Farrell has full trust in novice pilot Crowley

The Ireland boss is looking forward to seeing just how up to the task Jack Crowley is in Marseille Friday night.

KEYS TO THE KINGDOM: Munster and Ireland out-half Jack Crowley. Pic: Dan Sheridan, Inpho

It is not the number of Test caps your No.10 has but what they do with them once they come your way that matters to Andy Farrell and the Ireland boss is looking forward to seeing just how up to the task Jack Crowley is in Marseille tomorrow night.

The Munster flyhalf, a month past his 24th birthday, has been handed the keys to Ireland’s playbook for this Guinness Six Nations opener against France at Stade Velodrome and he will be expected to pick up where Johnny Sexton left off when he called time on his playing career after his 118th Ireland appearance at the age of 38 last October.