Jack Crowley made his debut against Fiji last weekend. Image: Tom Maher/INPHO JACK CROWLEY TURNED Ronan O’Gara and La Rochelle down because he believed he could establish himself as Munster’s first-choice out-half and become an Ireland international sooner rather than later.
The 22-year-old is set for his second Test cap off the bench against the Wallabies tonight [KO 8pm Virgin Media/Amazon]. This is a stage Crowley backed himself to reach. He might have said last week that he wasn’t planning on playing Test rugby this early, but the truth is he has been thinking about fitting in with Ireland for quite some time.
“With Mike Prendergast and Graham Rowntree at Munster sort of moving to the way we have played, he’s got a much better understanding of it.“What I really like about Jack is he knows his stuff and he’s also very confident that he knows his stuff. He can assert his authority, he’s very good on the back of that plus his skillset is very good.“He loves the game, loves playing and enjoying the game and he studies it. So, yeah, all-court game.
It has been an incredible season for Crowley so far, going from third-choice at Munster to impressing on the Emerging Ireland tour, being named in the Ireland A squad, then jumping into the senior squad after injuries to Ciarán Frawley and Joey Carbery.
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