ireland League winning side with Lansdowne Football Club. He has been capped twice for Ireland Under-19 and nine times for Ireland Under-20.
In 2013, Sexton returned to Australia to join the Melbourne Rebels for the 2014 season.Sexton missed the 2014 Super Rugby season with an Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury, making his return to play during the inaugural 2014 National Rugby Championship with The Melbourne Rising. He then made his Super Rugby Debut for the Rebels on the 27th March 2015 against The Hurricanes 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 Western Force for the 2016 Super Rugby season.