For the five minutes between the time he was shown a yellow card and the match officials’ decision not to upgrade it to a red, Sam Prendergast’s dream day threatened to turn into a nightmare.

Life has been moving along at pace for the 21-year-old from Kildare who will start for Ireland against Fiji this afternoon

Sam Prendergast is a disruptor, a player so promising and so confident that at least one of the fixed principles of Irish rugby over the past two decades is

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Ireland produced a clinical performance led by fly-half Sam Prendergast as they beat Fiji 52-17 in their Autumn Nations Series clash at the Aviva Stadium.