Denis Leamy: Jack Crowley can succeed Johnny Sexton for Ireland

Munster’s Jack Crowley with the Investec Player of the Match Award. Pic Credit: Laszlo Geczo, Inpho.

Denis Leamy believes Jack Crowley has shown he has the big-game temperament to succeed Johnny Sexton as starting fly-half for Ireland in next month’s Guinness Six Nations.

Crowley gave Andy Farrell a timely reminder of his credentials in Toulon last Saturday with a man of the match performance in Munster’s 28-19 Champions Cup pool victory at Stade Felix Mayol with the Ireland head coach set to unveil his squad at 2pm today for the championship opener against France in Marseille in 16 days.