Jake White taken aback by Sam Prendergast's Leinster debut

IMPRESSIVE BOW: Sam Prendergast during a Leinster rugby squad training session at Pretoria Boys High School in Pretoria, South Africa. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

There isn’t much that Jake White hasn’t seen. The 59-year has been coaching for over 20 years. He has worked in the club and in the Test games, across three different continents, and guided the Springboks to a World Cup title in 2007.

Sam Prendergast showed him something new last week. White had seen the rookie play for Ireland in an U20s game but the kid’s performance on debut in Leinster’s come-from-behind win against the Lions was another thing entirely.