It would be premature to write off Sam Prendergast as a real contender to leapfrog the Byrne brothers and Ciarán Frawley by the time the business end of the season rolls around. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile
It was late on a Friday evening in Ireland’s team hotel when Sam Prendergast sat down with Andy Farrell for a long debrief.
Having spent the week preparing for the first Test against South Africa, the players had been released for some downtime, and the coach could have probably done with a breather too.
