Mack Hansen ruled out of Ireland’s clash with Scotland due to hamstring issue
Mack Hansen ruled out of Ireland’s clash with Scotland due to hamstring issue
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Ireland have been forced into a late change for Sunday’s Guinness Six Nations showdown with Scotland at Murrayfield after Mack Hansen was ruled out with a hamstring issue. The Connacht wing is replaced by Munster’s Calvin Nash, who comes straight into the starting XV despite not being named in the initial 23-man squad. Hansen was a doubt due to a cut knee that forced him off in the opening weekend victory at home to England.
But, after recovering from that injury to be named in the line-up for Murrayfield, the 26-year-old has subsequently been ruled out with muscle tightness. “Mack Hansen has been withdrawn from Sunday’s match day squad as a precaution due to hamstring tightness,” read an update from Irish Rugby on Saturday afternoon as the team trained at Murrayfield on the eve of their second match of the championship.