Jim McCarthy (rugby union)

Irish rugby union player

Rugby player
Jim McCarthy
McCarthy in New Zealand in 1950
Birth nameJames Stephen McCarthy
Date of birth(1924-06-30)30 June 1924
Place of birthCork, Ireland
Date of death21 April 2015(2015-04-21) (aged 90)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Dolphin RFC
Blackrock College RFC
()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Munster ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1948–1955
1950
 Ireland
The Lions
28
13
(24)

James Stephen McCarthy (30 June 1924 – 21 April 2015) was an Irish rugby union player who played for Munster, the Irish national team, and the British and Irish Lions.[1] He was a member of the Grand Slam winning Irish squad in the 1948 Five Nations Championship.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Munster legend Jim McCarthy dies aged 90: A great character and an even greater player". Independent.ie.
  2. ^ Mulqueen, Charlie (22 April 2015). "Ireland mourns Slam hero Jim McCarthy". Retrieved 24 April 2015.

External links

  • Jim McCarthy at ESPNscrum
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Forwards
  • Budge
  • Clifford
  • C. Davies
  • D.M. Davies
  • Evans
  • Hayward
  • John
  • Kininmonth
  • McCarthy
  • McKay
  • Mullen (capt)
  • Nelson
  • Roberts
  • Robins
  • Stephens
Backs
Coach
Leslie B. Osborne
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Ireland national rugby union team captains
To 1900
  • Feb 1875: G.H. Stack
  • Dec 1875: R.J. Bell
  • Feb 1877: R. Galbraith
  • Feb 1877: W.H. Wilson
  • Mar 1878: R.B. Walkington
  • 1879: W.C. Neville
  • 1880: H.C. Kelly
  • 1881–Jan 1882: A.J. Forrest
  • Feb 1882: J.W. Taylor
  • 1883: G. Scriven
  • Feb 1884: J.A. McDonald
  • Mar 1884: D.F. Moore
  • Feb 1885: W.G. Rutherford
  • Mar 1885: A.J. Forrest
  • Feb 1886: M. Johnston
  • Feb 1886: J.P. Ross
  • 1887: R.G. Warren
  • Feb–Mar 1888: H.J. Neill
  • Dec 1888–90: R.G. Warren
  • Feb–Mar 1891: Dolway Walkington
  • Mar 1891: R. Stevenson
  • 1892: Victor Le Fanu
  • 1893: Sam Lee
  • 1894: Edmund Forrest
  • Feb 1895: J.H. O'Conor
  • Mar 1895: Charles Rooke
  • Mar 1895: Edmund Forrest
  • 1896: Sam Lee
  • 1897: Edmund Forrest
  • Feb 1898: Sam Lee
  • Feb 1898: G.G. Allen
  • Mar 1898: W. Gardiner
  • 1899–1900: Louis Magee
To the First World War
To the Second World War
To the professional era
To the present day
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