BY SEÁN HOLLAND
FORMER Bandon RFC star and the 2023 West Cork Sports star of the year, Jack Crowley, will start at fly-half in Friday nights clash with France in the opening round of the Six Nations, capping an incredible week for the 24-year-old Innishannon man. This will be Crowley’s 10th cap for Ireland but it will mark his first Six Nations start as he looks to take over from Ireland's all time leading point scorer Johnny Sexton.
The game will kick off at 8pm Irish time in the Stade Velodrome in Marseille and will be live on Virgin Media 1. Crowley will line out alongside his Munster teammates, Peter O’Mahony (Captain), Tadhg Beirne and debutant Calvin Nash. The full starting team and replacements is listed below.
Starting Line-up:
15. Hugo Keenan
14. Calvin Nash
13. Robbie Henshaw
12. Bundee Aki
11. James Lowe
10. Jack Crowley
9. Jamison Gibson-Park
1. Andrew Porter
2. Dan Sheehan
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Joe McCarthy
5. Tadhg Beirne
6. Peter O’Mahony
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Caelan Doris
Replacements:
16. Ronan Kelleher
17. Cian Healy
18. Finlay Bealham
19. James Ryan
20. Ryan Baird
21. Jack Conan
22. Conor Murray
23. Ciaran Frawley
