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Published 08:07 7 Jun 2018 BST
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"The Murray partnership is a real bonus," said Downey. The former Munster and Ireland centre continued:
"Joey has started once at 10 for Leinster this season. It's not exactly like he was back-up to Johnny Sexton. Ross Byrne is back-up and deservedly so. "Joey has to play. He's got to play. And it's a great sideline that he's in with Murray but he still has to establish himself. They've got five 10s there at the moment - himself, Tyler Bleyendaal, JJ Hanrahan and Bill Johnston - and they're not all going to be delighted that he's there."Some feel that Murray may be the dominant partner in the relationship but the Limerick native is well clued in and will be happy to see Carbery play to his strengths. "It is a stereotype, sometimes, that Munster just kick the ball high and bash teams up with their pack," I noted. "Now they have done that in the past, I know, but Carbery is good enough and we've seen him at his best at 10. "We saw that cameo in the PRO14 final against Scarlets and against Fiji last year. He is good enough that Johann van Graan will back him in the role. They won't veer too far from their kicking game-plan because Conor Murray is so good at it they are playing to his strengths. But they will play to Carbery's strengths too. They've had Simon Zebo in their backline for years and have accommodated him, and his talents."
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