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15th May 2023
12:32pm BST

"Haven't registered it yet but have to give credit to Leinster today. All week we knew the respect we had to give them, as a quality side. They're not in the [Champions Cup] final next week for no reason - with the squad and the quality they have. So, we had to give them the utmost respect. You saw what it took out there to even beat them, do you know what I mean? To them, this is their place. It's all due respect to them - they're an unbelievable side and it took all we had to beat them."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1658044844344762369
"Yeah, look, the moment itself is something," said Crowley, of the drop goal. "But it's more the seven other minutes before that, that the boys put in. The forwards coming around the corner. The efforts that the backs put in, the 23 [lads] put in. Then you go beyond that to the lads back home and the ones that aren't even on the pitch today. "Truly, that is what made today. That moment when it went over the bar - that's what you practice for. That's what you are there to do. You have to do that. But it's the effort that the boys put in, far beyond the 23. It's an unbelievable squad effort - both coaching and squad. That's what that meant today. It was more than a moment."Just to note - this was the first drop goal Jack Crowley has landed in professional rugby since his Munster debut in October 2020. Saturday was his 39th appearance in the pro game [36 for Munster, three Ireland caps]. What a time to do it. Asked if that result over Leinster had instilled this Munster squad with an extra sense of "belief", Crowley replied, "Oh, belief, you said it. It's there. "To beat a squad of that quality today, it's everything. We want to be in a final and that's where we are. Just delighted with the effort today but we've next week to train. It's going to be tough competition. But give it our all. We're in a final and that's where you want to be." https://twitter.com/ViaplaySportsUK/status/1657456243357913088
"I remember having coffee with him and just picking his brain. Jack gets the game very well. He understands everything that's involved with managing a team around the pitch and game-management, which is crucial.""He was just craving to play [with Munster]," O'Gara added. "For me, when I was starting to play for Munster, I was able to make big mistakes and still get picked the next week. Now, it's got so competitive that it is very hard for young players to have that opportunity to, in succession, mess up! And that's what makes players better, you know? Ahead of La Rochelle's Champions Cup final against Leinster, this weekend, O'Gara would have appreciated the drop goal, the result and that finger wag. Leinster have been wounded and now his team have a chance to finish the job.
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