Sam Prendergast experienced a rollercoaster day as Gus McCarthy shined.
Andy Farrell will have been happy with the scoreboard, eight tries is a decent return in any game, 52-17 looks good.
This kid has just eight Leinster starts and only 69 minutes of Champions Cup rugby; in that respect his was a brilliant display but it was a rookie outing with some great moments, some decent carrying, some over carrying and a yellow card for what was a poorly executed tackle.The Gus McCarthy story is just continuing Roy of the Rovers switches code stuff. He came into the November Series fourth choice at Leinster, c'mon. It was terrific to see him bag a try.
They were too late too often, too high too often, and their penalty count/yellow card count needs to be addressed by World Rugby if need be.
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