HAD IRELAND BEEN able to hold England out in that last defensive set at Twickenham, there probably would have been a lot more talk about Jack Crowley’s delayed pass in the build-up to James Lowe’s first try.
The Irish out-half has been delivering nice touches like this from the opening game of the championship against France.This is a good example of Crowley’s habit of disguising passes. In this case, his body language suggests he will go out the back door to Lowe but as France centre Jonathan Danty reads that option, Crowley instead sends Beirne through the front door.
It hasn’t been a surprise to see Crowley fitting into Ireland’s attack so seamlessly in his first campaign as their starting out-half. His body of work up until this Six Nations suggested he was an ideal fit. Crowley has kicked at 74% success off the tee in this campaign. That leaves him third on the overall list of kickers who have attempted more than five place-kicks, with Thomas Ramos and Finn Russell ahead.
There is obviously scope for improvement in Crowley’s place-kicking, while he might feel the same about his kicking from hand – as discussed in this piece on Ireland’s kicking, which also highlighted Crowley’s excellent restarts. He would probably like to be consistently getting more distance on his line kicks too.
The Ireland out-half can contribute to choke efforts but generally brings a lower tackle technique to the Irish defence.
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