The Leinster outhalf pecking order is wide open. Ross Byrne has been the go-to man but could Ciarán Frawley, who impressed on the recent Irish tour, be his successor?
Ross Byrne : for a long time looked likely to succeed Johnny Sexton as Leinster 's first-choice outhalf. Photograph: Steve Haag Sports/Deon van der Merwe/Inpho’s disposal. One ventures that the province’s conundrum will be a line of questioning which Cullen will grow weary of long before the season’s end.
After all, he has been Stuart Lancaster’s go-to man for a reason, namely in delivering game plans, and one can only imagine Byrne’s day-to-day influence in Leinster, all the more so since Sexton and latterly Ross Molony and Rhys Ruddock left the building.Still only 29, Byrne has delivered in a host of big games among his 109 starts at outhalf, such as last season’s quarter-final against La Rochelle, which was Leinster’s best performance of the season.
Word is that Frawley didn’t always want to play at 10 and his versatility has been a blessing as well as a curse. As an aside, given Leinster’s logjam at outhalf, Charlie Tector’s performance last Friday suggests his switch to 12 will be entirely vindicated. Had Frawley landed that drop goal against Toulouse to complete a famous win, then he would have had an even more compelling case to make to Cullen.
It’s clear that, in the wake of JJ Hanrahan’s ACL injury, Connacht explored the possibility of signing Sam Prendergast, even for one season, and that the younger Prendergast was open-minded about the idea of heading west and playing alongside his brother.
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