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. “I came out to my teammates in January and I was obviously pretty nervous about doing so,” McCarthy, who rejoined Leinster from Munster last summer after two years with the Reds, told Leinster's website. McCarthy informed Leinster coaches Leo Cullen and Stuart Lancaster last November, and his team-mates in January, and has now spoken publicly about his sexuality for the first time. Leinster scrum-half Nick McCarthy has publicly come out as gay, revealing that he thought he would have to quit rugby before deciding to tell his coaches and colleagues instead.
