Simon Easterby reunites with Lions jersey at Jerry Collins' home clubhouse 

Collins, a Samoa-born, Porirua-raised 48-cap All Black back-rower, was tragically killed at the age of 34 alongside his wife Alanna Madill in a car accident in southern France seven years ago

MEMORIES: Simon Easterby during Ireland rugby squad training at Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua, New Zealand. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Simon Easterby had often wondered what happened to the British & Irish Lions jersey he swapped with Jerry Collins following the second Test in Wellington 17 years ago.

He found out this week as Ireland trained at the home of Northern United Rugby Football Club, or Norths as it is more familiarly known.