Sam Prendergast

Let's

talk a bit more about Connacht, because we don't know the nature of, as we're talking now, we don't know what exactly is going on with Sam Prendergast's injury and how long he's going to be out.

I mean, there's injury or otherwise, I think, for all his performances means there was always a world in which he's starting at 10 against Argentina in, what, 10, 11 days time.

Yeah.

So you have Caelan Dorris obviously out with the foot and knee injury.

You have Sam Prendergast now out with a wrist injury.

I don't think that's as major, I suppose, as Conan's one.

I think it's just a bit of physio, a bit of rest and making sure he's back for that.

You know, I think his running threat wasn't great.

Two for four, 50% kick rate.

yeah decent I'll give him that right but if he is to be started ahead of Casper Gabriel or Sam Prendergast he's going to need to get the boots strapped and get out there and do a bit of do a bit of magic because he's at the moment he's just not there for them but I welcome him back obviously it's great to have him it's great to have an option I would have thought though Casper Gabriel should have been played he should have been given the opportunity there to play against I know it's a big game but he should have been given the opportunity And then, of course, Dan Sheehan.

Obviously, look, I'll give him that.

yeah I think with O'Shea the like it wasn't just the the beautiful attacking play in the build-up to that try there was a tackle on Joey Carberry there was the need to be made and he made it there was a penalty from inside his own half which was just like you know put his team 13 backed up the try in those conditions I think the wind was playing into that end he didn't take on the one at the end which would have gotten him a bonus point but they ended up getting the bonus point anyway but he was just he just seems fearless which is brilliant I mean he was up against Joey Carberry tonight who had a bit of a mixed bag but there were flashes there were moments of the old Joey Carberry where he got himself free he looked like that lovely balanced runner that you know The injuries have taken a toll, but he still looked like he was moving really well.

There was a brilliant touch finder in the second half, right into the corner that Sam Prendergast would have been proud of.

And I think hijacking Ulster's move for him may prove to be a very smart piece of business based on what we saw today from Leinster.

But it really wasn't about the guys out the back in that second half or even towards the end of the first half.

The line-out has been pretty good.

The discipline, he absolutely will not be happy with.

And I think he's seeing... a lot of his big players coming into form at just the right time we've already mentioned Joe McCarthy I thought Andrew Porter over the last couple of weeks has been outstanding as well particularly last week in Claremont again I know it was against a teenage tight head but it was a reminder of how destructive Porter can be when he's at his very best and it was pretty rootless the way Leinster went after him I think Furlong has looked pretty sharp I think Ryan Baird has been a big big plus I didn't think he was at his best in South Africa obviously coming back from that broken leg but uh ran the lineup brilliantly tormented claremont last weekend and i thought he was very good again tonight and i would put james ryan in that category as well uh ty burn had a good game for monster tonight gibson park like we've said i think henshaw has looked pretty good this season yeah keenan as well so you're listing off pretty much like what you reckon would be the starting ireland team um so i think from that regard you'd be pretty happy but he does have a couple of injuries like sam prendergast as well uh he's emerged a bit without ring rows.

Yeah, Jimmy O'Brien went off with a head injury tonight as well.

yeah I think with O'Shea the like it wasn't just the the beautiful attacking play in the build-up to that try there was a tackle on Joey Carberry there was the need to be made and he made it there was a penalty from inside his own half which was just like you know put his team 13 backed up the try in those conditions I think the wind was playing into that end he didn't take on the one at the end which would have got him a bonus point but they ended up getting the bonus point anyway but he was just he just seems fearless which is brilliant I mean he was up against Joey Carberry tonight who had a bit of a mixed bag but there were flashes there were moments of the old Joey Carberry where he got himself free he looked like that lovely balanced runner that you know The injuries have taken a toll, but he still looked like he was moving really well.

There was a brilliant touch finder in the second half, right into the corner that Sam Prendergast would have been proud of.

And I think hijacking Ulster's move for him may prove to be a very smart piece of business based on what we saw today from Leinster.

But it really wasn't about the guys out the back in that second half or even towards the end of the first half.

I think Furlong has looked pretty sharp.

I think Ryan Baird has been a big, big plus.

I didn't think he was at his best in South Africa, obviously coming back from that broken leg, but ran the line up brilliantly tormented Claremont last weekend and I thought he was very good again tonight and I would put James Ryan in that category as well Ty Byrne had a good game for Munster tonight Gibson Park like we've said I think Henshaw has looked pretty good this season Keenan as well so you're listing off pretty much like what you reckon would be the starting Ireland team so I think from that regard he'd be pretty happy but he does have a couple of injuries like Sam Prendergast as well he's emerged to be without ring rows.

Yeah, Jimmy O'Brien went off with a head injury tonight as well.