Ireland debut worth the sweat for Horgan

THE irony for Anthony Horgan is that he wins his first Irish cap tomorrow morning in the most demanding sweatbox in world rugby.

With his fair complexion the Cork Constitution winger has been sweating barrels in Samoa while most of his team-mates are dripping buckets.

“As you can see I’m absolutely soaking up the weather, the sweat’s pouring down my face,” Horgan said. “I’ll throw on my factor 60 before the game and fly away ...... and then re-apply it at half time!”

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