Leinster, Ireland scrum-half Nick McCarthy has come out publicly as gay and thanked his team for their support
Before coming out publicly, Nick McCarthy (27) had already come out to his coaches, Leo Cullen and Stuart Lancaster and his own teammates, earlier this year. He said it was a ‘completely positive’ experience and added that it was thanks to the stories of footballer Josh Cavallo, American football player Carl Nassib and his teammate Jack Dunne, who is openly bisexual, that he found the strength to come out.
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“I struggled with coming out for a while and it was starting to impact on me and my happiness so it was the right decision. It affected me so much that I agonised over my future and contemplated walking away from rugby altogether because I just didn’t think I could come out while playing rugby. It’s not common for a male athlete to come out in sport, never mind professional rugby, and it’s probably something that I didn’t want to believe or accept myself either. I needed to accept being gay myself before I could address it with others. I have great friends in rugby but I didn’t know how they would take it”.
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In The Guardian, Leinster and Irish national rugby captain Johhny Sexton said he was very proud of his teammate Nick McCarthy and that “he will be a role model for others. I’ve known Nick since academy days, so to hear him speak so openly about his difficulties was tough, but now we are happy for Nick and the fact that he can be himself”.
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