Blues to go with the Sam approach

PRENDERGAST SET TO KEEP NO.10 SPOT FOR URC FINAL CLASH

- By DEREK FOLEY

SAM Prendergast remains in pole position to start at No.10 for Leinster against Bulls in the URC Grand Final at Croke Park on Saturday.

Assistant Coach Tyleer Bleyandaal, a former All Black U20 World Cup winning out-half himself, was quick to praise the incumbent Leinster No.10 for his performance against Glasgow in the semi-final.

"I actually thought Sam on the weekend played a good match," said Bleyendaal yesterday. "His goal-kicking maybe was one skill-error but the way he led the team around, I thought, was great.

"The stats showed that we played well and we applied a lot of pressure and I think a lot of that is from Sam's leadership on the field. He is probably one of his harshest critics, it's getting him back into the plan for this week, take the learnings.

"He has been engaged and he's looking to get a plan in place along with the other game drivers, I'm enjoying Sam and how he operates and I'm sure he's still learning, but he's a competitor."