Prendergast and Izuchukwu can begin to realise Ireland dreams in Bloemfontein

Munster's Alex Kendellen will captain Simon Easterby’s Emerging Ireland side in Bloemfontein

TALENTED: Cormac Izuchukwu during the Emerging Ireland captain’s run on Tuesday. Pic: ©INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/Darren Stewart

A Wednesday autumn afternoon in what is likely to be an eerily empty Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein is not where dreams come true. It is where dreams can begin to be realised for Simon Easterby’s Emerging Ireland recruits.

Do the business there, and when called upon for the next two tour dates against the Western Force and the Cheetahs, and the chasm that is the jump between club rugby and the senior Test stage becomes much more makeable.