Jack Carty (rugby union)

Jack Carty
Date of birth (1992-08-31) 31 August 1992
Place of birth Athlone, Ireland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight 91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
School Marist College
University NUI Galway
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Current team Connacht
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999– Buccaneers ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014– Connacht 106 (556)
Correct as of 8 September 2018
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 Ireland U20 4 (11)
Correct as of 11 February 2015

Jack Carty (born 31 August 1992) is a rugby union player from Athlone in Ireland. His primary position is at fly-half. He plays for the provincial team Connacht Rugby in the Pro14. He plays his club rugby for Buccaneers.

Youth

Carty attended the Marist College in Athlone, and attended NUIG for his third level education. Before becoming a professional rugby player, Carty played a number of other sports. He represented Roscommon in Gaelic football at minor level and also played soccer, representing the Republic of Ireland internationally as far as under-15 level and was offered a trial with English football club Southampton F.C..[1][2]

Rugby career

Connacht

In his early career with Connacht, Carty primarily featured for the province's secondary team the Connacht Eagles, playing in the British and Irish Cup. Despite still being in the Connacht academy, Carty made his first appearance for the senior Connacht team on 21 September 2012, in a match against the Glasgow Warriors in the 2012–13 Pro12. He was a replacement at fullback for Gavin Duffy, coming on after 28 minutes.[3] In the 2013–14 season, Carty regularly served as the team's captain. His next game for came on 4 October 2013 when he made a substitute appearance against Italian team Benetton Treviso. On 27 December that year, he made his third appearance for the team, against inter-provincial rivals Munster.[4]

Carty made his first start for Connacht on 4 January 2014, when he played at fly-half against the reigning Pro12 and Amlin Cup champions Leinster, in another derby.[5] On 11 January, he played his first European match for the province, starting in their 2013–14 Heineken Cup match with Zebre, kicking two penalties and two conversions.[6] In February that year, Carty signed his first professional contract with Connacht.[7]

Following the retirement of Dan Parks,[8][9] Carty became Connacht's first choice at fly-half for the 2014–15 season. He made 21 appearances in the Pro12, with 16 of these coming as starts. Carty played in five of the team's six 2014–15 Challenge Cup games, starting all but one of these. He also started the team's final game of the season, a play-off against Gloucester.[6] The following season saw Carty continue to be first choice through to February 2016, when he injured himself on a water slide in Dubai and to have his spleen removed. He returned to first team action that April, but couldn't dislodge AJ MacGinty and Shane O'Leary and missed out on a place in the Pro12 Final on 28 May.[10] Carty appeared in 12 Pro12 and five Challenge Cup games in the 2015–16 season before his accident, and only two Pro12 games afterwards.[4][6]

The departure of MacGinty to Sale Sharks and injuries to new signing Marnitz Boshoff saw Carty return to first choice for the 2016–17 season.[11][12] He started 18 games in the Pro12, featuring as a replacement in three more,[4] and started five of the side's six games in the Champions Cup, missing the home game with Zebre through injury.[13] Carty also started the team's Champions Cup play-off with Northampton Saints at the end of the season.[6]

International

Carty has represented Ireland at various under-age levels internationally. He was named in the Ireland under-20s team and represented them at the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Footballing talent Carty committed to furthering Connacht cause". The42. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jack Carty – Connacht Rugby". Athlone Regional Sports Centre. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pro12: Glasgow Warriors 27-17 Connacht". BBC Sport. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Player Profile: Jack Carty". Pro14.
  5. ↑ "Jack Carty given first Connacht start as Leinster name Heaslip captain". The42. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Player Archive: Jack Carty". European Professional Club Rugby.
  7. ↑ "Carty and O'Halloran rewarded with new Connacht contracts". The42. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Parks leads Connacht outgoings". Irish Independent. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Scotland's Dan Parks calls time on career after Connacht release". BBC Sport. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "The water slide accident that cost Jack Carty his spleen and a Pro12 final". The42. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Sale Sharks sign USA fly-half AJ MacGinty from Connacht". Manchester Evening News. 31 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Big blow for Connacht as Springbok-capped Boshoff out until March". The42. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Cooney makes move to out-half as Connacht change five for Zebre". The42. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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