Corrigan wants to cash in

The last thing Reggie Corrigan minded about when he was named skipper of Ireland for Saturday’s Test against Tonga was the fact he had lost a bet to an old friend back home that would leave a severe dent in his pocket.

Corrigan was this week named as captain of an Ireland side missing its big names for the first of two Pacific Island Tests, the ideal tonic to help recover from last week’s hammering by Australia in Perth.