Sam Prendergast has unmistakable aura of a 10... see how he reacts to being called slight

It's early days in the story of Sam Prendergast, early enough that it could still go either way, but the one certainty about the 21-year-old is that he has out-half energy.

Johnny Sexton had it, Jack Crowley has it, and pretty much everyone who has made it to the professional game with the number 10 on their back has had it; that feeling that they’re the most important person in the room.

Anything you hear from Prendergast’s team-mates and coaches comes back to his confidence; his willingness to take a risk on the pitch, and how assured he is at running the week behind the scenes.

With all that said, even the most confident of out-halves will feel the nerves in the moments before their Test debut.

"It was kind of surreal. The whole week really," Prendergast says, as he reflects on his Ireland debut against Argentina last week.

"From when I got named in the team, having the family come into the Shelbourne and then having Cian [his brother] in camp, it was a special thing. Then getting to play in a full Aviva and getting to sing the national anthems for the first time… It was a nervous week but quite surreal."

Being able to share the moment with his brother Cian was equally special.

The Connacht captain presented his younger brother with his jersey on the Wednesday night before the game, and the pair should get to play together for the first time in their professional careers this afternoon against Fiji, with Sam starting at out-half and back row Cian set to feature off the bench.

"It was a bit emotional at the time. I didn’t really know who was going to present it to me until the time," he said.

"It was a weird one and having all my family there as well then, a few of them had a few tears. It was very special."

Having emerged as a