Crowley named URC players' player of the yearpublished at 13:12 20 June
Munster and Ireland fly-half Jack Crowley has been named the United Rugby Championship's Players' Player of the Year.
It caps a breakthrough year for the 24-year-old, who helped Ireland win the Six Nations after replacing Johnny Sexton in the starting 10 jersey.
The award was was voted for by the captain and vice-captain of all 16 teams, with nominees required to have made a minimum of nine appearances.
Munster finished the regular URC season at the top of the table after winning 13 of their 18 games but were knocked out of the play-offs by Glasgow in the semi-finals on Saturday.
The award comes after his head coach Graham Rowntree was named United Rugby Championship coach of the year for the 2023-24 season.
Last week, Crowley was one of three Munster played named in the URC's Elite XV along with Alex Nankivell and Tadhg Beirne.
Crowley was also named next-gen player of the season while Shane Daly won the ironman award for playing the most minutes.