Ben Maguire has fallen so hard for Ho Chi Minh City, from its traffic to its food, that he joked he would write a love letter to banh mi or marry a bowl of pho to stay in the city. Visiting in late ...

BIG JOE: Joe McCarthy has made quite the imppression since he first lined out for Ireland. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady Things that have, against all the odds, survived rugby’s shift from amateurism ...

This guy is great. The guy who was against him, have you no decency? Right. They were saying that about McCarthy when he was making false allegations about people being communists. However ...

You can check out at any time. More info Joe McCarthy was on the receiving end of some hair-dryer treatment from Ireland management at the match review meeting, following his 'stupid' yellow-card ...

Joe McCarthy has signed a three-year central contract that will keep him with Ireland and Leinster until the end of the 2027/28 season. The 23-year-old second row has won 17 international caps ...

Donal Lenihan believes Joe McCarthy should be dropped following his yellow-card offence in the lead-up to France's opening try on Saturday. With the game still scoreless, the Irish lock was sent ...

The Irish rugby public knew plenty about Joe McCarthy before last year's Guinness Six Nations, but his championship debut away to France was the night he announced himself globally. Having been ...

Ireland pair Mack Hansen and Joe McCarthy have signed new contracts with the Irish Rugby Football Union. Connacht wing Hansen has committed to the end of the 2026-27 season, while the new deal for ...

Joe McCarthy was with the Ireland squad at their Dublin city centre team hotel the day after he suffered what interim head coach Simon Easterby described as a “nasty blow” to the head ...

Ireland backs coach Andrew Goodman has branded Joe McCarthy’s yellow card against France last weekend as ‘stupid’ and ‘costly’. The Ireland second-row was sin-binned midway through the ...