The key questions: How did Jack Crowley follow the toughest of tough acts?

Jack Crowley kept finding space, enough for Ireland to make France ship a record number of points, a hefty price for their indiscipline.

OPENER: Jamison Gibson-Park, a contender for man of the match, dives over for Ireland’s opening try in the Six Nations meeting with France at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

How did Jack Crowley follow the toughest of tough acts?

In a word, magnificently. It is impossible to overestimate the intimidation of being asked to replace a grand master considered by many to be virtually irreplaceable.