Joey Carbery nicknamed 'ROG' by future Munster teammates Down Under

He may not be due to arrive in Munster until pre-season later this summer, but new signing Joey Carbery is already getting used to his new province, with Conor Murray revealing the fly-half’s future club-mates have nicknamed him “ROG”.

Joey Carbery nicknamed 'ROG' by future Munster teammates Down Under

Scrum-half Murray is relishing the opportunity to forge a half-back partnership with the 22-year-old Carbery, who revealed last week that he had decided to leave Leinster in order to get more game time at number 10.

The New Zealand-born, Kildare-raised out-half is in the mix to win his 11th Ireland cap this Saturday, when the Six Nations champions face Australia in the first Test in Brisbane.

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