All-Blacks legend Israel Dagg has taken aim at Johnny Sexton for questioning the sincerity of the New Zealand rugby team's famous 'no d***heads' policy.

In an extract from his upcoming autobiography published in the Sunday Times, Sexton revealed what happened at the end of Ireland's World Cup quarter-final loss to the All-Blacks in 2023.

Despite portraying an image of respect and humility, Sexton was treated to jibes by the All-Blacks, with Rieko Ioane saying: "Don't miss your flight tomorrow. Enjoy your retirement, you c**t."

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"So much for the All Blacks famous 'no dickheads' policy. So much for their humility. I walk after Ioane and call him a fake humble f*****. It doesn't look great, me having a go at one of them just after we've lost. But I can't be expected to ignore that."

Reacting to the extract of Sexton's new book, Obsessed, 66 times capped All-Black Dagg took aim at Sexton and Ireland for talking themselves up too much before World Cups while failing to get the job done on the biggest stage.

“Just accept it, mate,” the ex-fullback said on SENZ’s Scotty & Izzy. “Give it a rest.

“Ireland tend to throw a lot of chat out there because they’re winning in between World Cups, but come World Cups – you just don’t. You don’t win it.

“Obviously the comments were pretty harsh and they probably hurt your feelings. But you were retiring.

“People don’t forget when you toured New Zealand and you said some things to our very own All Blacks. They’re going to bottle that up for the big occasions.

“They bottled it up nicely and you guys bottled it over there in the quarter-finals. That’s just the way it goes.”

As for Sexton's criticism of the 'no d***head' policy, Dagg explained that the policy only relates to how the All-Blacks treat each other and present themselves to the media. In essence, it doesn't stop them from being d***heads to the opposition.

“There’s a ‘no d***head’ policy in the brotherhood – between each other and in the environment, in amongst their own team-mates.

“It’s not about you. It’s not about the Irish team and not being a d***head to them or the English team.

“We carry ourselves in a way that we don’t want to sound arrogant. We want to show humility a little bit. But when you fire something, you’ve got to expect a return, and that’s what’s happened here.

“(Ioane) is standing up for Sammy Cane and Brodie Retallick. Pete O’Mahony threw out some chat. Well, you just lost the quarter-final – time to go home.”

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