Ireland’s Paddy McCarthy comes on for his international debut, against New Zealand, at Soldier Field, Chicago last Saturday. Photograph: Gary Carr/Inpho
The boy done fine. Okay, not so much a boy, more Big Young Paddy, as Andy Farrell might be inclined to call him. The Irish head coach wasted little time in bringing Joe McCarthy into the Irish set-up and he’s now fast-tracked younger brother Paddy into Test rugby.
The younger McCarthy was afforded his Test debut for the last 12 or 13 minutes of Ireland’s meeting with New Zealand in Soldier Field after starting just three of his 10
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