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Australian cult leader Mack Hansen scored 2 tries successful a antheral of the lucifer Six Nations show for Ireland earlier completing the bundle with different hilarious interview.
The former Brumbies winger has been a revelation for the world's No.1 squad since making his Test debut against Wales past year.
And Hansen was merrily chatting done his star crook successful Ireland's 34-20 triumph implicit Italy successful Rome connected Sunday (AEDT) earlier attraction turned to adjacent month's clash with Scotland.
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"I haven't played astatine Murrayfield yet, truthful fingers crossed I tin marque that," Hansen said, earlier helium knocked the microphone basal and his look turned to horror.
"Oh, f---!," the 24-year-old said earlier issuing aggregate apologies.
"Oh, pardon, pardon, pardon... sorry!"
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Ireland holds disconnected competitory Italy with 34-20 triumph successful Rome
With Hansen successful the heavy of the action, Ireland notched a 3rd triumph from 3 matches successful the Six Nations for the archetypal clip since 2018, erstwhile the squad past won the expansive slam.
Ireland nailed a bonus constituent effort aft 35 minutes but couldn't beryllium definite of triumph against the determined Italians until the 71st infinitesimal erstwhile Hansen grabbed his second.
"At a definite point, we weren't definite we'd beryllium capable to bring location the win," Ireland manager Andy Farrell said.
"I was told I was shown connected TV respective times portion I was biting my nails. Well, I won't fell the information determination was immoderate nervousness."
After beating defending champions France successful the erstwhile round, Farrell expected his 7 caller starters to marque a seamless transition.
After all, Farrell's Ireland person averaged 41 constituent winning margins against the perennial woody spooners.
But the hostility astatine Stadio Olimpico was a bully measurement of Italy's increasing accomplishment acceptable and aforesaid content implicit the past year.
Italy's fittingness successful past years faded successful the past 4th but this Azzurri broadside was inactive firing shots to the extremity successful different immensely respectable effort.
"We're not stepping connected the tract against Ireland, the champion squad successful the world, reasoning its OK to suffer by a fewer points," Italy skipper Michele Lamaro said.
"We privation to smash them and win, that's our mindset. Unfortunately, you can't triumph with lone heart. But erstwhile you enactment your bosom wholly into what you do, you negociate to profoundly impressment observers connected the outside, and this is precise important."
Ireland present instrumentality their rubric bid to Scotland successful 2 weeks.
"We had to sweat the effect due to the fact that Italy is present a squad that ne'er gives up, with a precise beardown character," Farrell said.
"We had to play to our afloat potential, besides bringing retired each our character, to get implicit it. I congratulate my boys, it wasn't easy."
England tame beleaguered Wales with 20-10 triumph successful Cardiff
England piled connected the misery for Wales with a 20-10 triumph that near the beleaguered hosts nursing a 3rd consecutive nonaccomplishment to unfastened the Six Nations.
The Welsh haven't made this atrocious a commencement to the tourney successful 20 years and it continues a tempestuous run for the arrogant rugby nation, aft a racism and bullying ungraded and a declaration quality which dominated the buildup and made the crippled hostage to a threatened subordinate strike.
Anthony Watson - connected his archetypal England commencement for 2 years - went implicit for the lone effort of the archetypal half, and prop Kyle Sinckler and centre Ollie Lawrence added much aft halftime to headdress a workmanlike show for the visitors, who won successful Cardiff for the archetypal clip since 2017.
Wales' sole effort came from an intercept connected halfway, with winger Louis Rees-Zammit motoring wide for the score.
Warren Gatland's squad was successful touching region of the visitors lone due to the fact that of a uncommon atrocious time disconnected the kicking tee by England skipper Owen Farrell, who had conscionable 2 palmy kicks from six.
For England manager Steve Borthwick, it's 2 wins from 3 to commencement his tenure since replacing present Wallabies brag Eddie Jones.
His squad continued to trust connected large defence, a coagulated footwear pursuit crippled and a beardown acceptable portion - the country's accepted strengths. France astatine location and Ireland distant makes for the toughest imaginable decorativeness to the Six Nations for the English, however.
"We're laying immoderate foundations astatine the minute," Farrell said.
"We privation to support gathering connected it each It was a antithetic situation for america to travel distant from location to a spot similar this, a squad that has had a batch going connected during the week and person unified to travel unneurotic for this assemblage astatine the weekend. Fair play to them."
Wales, meanwhile, volition simply look to debar a archetypal woody spoon for past spot since 2003 erstwhile Gatland's chap New Zealander, Steve Hansen, was astatine the helm.
France clasp disconnected Scotland comeback to triumph 32-21 successful Paris
Defending Six Nations champions France bounced backmost from losing to Ireland by holding disconnected Scotland 32-21 astatine location connected Monday (AEDT) to extremity Scottish hopes of a expansive slam.
Tries from flyhalf Romain Ntamack, near winger Ethan Dumortier and fullback Thomas Ramos had France 19-0 up with arsenic galore minutes connected the clock.
Two tries from centre Huw Jones saw the Scots rally to 22-14 down.
A Ramos punishment gave France immoderate breathing abstraction until playmaker Finn Russell - who was causing problems with his slick offloads - spotted a spread for a converted effort to determination the Scots wrong 4 points with 10 minutes left.
France was creaking but Scotland botched an attacking lineout to springiness distant possession and fto the French disconnected the hook.
The alleviation was immense astatine Stade de France erstwhile seasoned centre Gael Fickou went implicit close astatine the extremity for a bonus constituent 4th try, converted by Ramos.
France manager Fabien Galthie drew connected the positives.
"We managed to get the bonus constituent and we took 5 points, they took none. We mislaid successful Ireland and our watchword was falling down and rising backmost up," helium said.
"That's what this crippled was about."
Both sides were down to 14 men aft 12 minutes for precocious tackles.
"We became a spot tense, mislaid our mode a spot (after the reddish card)," Galthie said.
"There were ups and downs."
Ntamack had already scored successful the 5th infinitesimal erstwhile fastener Grant Gilchrist was reddish carded 2 minutes aboriginal for a precocious tackle connected Anthony Jelonch, portion recalled France prop Mohamed Haouas saw reddish for appearing to people scrumhalf Ben White's head.
Such indiscipline could outgo Haouas a spot successful Galthie's World Cup squad aboriginal this year.
Defeat leaves Gregor Townsend's Scotland 5 points down Ireland up of their clash astatine Murrayfield adjacent month
Scotland, England and France each person 10 points and Galthie's broadside faces different pugnacious trial adjacent erstwhile it takes connected England astatine Twickenham.
"We haven't fixed up our trophy yet," helium said.
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