Leinster out-half Sam Prendergast. Photo: Shaun Roy/Sportsfile
Having been elevated into the Ireland team and become Leinster’s No 10, Sam Prendergast is expected to deliver. In the endgame on Saturday night in Pretoria, he didn’t.
The hope for Prendergast, Leo Cullen and Andy Farrell is that by enduring experiences like the last five minutes, he’ll be a better player and that when he finds himself in similar scenarios again later in the season, he’ll be ready to take them.