Prendergast plotting old rival and pal O'Gara's downfall 

Opposing sides then and now but he and O’Gara are like-minded coaches who speak to each other regularly, and not just small talk.

Munster attack coach Mike Prendergast. Pic: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Mike Prendergast and Ronan O’Gara may be firm friends, their mutual respect forged as they made their way as young coaches on foreign soil in the past dozen years. 

Yet the former Munster teammates have been rivals for much longer and 30 years after a Munster Senior Schools Cup final, the pair are plotting the other’s downfall for what some may deem much higher stakes at Stade Marcel-Deflandre this Saturday.