Ronan O’Gara could not help but purr. Peering on from his pitchside perch as a pundit on the BBC’s coverage, one of the great Irish controlling fly halves was watching the Six Nations emergence of another.
“He's been a master of control,” the La Rochelle coach lauded of Sam Prendergast with Ireland in total command in Edinburgh. “He's very composed, a good kick strategy, good decisions on when to run, when to kick, when to play the ball in front of his forwards.”
