Neil McCarthy (rugby union) was effectively ended in 2002 by a serious knee injury. McCarthy spent two years attempting to come back from the injury which included a final spell with Orrell Rugby, eventually retiring in 2004 after further complications from the original injury. He was Leicester Tigers Academy director from 2007-2015 and produced current England players George Ford, Manu Tuilagi, Dan Cole, Tom Croft, Billy Twelvetrees and the Youngs Brothers Ben and Tom. On 11 March 2015, McCarthy returned to Gloucester Rugby to become their new Head of Academy. Having restructured and established the Gloucester academy as a leading programme McCarthy moved into
Tom O'Flaherty (rugby union) Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership prior to the 2017-18 season. He played on the 30th March 2018 as Exeter beat Bath Rugby in the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Winner 2014-15 Winner 2017-18 Tom O'Flaherty (rugby union) "Not to be confused with the 20th-century Irish writer Tom Maidhc O'Flaherty" Tom O'Flaherty (born 21 July 1994) is an English rugby union player who plays for Premiership Rugby Exeter Chiefs as a winger. O’Flaherty played rugby for Dulwich College and then Blackheath before moving to study at Cardiff University where he played for Cardiff RFC towards the end of 2013 and