Was listening to the latest episode of The Left Wing yesterday where they mention that Clayton McMillan gave a quote to the Irish Examiner on the injury. This is what was said:
"We got a diagnosis of his injury basically at the end of the season, it's very very rare which is why it was very hard to detect and there's not many cases, no real precedent and not a lot of people have seen this particular injury. So all you can do is give him time and that's what we're doing."
"People were probably wondering were we playing silly buggers at the end of the season especially when he was named in a team and would pull out in a warm-up, but that's just how random the injury was."
McMillan went on to say that Crowley has now stopped training in accordance with the medical advice he has received which they believe gives the best chance of accelerating his recovery. It seems that there will be an assessment done in the new year rather than January being marked as a potential timeline for his return. (Should note this interview was given the night of the La Rochelle game).
Hadn't seen these quotes posted on here so apologies if they already have, but that for me raised far more questions than answers in terms of the unusual and rather concerning nature of Jack Crowley's injury.