It has been a season when number 10s have come back in from the outside. This weekend’s European Champions Cup semi-finals will, if Joey Carbery recovers from a hamstring to spearhead Munster against Saracens, be instances of masters and apprentices.
Owen Farrell, the England captain and one of the most influential figures in the European game, will be at outside-half for Saracens and Carbery, the successor to Johnny Sexton as Ireland’s 10, will if fit play opposite him. The pair are contrasting pivots: Farrell looks to dictate through his side’s gameplan, armed with a pattern-weaver outside him in Alex Goode, while Carbery is the arch-opportunist, at his most dangerous in broken play.
Written by Paul Rees
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/apr/18/the-breakdown-champions-cup-semi-finals-10s-rugby-union under the title “The Breakdown | Return of the flamboyant fly-half: daring No 10s are back in fashion”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
