'A great showing from him' - Andy Farrell happy with rookie out-half Sam Prendergast

Farrell added that he thought the yellow card shown to Sam Prendergast was "harsh". Asked if he thought it was going up be upgraded to a red, Fiji head coach Mick Byrne replied, “Aw no, I think he was wearing a green jersey so it stayed yellow.” 

PULLING THE STRINGS: Sam Prendergast of Ireland in action against Kitione Salawa of Fiji. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Andy Farrell gave glowing reviews to Test rookies Gus McCarthy, Cormac Izuchukwu and Sam Prendergast as Ireland finally found their groove in the Autumn Nations Series with a resounding 52-17 victory over Fiji on Saturday.

Ireland ran in eight tries, four in each half, had two more disallowed for forward passes and looked much more like their fluent attacking selves of old than in their previous games this month, a no-show in defeat to New Zealand and a patchy 22-19 victory over Argentina.