Prendergast keeps Munsters in hunt

Young Munster 13 Dolphin 10

“They’re going to be tough to catch but we have a game in hand and are happy to have come through such a difficult match against Dolphin,” declared Young Munster’s head coach and man of the match Mike Prendergast, after Saturday’s victory at Tom Clifford Park. “We will focus on ourselves. This was not a classic but it means another four points for us and we have Clontarf next and then it’s on to Lansdowne.”

The difference between the sides in Limerick was a snap drop goal from 35 metres on the half hour by Prendergast, which he admitted was ‘a pure fluke’. That may well have been the case, but the former Munster scrum-half is proving a revelation at outhalf, with his handling and powerful punting of the heavy ball of invaluable assistance to his side.