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Joey is learning on the job but huge improvements showing. His game management and kicking have improved superbly. Now it's not comparable with Ross Byrne who always had top kicking game. Equally it pointless comparing the 2 playing as a running 10. It basically a preference of style that'd be debated.Gilroy is very frustrating. He can be excellent but every now and then dumbs it down. He's being tongue in cheek about Carbery.
My 2c would be that Carbery is better off getting a lot of game time at 10. I think he'd do better at Leinster due to quality of coaching if he was playing 10 regularly but Ross Byrne's presence complicates matters. The current situation is better for Carbery, Munster and Ireland. He's learning on the job and if he shows more consistency will be outstanding.
I think Joey better off as he os still getting top coaching with Ireland and yes while he'd still probably get better backs coaching at Leinster he'd be gettimg it as a backup where as npw he gets it as the #1 playmaker.
And he has settled in excellently to be fair. And I think he looks alot happier now than he ever has and that's more because he has that extra responsibility and is the number 1 10.
@Groundhog you're bang on. He learnt in Castres and will learn more again over next few seasons but he is really seeing how the 10 role needs to boss. He studied Sexton and now has the keys to his own machine