27-year-old Carbery has been 'exceptional' behind the scenes, according to Graham Rowntree:
Murray Kinsella Reports from Toulouse AT TIMES, IT almost seemed as though Toulouse had a vendetta against Joey Carbery. He kept on peeling himself off the ground and the French side’s big forwards kept on coming back to land another bone-shuddering shot on him.
Unfortunately for Munster, Healy was sin-binned with just over 10 minutes to go and that proved to be the end of their challenge for what would have been a massive win in Toulouse. Being left out by Farrell means Carbery now faces perhaps the biggest challenge of his career. He had previously never been omitted by Ireland when fit and available. He has been the clear second-in-line to Johnny Sexton since 2018 when Paddy Jackson was ruled out of the equation. Farrell has invested over 1,000 minutes of Test rugby in Carbery but now has him outside his top three out-halves.
Crowley is an ambitious, forceful character – one of the reasons Farrell likes him. The 23-year-old will back himself to be Munster’s first-choice out-half sooner rather than later, having fitted in at inside centre and fullback over the past few months. Munster are very excited about Crowley’s potential as the leader of their team out on the pitch, so it will be intriguing to see how his role continues to grow and how soon it involves being in the number 10 shirt more regularly.
Carbery is still only 27 and his Munster contract runs until 2024 so he has plenty of time on his side as he goes about recovering from his setback with Ireland. He has enough talent to bounce back and remind Farrell of his quality. You don’t win 37 Test caps without having ability, resilience, and strong character.
“We don’t have a grand plan over substitutions. It’s ‘feel’ in the moment, in discussions between the coaches.”“He was disappointed last week, rightly so,” said the Munster head coach. “He’s been exceptional at training, he drives the group and he’ll learn from that
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