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25th September 2023
01:20pm BST

"I think Ross Byrne's maturity and experience, managing those situations, like the rest of the games are going to be equally as tight going forward.
"And again, I'm not trying to...to all the Munster people and his family, I'm not putting him down.
"I really like him as a player. But maybe he hasn't got enough experience for these really high pressure (moments) He'll learn from that last night but maybe Ross needs to come on the bench," concluded Williams.
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Former Leinster and Italy out-half Ian McKinley agrees with Williams that Byrne is more suited to closing a game out, but would give the nod to Crowley if it was a question of either of them starting the game.
"On the bench, in that type of context of a game where you're looking to close it out, you'd probably go for Ross Byrne but then again, if you're looking for a ten to potentially start a game, you'd go for Jack Crowley.
"But I do think Ross's game is best suited to those clutch moments," he said.
Meanwhile, Rob Kearney feels Andy Farrell should shuffle his deck for the Scotland game on October 7, and has backed five subs to start, and freshen things up.
"I can see a few changes. I think it would be prudent, giving more energy to the squad the following week.
"I think I'd start Finlay Bealham, I would give Dan Sheehan and Iain Henderson a game, I'd get Jack Conan back into the mix and Robbie Henshaw, I'd give him a game too. They're five players who will not take away from your performance.
"Five players who deserve a start, and they'll add to the game, because this will be their first start. They'll bring a huge amount of energy to the team," he said.
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