Ricky Nixon's Not In Ireland Yet, But The Slagging Has Already Begun

So we know now that AFL player manager Ricky Nixon has fled Australia. Every passing hour, it gets more likely that he'll turn up at Dublin Airport. The Sigerson weekend - which is less than two weeks away - is one of the regular stops on his scouting circuit and the fact that no one's heard from Nixon in about 36 hours seems to dispel any rumours that he would have traveled to the US. With Ireland his most likely destination, relations between to Ireland and Australia to a new low, as Australians have used Twitter to remind the world of Ireland's tradition of clerical sexual deviance.