The top two out-halves in Andy Farrell’s Ireland pecking order start opposite each other.
He’s always seen himself as a number 10 and wanted to play there.
Opposite Frawley today will be Jack Crowley, nearly three years his junior but a more experienced front-line out-half. Crowley had his own frustrations in getting going as a starting out-half but today will be his 32nd in the number 10 shirt for Munster, while he has started 10 Tests for Ireland there whereas Frawley has yet to start a game at out-half for Ireland.
In that sense, today at Croke Park is clearly an opportunity for Frawley to make a big statement. It might be a regular-season game but with 82,300 fans bringing noise and pressure, this is an elevated occasion. Crowley has quickly got used to calling the shots. Like Frawley, he has played at inside centre and fullback for his province but took over as the main man at out-half towards the end of Graham Rowntree’s first season in charge and hasn’t looked back.
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