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Sam Prendergast during the Autumn Nations Series against Argentina at the Aviva Stadium. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

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Jack Crowley had struggled to stop the bleeding but now his team needed him to stop theirs.

It is the 48th minute and the seemingly handsome 13-point lead acquired in a resuscitative first-half display is slowly evaporating.

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