Sam Prendergast shines again for Leinster after two months in the shadows

Almost two months had passed since Sam Prendergast had been dropped by Ireland by the time he earned the man-of-the-match award for Leinster away to Ulster in Friday night’s URC interpro in Belfast.

The 23-year had gone from first-choice out-half with his country to a point where he didn’t make the matchday squad for any of the last three Six Nations games. And then Harry Byrne usurped him at Leinster.

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