Joey Carbery: The Competitive Understudy

By learning from the best, the apprentice has become one of the best. Anyone who fears Leinster and Ireland talent Joey Carbery may get impatient waiting for Johnny Sexton to retire doesn’t appreciate the upside of operating in his shadow.

Joey Carbery: The Competitive Understudy

Rather than stymie Carbery’s progress, Sexton’s inspired it. “I’m quite impatient, but I’m not impatient about this,” he says.

It seems no matter where Joey Carbery looks or goes, there’s Johnny. Even on holidays.

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