The out-half made some poor errors against Clermont but was central to all of Leinster’s scores.
A WIN IS a win, but the overriding feeling inside the Aviva Stadium last night was that Leinster ’s 15-7 success over Clermont was not one to be feeling overly merry about.
Clermont rarely threatened thereafter, with their forays into the Leinster half met with a strong defensive effort – including Andrew Porter’s exceptional effort to chase back and prevent an end-to-end counterattack score. The province’s scrum was also excellent, winning a series of important penalties to relieve Clermont pressure.
It wasn’t a perfect outing by the 21-year-old, who will be frustrated with two poor missed kicks to touch, but head coach Leo Cullen has been encouraged by how Prendergast led the team across what were his first two Champions Cup starts. “And it’s great to see the likes of Fintan Gunne coming off the bench for his Champions Cup debut, Andrew Osborne the same. So it’s just getting more and more experience into those younger players, and they’ve got to go through it.
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