Jack Crowley has been entrusted with the challenge of replacing Irish legend Johnny Sexton as first-choice flyhalf in the Six Nations opener against France on Friday.
Jack Crowley has been entrusted with the challenge of replacing Irish legend Johnny Sexton as first-choice flyhalf in the Six Nations opener against France on Friday. The 24-year-old Munster playmaker impressed in cameo appearances at the Rugby World Cup last year, which ended in a heartbreaking 29-24 quarter-final defeat to New Zealand and the culmination of Sexton’s stellar 118-cap career.
Crowley must steer titleholders Ireland past their predecessors as champions France, who are without their talisman Antoine Dupont after he opted to prepare for Sevens duty at the Paris Olympics, in the febrile atmosphere of Marseille. However, head coach Andy Farrell said Crowley has shown he is capable of recording a memorable triumph over a side also bidding to bounce back from the shattering disappointment of a World Cup quarter-final exit. “He’s a confident kid, Jack, so being able to grab hold of the team has been one of the things that has most impressed me during camp,” Farrell said at a press conference on Wednesday after naming the team at a training camp in Portugal
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