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IT WAS A certainty that Sam Prendergast would get his Ireland debut this month but most commentators felt it might come in their third Test against Fiji.
The Leinster out-half trained with Farrell’s squad ahead of the Six Nations earlier this year, he was brought on tour to South Africa in July to keep learning, then he started all three of Emerging Ireland’s games in South Africa a couple of months ago – a clear indicator that he was being readied for this autumn window.
“He showed that in abundance, we’ve seen the knock-on effect from that in the squad in the last couple of weeks. “Jack, along with quite a few of our players, would have been hoping for a better performance,” said Farrell.
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