Hugo Keenan, James Lowe, and Mack Hansen were excellent against England.
Do Ireland have the best back three in the world? We could debate that for a few hours in a cosy snug somewhere, but there’s no doubt that Hugo Keenan, Mack Hansen, and James Lowe are perfectly tailored to how Ireland play.
We know that Lowe had teething issues defensively at Test level and was dropped early on in his Ireland career, but he has worked hard on his analysis and on the training ground with defence coach Simon Easterby. He too was steady under England’s predictable kicking game, but that’s pretty much taken for granted now.
There aren’t too many wings who slot so fluidly into that kind of spot but Hansen is a player who breaks the shackles of expectations about what a wing should offer. He and Lowe are always roaming and scheming, but never without discipline. They don’t just desert their wings unless there’s cover from one of the forwards or another back, keen as Ireland are to constantly stretch the defence.
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