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Crowley has earned 35 Ireland caps and won the 2024 Six Nations [Getty Images]
Jack Crowley has emerged as a doubt for Ireland's Nations Championship games next month after Munster head coach Clayton McMillan revealed the fly-half has been diagnosed with a blood vessel issue.
Crowley, who finished this year's Six Nations as Ireland's starting out-half, has not played for Munster since 18 April.
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell names his squad for the Tests against Australia, Japan and New Zealand on Wednesday.
"Jack, I don't anticipate he'll be involved in the early part of the internationals," McMillan told the Irish Examiner.
"He's got a blood vessel issue in the back of his leg, which is good that something's been identified. He's got a plan around how to manage that but it literally is just a very obscure, unfortunate thing that was really hard to diagnose."
McMillan added: "He's got a diagnosis now, he has a plan around how to get it back, and I'm just not sure medically what the return to play protocols around that are.
"It's not like a concussion or a broken arm or leg, it's something that could literally solve itself overnight, or it might take a month or two. And that's not being cryptic, that's just the nature of what he's going through."
Crowley, 25, made his Ireland debut in 2022 and has earned 35 caps, playing every minute of the 2024 title-winning Six Nations campaign.
While Sam Prendergast started the first two games of this year's Six Nations, Crowley reclaimed the 10 jersey and steered Ireland to wins over England, Wales and Scotland to deliver the Triple Crown.
Ireland face Australia in Sydney on 4 July, Japan in New South Wales on 11 July and New Zealand in Auckland on 18 July.
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