Crowley keeps his head as doors continue to open

The prospect of Test rugby didn’t even enter Jack Crowley's mind at the start of the season

Ireland's Jack Crowley

This wasn’t where Jack Crowley saw himself when he kicked his first ball this season. Munster’s young out-half was focused on club concerns. The prospect of Test rugby didn’t even enter his mind. How could it when he had started just five games at ten for his province?

The 22-year-old has added just one more since – an 80-minute performance against Ulster late last month – but he has furthered his international ambitions no end with three appearances for an Emerging Ireland side in South Africa, a walk-on part for the ‘A’s against an All Blacks select, and with the weekend’s senior debut against Fiji.