
Pat McCarry
Editorial Lead at Sports JOE
Editorial Lead at JOE.ie
Sportswriter & Producer 💻 🎧 Soldier Field, Man and Ball & The New Breed author 📚 Fortuitously married dad of 4 📲 [email protected]
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1 week ago |
rugbypass.com | Pat McCarry
The era of the hybrid player is upon us Copied to clipboard 0 3:20am, 27 May 2025 During Leinster’s recent United Rugby Championship victory over Ulster, one sequence of play signposted the way forward. Not everyone will like it, but little is being done to prevent the surge. Ulster had started with real intent but five damaging minutes, either side of half-time, put them 24-10 behind.
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3 weeks ago |
rugbypass.com | Pat McCarry
“I’m pretty chilled,” Andy Farrell joked, minutes before the British and Irish Lions squad was announced to the public. “My job is done.”The Lions head coach had left the final squad debate with his assistants until as late as he possibly could. The Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-finals were the last chance for players to impress or, in the unfortunate cases of Sam Prendergast, Robbie Henshaw and Darcy Graham, slip back.
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1 month ago |
rugbypass.com | Pat McCarry
Records tumbled for Irish provinces at the weekend. But not for the right reasons, leaving the main protagonists searching for the right words to adequately cover the their dismay. “To say we’re a long way off it is completely wrong. I believe in this group,” said one.
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1 month ago |
rugbypass.com | Pat McCarry
With James Lowe a likely Lions Tour selection lock-in, this writer set himself the task of observing the left wingers on display, at Aviva Stadium, as Ulster flung themselves in front of the Leinster juggernaut. Jimmy O’Brien and Jacob Stockdale wore 11 for their respective teams. O’Brien covers four backline positions while Stockdale is primarily a left winger that can cover fullback.
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1 month ago |
rugbypass.com | Pat McCarry |Ross Byrne
Will wounded Carbery come back to haunt former side Munster? Copied to clipboard 0 11:33am, 10 April 2025 Joey Carbery never wanted to leave Leinster. He never wanted to leave Munster, either. On Saturday, a shade over nine years since he made his senior debut, Carbery has a chance to show both sides, and Andy Farrell, what they discarded. This season’s Champions Cup Round of 16 had tournament organisers thanking their stars for La Rochelle v Munster.
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