Saturday was a day to remember for the Prendergast family as youngest boy Sam lined out for his first international start while his brother Cian came off the bench as Ireland were comfortable 52-17 winners over Fiji.
The out-half's debut start was almost overshadowed by a controversial TMO decision that allowed him to come back on after his yellow card for a high hit when many thought he could be given red for the collision.
However after coming back on and settling into the game, Sam Prendergast put on a commendable show as Ireland played some great attacking rugby at times.
It was a performance which many people will take positives out of but speaking post match on Virgin, former Ulster and Ireland winger Andrew Trimble spoke about some of Prendergast's frailties that may cost him against better opposition.
It feels like he's been lauded this week for that ability to play at the line and pull defenders out, manipulate defenders and then make a decision based on that.
That works really well whenever a defender falls for it, once or twice it felt that Fiji were disciplined and just kept their shape and when that happens I think he carries the ball too close to the line and he got scragged a couple of times or makes a last minute decision.
However Trimble was also full of praise for the young 10 and commended his ability to make eye-catching plays.
He's got so much vision and so much ability to pick the right pass and sometimes he makes beautiful plays, where he pulls someone out and puts someone in the hole, it's like a work of art.
But when that doesn't happen I think he needs to be satisfied by just playing a percentage play, get around the corner and get guys into the game. It doesn't have to be a perfect play every time, I think that will come with maturity but there's enough there to say "this is a guy with talent and he can really get this backline ticking."
There's definitely plenty to be excited about when it comes to Sam Prendergast. Although Fiji have been Ireland's weakest opposition, the match was unarguably the best the Irish attack has been over 80 minutes in this year's Autumn Nations Series.
His performance today may have given Andy Farrell a selection headache ahead of next week's clash against the Wallabies.
