Difficult spell 'hasn't shook' confident Sam Prendergast

Two of the provinces’ starting out-halves last weekend were barely out of their teens. A third was 22 and the other was a 28-year old playing his first game for his new side in the No.10 shirt having been denied the opportunity for so long at his previous club.

It’s been no surprise, then, to see the performances of Charlie O’Shea, Caspar Gabriel, Jack Murphy and Ciaran Frawley – all of whom impressed – packaged as an encouraging collective renewal in the ranks in such a pivotal post.

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