Joe McCarthy rugby player
Joe McCarthy rugby player

Joe McCarthy

26th Mar 2001 1.98m/112kg No 4 Lock

Match Report: Leinster 21 - 16 Munster

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

A 65th-minute try from Jordan Larmour was the decisive blow in Leinster coming from behind in the BKT United Rugby Championship at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening. The tries from Jamison Gibson-Park,...

Match Preview: Leinster v Munster

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

A 50,000-plus crowd is expected at the Aviva Stadium for this much-anticipated meeting between arch rivals who know each other so well. There will be a host of Ireland World Cup squad members on duty...

Furlong, Conan and Henshaw to start against Munster

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Leinster Rugby team, proudly sponsored by Bank of Ireland, to take on Munster in Round 6 of the BKT United Rugby Championship tomorrow evening in Aviva Stadium has been named by Head Coach Leo Cullen...

Confident Leinster may have the upper hand against Munster

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Munster and Leinster are back in interprovincial action at the Aviva stadium this weekend. Munster are going into the game off the back of a tough encounter in challenging conditions against the Stormers,...

Returning Ireland stars help Leinster go top with big win over Scarlets

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Leinster's international-laden team moved to the top of the BKT United Rugby Championship after beating a young Scarlets side 54-5 at the RDS. Sam Prendergast marked his first home start with an early...

Leo Cullen Announces 23 to Face Dragons RFC

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Dan Sheehan captains the team for the first time, in a line-up that includes five members of Ireland’s Rugby World Cup squad.Ciarán Frawley starts at full-back, with Tommy O’Brien and...

Quarter-Final Preview: Ireland v New Zealand

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The second quarter-final – and it’s arguably the big one as the number one side in the World Rugby Men’s Rankings powered by Capgemini goes head to head with the three-time...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Quarter-Final Preview: Ireland v New Zealand

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The second quarter-final – and it’s arguably the big one as the number one side in the World Rugby Men’s Rankings powered by Capgemini goes head to head with the three-time...

IRE team announcement (v NZL): head coach Farrell, captain Sexton, Beirne, Keenan, Porter

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Comments from Ireland head coach Andy Farrell, captain Johnny Sexton, second-row Tadhg Beirne, full-back Hugo Keenan and prop Andrew Porter after the team was announced to play New Zealand in the quarter-final...

Johnny Sexton insists Ireland are ready for ‘toughest game we’ve ever faced’

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Johnny Sexton says Ireland are braced for the “toughest game we’ve ever faced” ahead of a mouthwatering Rugby World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand in Paris. The world’s...