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Jack Carty

Jack Carty

Retired rugby union player

Oct 19, 2026

9:23
It's
9:24
over to you.
9:27
I was just really impressed.
9:29
I spoke a couple of weeks back at the Zebra, or when they played Treviso away, his ability to stay connected with the play and get a second touch.
9:39
So you saw that on the second try you got, or the first try you got.
9:44
where he plays to an edge and then he follows up on the inside and gets the ball back off.
9:50
I believe it was Caelan Blade, it could have been.

23 MINS LATER

33:01
And, you know, I know they didn't score, they only conceded a couple of tries, but there was enough in it that would make me slightly concerned.
9:23
It's
9:24
over to you.
9:27
I was just really impressed.
9:29
I spoke a couple of weeks back at the Zebra, or when they played Treviso away, his ability to stay connected with the play and get a second touch.
9:39
So you saw that on the second try you got, or the first try you got.
9:44
where he plays to an edge and then he follows up on the inside and gets the ball back off.
9:50
I believe it was Caelan Blade, it could have been.

23 MINS LATER

33:01
And, you know, I know they didn't score, they only conceded a couple of tries, but there was enough in it that would make me slightly concerned.
Simon HickPANELIST
24:13
Like, how mu- [laughs] how much muscle can somebody put on? And also, what's the relationship between confidence and putting on a bit of muscle if you've been, you know, if you've a smaller frame? It's not that he's a smaller frame, but he doesn't have a huge amount of muscle on what is quite a big frame.
24:26
frame.Yeah. He's what? Six foot four.
24:29
Like, came straight from under 20s into senior rugby, and usually you'll find that, um, you'll have players who'll have that year or two of being in the gym and putting size on.
24:38
I think it's just a gradual thing.
24:40
Like Cian, his brother, when he's been in Connacht, it's been a thing where he came in and he kind of was in and out of the team, and there was a development window where he had opportunity to do that, and you look at the, the size of a man he is.
24:53
I think the piece with, with Sam and with backs in general, there's the trade-off of kind of what your frame can take and keeping them ...
25:02
About Swoz's elements of his game, he's running a game.

13 MINS LATER

38:00
But it just feels like for Munster and Connacht, when you've got one of those big French teams in your group, it's almost unwinnable.
25:41
Like, how m- how much muscle can somebody put on? And also, what's the relationship between confidence and putting on a bit of muscle if you've been, you know, if you've a smaller fr- It's not that he's a smaller frame, but he doesn't have a huge amount of muscle on what is quite a big frame.
25:55
Yeah.
25:56
I think he's what, 6'4", like, came straight from under 20s into senior rugby, and usually you'll find that, um, you'll have players who'll have that year or two of being in the gym and putting size on.
26:07
I think it's just a gradual thing.
26:09
Like Cian, his brother, when he's been in Connacht, it's been a thing where he came in and he kinda was in and out of the team, and there was a development window where he had opportunity to do that, and you look at the, the size of a man he is.
26:22
I think the piece with, with Sam and with backs in general, there's the trade-off of kinda what your frame can take and keeping them, about, towards elements of his game.
26:32
He's running a game.

13 MINS LATER

39:29
But it just feels like for Munster and Connacht, when you've got one of those big French teams in your group, it's almost unwinnable.

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