Andy Farrell has responded after Fiji head coach Mick Byrne suggested that Ireland were the beneficiaries of a controversial officiating call. Rookie fly-half Sam Prendergast, who was making his first Test start,

You can check out at any time. More info Fiji head coach Mick Byrne has suggested that Ireland out-half Sam Prendergast got away with not being sent off because he played for the home side. However Ireland boss Andy Farrell rebuffed the claim afterwards as ...

Andy Farrell will have been happy with the scoreboard, eight tries is a decent return in any game, 52-17 looks good. The idea that there were two debutants, Gus McCarthy and Cormac Izuchukwu, an out-half Sam Prendergast making his starting debut,

That was just the response Andy Farrell was seeking after two not terribly stirring performances in losing to the All Blacks and then just about beating the Pumas.

Fiji head coach Mick Byrne suggested Ireland fly-half Sam Prendergast escaped an early red card during his side’s defeat in Dublin because he was playing for the home team.

I think he was wearing a green jersey so it stayed yellow,” said Byrne, who then admitted Fiji’s own discipline proved costly as they conceded 17 penalties in Dublin. “They’re probably on us, they’re definitely on us.