Like Jamie Heaslip, Prendergast is an army baby. Both parents, his mother Ciara and father Mark, were in the Irish military .

Ireland has shown faith in Sam Prendergast by handing the 21-year-old flyhalf a second straight start for the rugby match ...

In Andy Farrell’s final game before taking up the Lions job he picked the young Leinster outhalf to start against Australia ...