McCarthy ready to step up as opportunity knocks

Nick McCarthy is only 20 games into his senior Leinster career but the St Michael’s and UCD scrum-half has already managed to figure in some of the more unlikely storylines emanating from the club in his short time.

Thu, 01 Mar, 2018 - 00:00

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