Jeremy Loughman and Cian Prendergast reflect on winning their first Test caps for Ireland.
Jeremy Loughman, Jack Crowley and Cian Prendergast all debuted against Fiji. Image: Billy Stickland/INPHO IRELAND’S DISJOINTED PERFORMANCE against Fiji today won’t have pleased the Irish coaches but for some of those involved it was a memorable occasion that will live long in the memory.
“It was such an amazing day, something you look forward to and dream about so much from when you’re a young kid. It’s been a long journey and to get that , the confidence builds in yourself and the drive to do it again is incredible.“I could feel it straight away after. I was like, ‘I’d love a bit of this again now’. I don’t want to make it a one-cap thing, I want to keep driving on and getting better and better every game.” We were sitting in the meeting when the team went up.
“When I started taking rugby seriously when I was about 13 in Newbridge College, it was always the dream ,” Prendergast said.
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