'They’ll be ready for us, the fans': Mike Prendergast has Racing forewarned for Thomond return

There is still just enough room in rugby’s hard-nosed professional age for a spark of romance — and tomorrow’s Munster-Racing reunion is special for one member of the French side’s coaching team.

Mike Prendergast, a Limerick man through and through, joined Racing 92 as attack and backs coach this summer after a year at Top 14 rivals Stade Francais. Before moving into coaching, the former scrum-half had two spells with the province between 2000 and 2009, and then coached Young Munster until 2013, when he moved to France and teamed up with Bernard Jackman on the coaching ticket at Grenoble.