Jack Prendergast (born 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays for Waterford Senior Championship club Lismore and at inter-county level with the Waterford senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-forward.

Playing career

Blackwater Community School

Prendergast first came to prominence as a hurler with

Blackwater Community School Blackwater Community School ( ga, Pobalscoil na hAbhann Móire) (BCS) is a co-educational, multi-denominational community school in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. The school offers Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes. It ...

in Lismore. He played in every grade of hurling before eventually joining the college's senior hurling team as a 14-year-old and lined out in several Harty Cup campaigns.

Waterford Institute of Technology

As a student at the

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, Prendergast joined the senior hurling team during his second year. He lined out for WIT in the

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campaigns in

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and

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Lismore

Prendergast joined the Lismore club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. He made his first appearance for the club's top adult team during the 2015 Waterford Intermediate Championship. On 28 October 2016, Prendergast was at centre-forward when Lismore faced Dunhill in the Waterford Intermediate Championship final. He ended the game with a winners' medal and the

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award following a 5-19 to 1-07 victory. On 19 November, Prendergast scored a point from play when Lismore defeated

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by 2-14 to 0-13 to win the

Munster Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurlin ...

Waterford

Minor and under-21

Prendergast first played for

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as a member of the minor team during the 2015 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance on 8 April 2015 and top scored with 0-06 from frees in the 1-14 to 0-16 defeat by

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. Prendergast ended the campaign as Waterford's top scorer with 0-09. Prendergast was again eligible for the minor grade in

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and was an automatic inclusion on the Waterford starting fifteen in the

. He played his last game in the grade on 29 June in a 0-19 to 0-17 defeat by

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at the semi-final stage. Prendergrast progressed on the Waterford under-21 team in advance of the 2017 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance in that grade on 13 July when he lined out at right wing-forward in a 2-17 to 1-19 defeat by

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at the semi-final stage. Prendergast was again eligible for the under-21 team for the 2018 Munster Championship. Lining out in his second and final season in the grade, he made his only appearance on 20 June in a second successive 0-23 to 1-17 defeat by Cork at the semi-final stage.

Senior

Prendergast was added to the Waterford senior team prior to the start of the pre-season Munster League in

. He made his first appearance on 2 January when he came on as a 67th-minute substitute for Colm Roche in a 1-24 to 1-18 defeat of Cork. Prendergast was later included on the Waterford panel for the

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and made his first appearance on 27 January when he scored a goal in a 2-28 to 0-07 defeat of

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. On 31 March 2019, Prendergast was introduced as a substitute for Michael Walsh at centre-forward when Waterford suffered a 1-24 to 0-19 defeat by

in the National League final. He made his first appearance in the

on 12 May when he came on as a substitute for Jamie Barron in a 1-20 to 0-22 defeat by

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Career statistics

Honours

;Lismore *

Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship The Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Intermediate Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

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Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship is a second-tier hurling competition organised by the Waterford Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The winning club progresses to the senior grade the following year for the Waterford Senior H ...

(1): 2016

References

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