Outhalf was unfazed by early yellow card
Player watch: Sam Prendergast holds his nerve to shake off missteps against Fijiwas looking for from Prendergast is only in the coach’s head and whether he saw enough from the 21-year-old to feel another run against a better side like Australia is warranted is with him alone. What Farrell would have seen in spades, what would have been one glaring aspect of Prendergast’s play and decision making throughout the 80 minutes is that the kid has a test match temperament and that is gold.
A beautifully spiralled kick to the left made its test match debut from central field, but it went long by a margin of three metres. He kicked another ball to touch in goal and in possession moving into the Fijian half, momentarily dithered allowing fullback Vuate Karawalevu to catch his arm as the ball was leaving his hands and went to ground.
Unfazed and within two minutes of the second half, a late, flat, hard pass to Jacob Stockdale had the Ulster winger flying into the Fijian 22. Prendergast did it again inside the Irish 22 on 48 minutes to send man of the match Bundee Aki on a gallop out of the Irish danger zone. On 58 minutes Prendergast dummied a long pass, then popped it short to Stuart McCloskey. Second’s later with his right shoulder almost touching the Fijian tackler’s chest, that patented pass again went wide shaving the noses of the opposition players pushing up and stuck with Frawley.
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