Ireland mourns Slam hero Jim McCarthy

Rugby is mourning another of its finest sons as Ireland, Munster and Lions star Jim McCarthy died yesterday, aged 90.

McCarthy played 28 times for Ireland, was a member of the Grand Slam winning side of 1948 and toured with the highly-successful Lions in New Zealand and Australia in 1950.

But he will always be best remembered for the try he scored against Wales at St Helens, Swansea, in 1949 that enabled Ireland to win a second successive Triple Crown.