As the saying goes, what doesn’t break you makes you stronger. Few careers are linear, least of all those of Irish outhalves. David Humphreys, Ronan O’Gara, Johnny Sexton and others have had their ups and downs. Jack Crowley and Sam Prendergast are no different.
At this point last season, Crowley was starting his eighth successive Test as the Ireland outhalf in the post-Johnny Sexton era against the All Blacks. He’d played every minute of the 2024 Six Nations title success and started both Tests in South Africa. He would also be the outhalf against Argentina a week later, whereupon Sam Prendergast suddenly had a run of six successive starts at 10 before Crowley was restored for the Six Nations finale in Rome.
After the pair alternated in the two summer Tests, Crowley will start against the All Blac
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