Troy Robert McCarthy (born 14 December 1966) is an Australian former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who played for Gold Coast in the NSWRL.

Biography

McCarthy, a Queensland junior representative, was a foundation player for the Gold Coast in the

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, coming off the bench in the team’s inaugural match, a 21-10 loss to the

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Seagulls Stadium Seagulls Stadium was a rugby league stadium located on Gollan Drive in West Tweed Heads, New South Wales. Originally known as Chris Cunningham Field, it was the home ground of the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants rugby league franchise, who entered th ...

. Then known as Gold Coast-Tweed, the club was coached by his father, Australian former representative

Bob McCarthy Robert James McCarthy MBE (born 5 August 1946) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national si ...

. From 1988 to 1993, McCarthy made 45 first-grade appearances for the Gold Coast, mostly as a centre and full-back. During his time with the Gold Coast he also had a stint in England playing for

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, in the 1991–92 Championship. He has an elder brother, Darren McCarthy, who played for South Sydney and Canterbury. His coaching career includes a

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premiership with the

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to 2007.

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Troy McCarthy
at Rugby League project {{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, Troy 1966 births Living people Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league players Gold Coast Chargers players Hull Kingston Rovers players Rugby league centres Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Queensland Tweed Heads Seagulls coaches Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian sportsmen