Calvin Nash, Robert Baloucoune, Ciaran Frawley, Tom Clarkson, Joe McCarthy and Cormac Izuchukwu are some of those who went on to play Test level rugby ... but 10 and 12 were the two most obvious.

Crowley’s selection for Ireland comes at the end of a week which has seen English media report a big-money offer from Leicester Tigers to lure him away from Munster.