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efore going straight to New Zealand to see the final two tests as well as seeing Cian play in the second Mãori game. “He had a great summer. He loved it so much.” While it has been a rugby whirlwind recently for the Prendergasts, like most rugby players, Sam began in his local club. For the Prendergast boys, that was Cill Dara RFC. After getting a solid grounding in the game down at Beech Park, Sam soon followed his older brother to Newbridge College. But, it wasn’t a success story from the very start for Sam. “I took it seriously from first to third year, but I wasn’t that great. I was a sub on the junior cup team. “Then in Transition Year, I really tried to kick on. We had a new coach with the Senior Cup Team in Johne Murphy and he started me at number 10, and that’s when I really focused on rugby.” Three years younger that Cian, Sam looked up to his older brother, and once Cian started excelling at rugby, Sam was determined to emulate him. “When Cian was about 18 years old, he started playing with Leinster in the underage interprovincial series. “I was watching on and I was really falling in love with the game around then. So when I saw that, I was trying to improve my own game. I pushed on from there.” As part of a strong Newbridge College side under Johne Murphy, Sam reached the 2020 Bank of Ireland Leinster Rugby Schools Senior Cup Final after a 25-22 semi-final win over St Michael’s College. But, as the pandemic struck, and the final couldn’t take place, they were forced to share the title with Clongowes Wood College. Sam Prendergast was then named in the Leinster Rugby U-18 squad. Disappointment struck again as the competition never went ahead as Covid-19 lingered. Instead of sulking, Sam focused on continuing to improve at home with his brother during lockdown. “It was a huge help having a rugby playing brother during that period. “We were constantly working on different stuff in the garden and doing gym work together. We helped push each other on.” That hard work paid off as Sam was named as captain of the Leinster Rugby U-19 side the following year as well as earning a spot in the Leinster Sub- Academy. It’s clear that Cian has been a big influence on Sam’s career to date, and the young out half is quick to acknowledge those who have helped him get to where he is. www.leinsterrugby.ie | 85
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