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"That Jack Crowley is a very exciting player. Craig Casey, scrumhalf, my God - we never thought we'd replace Conor Murray but now we know we have a very good replacement... And do you know what I love about it? A lot of these lads are from west Cork and they're from GAA backgrounds and God knows what and I think that is the way forward."A year later and Crowley had impressed sufficiently with the Ireland U20s that he was already in training with the Munster senior squad, in anticipation of a future batch of games. Asked about that next generation, coming through, Munster fullback Mike Haley told us, "I'd be a big fan of Jack Crowley. I just like the way he plays the game. He's got a good feel for it and that's impressive." Another Munster man that is well aware of Crowley, and what he is capable of, is Ronan O'Gara. When it looked as though the Cork youngster could be getting log-jammed behind the likes of Joey Carbery and Ben Healy, O'Gara reached out, last season, and offered him a stint at his La Rochelle club. Crowley opted to stick it out and fight for his minutes at Munster. He was rewarded with 13 appearances [five outhalf starts] last season and another five this season. He toured with Emerging Ireland, got a taste of the green jersey again with Ireland 'A' and has benefitted from the poor injury luck of Ciaran Frawley and Harry Byrne. At Lansdowne Road today, all those that looked at Jack Crowley and told folks he would one day play for Ireland sat a little taller and puffed the chest out. There is a ways to go, but here was a steady outing in a winning start. Post-match, Ronan O'Gara was quick to pay tribute. https://twitter.com/RonanOGara10/status/1591457362568970242 O'Gara, and all of Cork, were proud as punch. With Joey Carbery taking that tough knock, too, there could be another sighting of Jack Crowley in green before the Bank of Ireland Nations Series is done.
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