MACK HANSEN’S HOPES of getting game-time under his belt to convince Andy Farrell that he’s ready to face South Africa in July have fallen by the wayside as he has been ruled out of Connacht’s final game of the season against Leinster next Friday night.
The 26-year old, who won the last of his 21 Irish caps in the World Cup quarter-final defeat to New Zealand last October, has been out of action since suffering a shoulder injury on New Year’s Day against Munster.
The Canberra native has only featured in four games for Connacht this season and while there were hopes that he might return last month, his recovery from the injury has dragged on from week to week and now he has been ruled out of Friday’s clash at the RDS.
“It’s a week-to-week prospect but he’s not back to the stage where he can be doing his full return to contact work yet, to test out the shoulder,”…
