'At the start I don't think I dealt with it properly' but Jack Crowley now ready for Sam Prendergast rivalry

Crowley and Prendergast will be starting in Munster red and Leinster blue respectively this weekend.

Jack Crowley during Munster training at the University of Limerick ahead of Saturday's URC clash with Leinster at Croke Park. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile.

Irish rugby followers will finally get the duel they have been waiting for when Sam Prendergast and Jack Crowley go head-to-head in Saturday's URC derby at Croke Park between Leinster and Munster.

In a week when the rival fly-halves were once again thrown together as Ireland team-mates and rivals for the green No.10 jersey ahead of next month’s four Tests, Crowley, 25, and Prendergast, 22, will be starting in red and blue respectively in a final audition before Andy Farrell names his side to face New Zealand in Chicago two weeks later.