Mack Hansen insists Eire nonetheless have lots to do to win the Grand Slam after his two tries helped safe a scrappy win over Italy and make it three wins out of three in Six Nations
- Hansen’s two tries helped Eire stutter previous Italy to stay in pole place
- Eire had been and not using a host of star names within the Italian capital together with Sexton
- Andy Farrell’s males have a fortnight to arrange for a visit to Scotland on March 12
Mack Hansen insists in-house Grand Slam speak stays comparatively muted after his two tries helped Eire stutter previous Italy to stay in pole place for Guinness Six Nations glory.
The world’s top-ranked nation had been removed from convincing on Saturday afternoon in Rome however registered a 3rd consecutive bonus-point win because of a tense 34-20 victory.
Italy trailed by simply 4 factors halfway by the second half and continued to pose a major risk to Eire’s quest to turn into champions till man-of-the-match Hansen crossed for a second time late on.
Andy Farrell’s males have a fortnight to arrange for a visit to Scotland on March 12 earlier than a championship finale at house to England six days later.
Whereas Connacht wing Hansen admits there may be some in-camp title dialogue, he says gamers aren’t getting forward of themselves.
Mack Hansen’s two tries helped Eire stutter previous Italy to stay in pole place
‘We do speak about it,’ the 24-year-old stated of a possible Grand Slam. ‘It is exhausting to consider it an excessive amount of as a result of we do should take it week by week.
‘We will not be interested by England now, we won’t be considering that we have already crushed Scotland, a very good Scotland crew.
‘We’re going to should go over Scotland after which go from there.
‘In fact there’s an opportunity to win a Grand Slam from there. It in all probability will probably be behind a couple of folks’s minds right here and there nevertheless it’s nonetheless a factor you simply should take week by week.’
Eire had been and not using a host of star names within the Italian capital, together with injured captain Johnny Sexton, and had been made to sweat for achievement.
First-half tries from stand-in skipper James Ryan, Hugo Keenan, Bundee Aki and Hansen ensured a bonus-point was rapidly within the bag.
However scores from Italian pair Stephen Varney and Pierre Bruno, plus 10 factors from Paolo Garbisi, saved the cussed Azzurri in rivalry.
Eire had been and not using a host of star names within the Italian capital together with Johnny Sexton
Regardless of some apparent defensive struggles, Hansen felt Eire had been in command of proceedings and believes the testing moments will show helpful shifting ahead.
‘It is good to get ourselves in uncomfortable positions as a result of it should be occurring for the remainder of this event, particularly up towards Scotland and England,’ stated the Australia-born participant.
‘Undoubtedly numerous positives to take out of it, one being it was a tricky one and we needed to work our method out of sticky conditions.
‘I nonetheless felt like we had been in management. Although it obtained shut, we had been nonetheless taking part in some good footie.’
