Ronan O'Gara: So who does Munster get to lead them now, Carbery or Crowley?

Munster management has a decision to make on who is the ten to lead the side when the big guns come to town. 

COMPETITION: Jack Crowley and Joey Carbery of Munster. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

IT’S five years since Joe Schmidt kindly brought me into Irish camp for a bit of work experience ahead of their tour games in the US. There were a lot of pick-ups from the stint but one of the individuals who stuck with me, who made a lasting impression, was Josh van der Flier.

The Leinster back row wasn’t an established starter then, not even for his province, but he was very inquisitive in a good way. A sponge. He asked smart questions and a lot of them at a time when growth mindset wasn’t even a buzzword. He had a really good manner in the sense that it was plain he desperately wanted to get better. He clearly had deficiencies in his game then, but he has improved now to the point of being anointed World Player of the Year in Monaco last weekend. Van der Flier is the full package.