Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook

Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook (born 14 January 1986) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward or prop for St Helens in the Betfred Super League. He has played for both England and Ireland at international level.

Louie "LMS"[1] McCarthy Scarsbrook
Personal information
Full nameLouie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
Born (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986[2]
Whitechapel, London, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Weight16 st 5 lb (104 kg)[3]
Playing information
PositionLoose forward, Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–10 Harlequins RL 97 19 0 0 76
2011– St Helens 294 59 0 0 236
Total 391 78 0 0 312
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–09 England 2 2 0 0 8
2017 Ireland 3 1 0 0 4
As of 9 January 2021
Source: [4][5][6][7]

He came through the London Broncos academy, but only played for the first team when it was named Harlequins RL in the Super League.

LMS is contracted to play for St. Helens until 2020, which will be his testimonial season. In close to ten years he has won three League Leader's Shields in 2014, 2018 and 2019 plus the 2014 Super League Grand Final, 2019 Super League Grand Final and the 2020 Super League Grand Final. He has made one Challenge Cup Final appearance.

Background

Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook was born 14 January 1986 in Whitechapel, London, England.

Grew up on the Isle of Dogs.

Playing career

Early career

McCarthy-Scarsbrook was a product of the Quins RL Junior Academy squad. He toured Australia with British Amateur Rugby League Association U18s in 2004. He spent the 2005 season on loan at Hull FC's Senior Academy, and played a prominent role in Hull's reserve grade Grand Final winning season.

McCarthy-Scarsbrook playing for Harlequins Rugby League

Harlequins RL

McCarthy-Scarsbrook returned to London and in 2006 made his Super League début. By 2008 Harlequins coach Brian McDermott was tipping McCarthy-Scarsbrook for a place in England's World Cup squad.[8][9]

He was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[10]

He was named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[11]

He made his England début in the victory over Wales on 10 October 2008.[12]

McCarthy-Scarsbrook's second game for England was also against Wales, a 48-12 victory in the 2009 Four Nations tournament in which he scored a try.[7]

Louie announced on 1 September 2010[13] that he was to leave Quins at the end of the season after turning down a new contract.

St Helens

On 3 September 2010, St. Helens confirmed the capture of Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook on a 4-year deal starting in 2011, where he'll join up with St. Helens' other new signings Josh Perry and Michael Shenton. Upon Signing the deal Louie said, '"St Helens are entering an exciting time in their history and to be a part of that was a great pull." He continued: "Not only will they have a new stadium in 2012 but the quality of the players already in the squad means they will be challenging on all fronts. "I am looking forward to linking up with my new teammates and continuing to learn under Royce Simmons. "I would like to thank Quins for giving me the chance to play rugby league and I have enjoyed my time there. The fans and players have been excellent with me and I wish them all well in the future."[14]

He played in the 2011 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford.[15][16]

In 2014, Louie made his 100th appearance for St Helens in their Challenge Cup fixture against Leeds.

St Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final, and McCarthy-Scarsbrook was selected to play at second-row in their 14-6 victory over the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.[17][18][19][20]

He played in the 2019 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.[21]

He played in the 2019 Super League Grand Final victory over the Salford Red Devils at Old Trafford.[22][23][24]

He played in St Helens 2020 Super League Grand Final victory over Wigan at the Kingston Communications Stadium in Hull.[25]

International

A former England international, for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup he was named in the Ireland squad.[26]

References
  1. "Before the 'Captain's Run' for the Castleford semi-final, there was a special presentation from Saints' Heritage Society to the one-and-only Louie McCarthy Scarsbrook". Saints RLFC. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. "Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook". au.sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo! 7 Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. "Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook St Helens". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. "Saints Heritage Society". www.saints.org.uk.
  5. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  6. http://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Louie-McCarthy-Scarsbrook/
  7. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. Fletcher, Paul (5 February 2008). "Quins ace tipped for England call". BBC. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  9. Fletcher, Paul (6 February 2008). "Leading the way in London". BBC. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  10. "Myler gets England call". England Rugby League. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  11. "Gleeson to lead new-look England". BBC. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  12. "England warm up in style". Sky Sports. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  13. "Prop Louis McCarthy-Scarsbrook to leave Harlequins". BBC Sport. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  14. "St Helens sign Harlequins' Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook". BBC Sport. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  15. "Leeds claim Grand Final glory as inspired Rob Burrow sinks St Helens". Guardian. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  16. "St Helens 16 Leeds 32". Daily Telegraph. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  17. "St Helens 14 Wigan Warriors 6: Moment of madness from Wales international Ben Flower costs Wigan dear". Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  18. "St Helens win Grand Final after Wigan's Ben Flower is sent off". Guardian. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  19. "St Helens 14–6 Wigan Warriors". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  20. Cartwright, Phil (11 October 2014). "St Helens v Wigan as it happened". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  21. "St Helens 4-18 Warrington RESULT: Challenge Cup Final as it happened from Wembley". Mirror. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  22. "St Helens give Justin Holbrook the perfect send-off with commanding Grand Final victory over Salford". Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  23. "St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened". The Guardian.
  24. "St Helens win 2019 Super League League Leaders' shield". Sky Sports.
  25. "Super League Grand Final: Wigan 4-8 St Helens". www.bbc.co.uk.
  26. "Ireland name Rugby League World Cup squad". sbs.com.au. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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