{"id":131460,"date":"2025-10-19T05:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/131460\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T05:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:39:09","slug":"unseen-jack-crowley-moment-shows-why-munster-man-deserves-ireland-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/131460\/","title":{"rendered":"Unseen Jack Crowley Moment Shows Why Munster Man Deserves Ireland Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Crowley went into Munster&#8217;s senstional URC win over Leinster at Croke Park with a major opportunity and it is safe to say he seized it.<\/p>\n<p>The Cork native was controversially dropped for Leinster tyro Sam Prendergast for the 2025 Six Nations Championship in what was an underwhelming campaign for Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Crowley came up against Prendergast for the URC interpro in Dublin and stepped up to the occasion, dictating some phenonemal play for the underdogs.<\/p>\n<p>He played aggressive to the line, creating opportunities for his from his boot &#8211; including the kick that set Tom Farrell away for his excellent try.<\/p>\n<p>It was an audition of sorts for the 25-year-old, who is hoping to beat Prendergast to the number 10 shirt when Ireland&#8217;s November Tests get underway; starting with New Zealand in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>He showed serious capability in defence, with good footwork to evade Jamison Gibson-Park in the backfield and putting in his fair share of tackles. He was clincial from the tee, too.<\/p>\n<p>Unseen Jack Crowley moment shows Ireland credentials<\/p>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/rugby\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/rugby\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/rugby\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/rugby\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>But it was one unseen moment in which the Munster talisman also showed his class.<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted by Irish Independent journalist Cian Tracey on Twitter, Crowley showed his leadership skills at the break.<\/p>\n<p>As Munster held on to their 21-7 advantage, and Leinster made their way down the tunnel, Crowley had other ideas.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly kept his teammates on the pitch despite the half-time entertainment getting underway, rousing them with a speech as they formed a huddle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jack Crowley kept the Munster players on the pitch after the half-time whistle &#8211; looked to be delivering a rousing team talk after a very impressive half. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ywd5PDKj9P\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ywd5PDKj9P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cian Tracey (@CianTracey1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CianTracey1\/status\/1979595395501088871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was a tough day at the office for Prendergast, meanwhile, as Leinster failed to break down Munster&#8217;s outstanding defensive resolve.<\/p>\n<p>Former Ireland internationals Ian Madigan and Simon Zebo were definitive when weighing up the Irish out-half selection debate on Premier Sports.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Madigan: There was loads of brilliance in this game from Jack.<\/p>\n<p>Zebo: He was world class out there, he was a cut above the rest. It is not just his run threat or ability to side-step, his game management has gone through the roof&#8230; he is culminating into a world class 10 firing on all cylinders. If he keeps on going on this trajectory he has to be number one.<\/p>\n<p>Madigan: When you don&#8217;t take summer holidays and train when your friends are sunning themselves it is worth it for a night like tonight. Full credit to him, he deserves every bit of it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Andy Farrell will surely be taking note.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/rugby\/munster-outrageous-team-try-leinster-at-croke-park-tom-farrell-642405\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Farrell Makes Ireland Omission Look Baffling With Munster Wonder Try<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Crowley went into Munster&#8217;s senstional URC win over Leinster at Croke Park with a major opportunity and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,73724,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-131460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-jack-crowley","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}