Sam Prendergast is leading the line for the Ireland U20 Six Nations title defence.
An endorsement like that from All Blacks legend Sonny Bill Williams was the highest compliment possible to cap off a superb performance. It was directed at the Ireland U20 out-half Sam Prendergast. And deservedly so.
On 54 minutes, he did this. After collecting a clever pop pass from John Devine, Prendergast tossed the ball out wide for a skip pass to full-back James Nicholson who charged over for Ireland’s third try of the night.Just after the hour mark, and with Ireland holding a precarious four-point lead, Prendergast played a crucial, if perhaps, unseen part in extending their advantage further.
The younger brother of Connacht and Ireland international, Cian, young Sam Prendergast is making inroads in the number 10 jersey. “It was great to give him that opportunity,” he said after the game, “and to be fair to him it never looked like it was going anywhere else, and what people won’t realise was that it was going into a bit of a breeze as well.
Like his older sibling, Prendergast is a product of the rugby nursery at the famous Newbridge College. In an interview last year, Cian explained that it was only when they started matriculating at the Kildare school that the Prendergasts “started playing rugby fully and seriously.”
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