Joey Carbery and Robyn Flanagan weigh up the prospect of a new life in France as her due date approaches

It’s a big year for Joey Carbery and wife Robyn Flanagan. The loved-up couple, who tied the knot last summer, are about to become parents for the first time.

The couple announced they were expecting their first child on St Stephen’s Day, with a gorgeous photo of their ultrasound.

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However, it’s not the only big change looming for the young couple, as Joey weighs up the prospect of moving to France to join French side Bordeaux Bégles next season.

Robyn Flanagan with Joey Carbery. Pic: Instagram

The outhalf has been toying with the idea of a move for a while now, and has admitted that being left out of the recent Six Nations squad as well as the Irish squad at the World Cup last year has had an influence on his thinking.

As he joined his current team Munster for training ahead of their United Rugby Championship game against Cardiff this weekend, everyone is wondering the same thing.

Joey Carbery in action with Munster. Pic: Sportsfile

‘It hasn’t been confirmed yet, but I’d say it will be soon enough,’ he told The Irish Times. If he does make the move though, it doesn’t mean the end of his career in an Irish jersey. ‘I’m trying to keep an open mind I suppose,’ he said.

Joey said that being left out of the Irish squad recently was a tough pill to swallow. ‘It was not nice to be sitting on the sides. I think the opportunity [to leave] came around and it was, like I said a fresh start.’

Pic: Robyn Flanagan/Instagram

Joey has been making the most of his time with new wife Robyn before they make a final call on where they will be based in the future.

Most recently, as the Irish squad won the Six Nations, the couple took the time to get in a short babymoon in Dubai.

Robyn Flanagan and Joey Carbery first wedding. Pic: Instagram

Whatever he decides though, no doubt Robyn will have his back. The couple are very devoted to each other, and have been together for eight years. They got married last summer in Marbella after a classy first wedding in Dublin a few days earlier.

Joey was so certain Robyn was the one for him that he actually proposed within two months of them moving in together.

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