“He’s going to be a real good player for Munster and hopefully Ireland in the next couple of years.” When Stephen Ferris gets excited about a back-row prospect, you circle the name in red pen. When that prospect is Brian Gleeson, you circle around the circle you already made, a few months back. Ahead of […]

2 years ago

“Questions will be asked over his reliability from the tee.” Ireland defeated England at Aviva Stadium, on Saturday, with several frontliners getting a useful run-out to start their seasons. We asked Glenn Kelly to keep a close eye on Ross Byrne and Cian Prendergast as they tried to show their World Cup credentials. Here is […]

2 years ago

“I know they didn’t get the result they were wanting but, to me, they were a total inspiration.” Cian Prendergast is in camp with the senior Ireland team and hoping to make their World Cup squad. He has taken inspiration from his younger brother, Sam, and all the Ireland side that reached the final of […]

2 years ago

“We were like, ‘we expected this’.” Cian Prendergast was first called into an Ireland camp in June 2022, in a season that saw him win the young player of the year accolade. Just over one year on and he believes he has made massive improvements, as a player and a person. Having not found an […]

2 years ago

Up at 6am, keeping track of the little brother’s big rugby game. The parents of Cian and Sam Prendergast must be busting [and bursting] with pride. One son just had an outstanding season with Connacht, is over with Ireland on his first ever summer tour with the senior Test side, and fronting up to a […]

4 years ago

“I wouldn’t change my journey now for anything in the world.” It is just over two years since Cian Prendergast was back home, near Kildare’s Curragh expanse, when he was told by Noel McNamara that he had missed out out on an academy spot with Leinster. In the days and months that followed, the young […]

4 years ago