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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2 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Pat McCarry
Leona Maguire was just 12 when she took part in her first senior tournament. Now, 18 years on, the Cavan woman shares her career highlights, the sports stars who supported her, and her hopes of inspiring the next generation of golfers at the Women’s Irish Open“I was definitely out of my comfort zone,” Leona Maguire admits of her Life magazine fashion shoot at Carton House. “It was fun to try on all the outfits, and to have a stylist for the day – all the hair and make-up.
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3 weeks ago |
rugbypass.com | Pat McCarry
Back in December, making my way to Limerick, I bumped into Craig Casey as he headed for Dublin. Standing next to the sugar sachets and coffee swirlers, in a service station along the N7, we exchanged a few words about the injury that had ground his promising season to a halt. Just a couple of weeks prior, Casey had badly injured his knee on Champions Cup duty for Munster, against Castres. It would wipe four months from his season and cost him a key role in Ireland’s Six Nations title defence plans.
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4 weeks ago |
rugbypass.com | Pat McCarry
I have spent parts of the past two seasons writing and speaking about Sam Prendergast needing to add timber to his frame. At the Rugby Players Ireland Awards, I was reminded how tall that frame is. I was hovering at a bar inside Aviva Stadium, ahead of the main ceremony, when Prendergast strolled by. The Leinster out-half is 6ft 4in and had a clear view over most heads. He has an impressive cut to him. In modern rugby, though, the 22-year-old still needs to add a few kilograms.
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1 month 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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1 month 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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RT @patmccarry: 'Fresh off their side’s controversial URC shoot-out exit to Sharks, Munster fans are rallying online to ask why John Hodnet…
'Fresh off their side’s controversial URC shoot-out exit to Sharks, Munster fans are rallying online to ask why John Hodnett and Tom Farrell are not travelling' ✍️ My @RugbyPass column focuses on captain Casey, odd exclusions, first chances & last ones ☘️ https://t.co/lO27NSVn80
'The commentary team can take credit for the ‘Connacht Colossus’ moniker, if he goes on to have a block-rocking career.' Wrote about Hugh Gavin for @RugbyPass at the start of the season. Ireland coaches clearly want to see more of the lad ☘️ https://t.co/g5B3viXIUq