Just the mention of madcap Mack Hansen's name brings a beaming smile to the faces of the old Brumbies who used to be his teammates.
But the Wallabies are fully aware the skill and daring of their eccentric old mate, now a cult figure in Irish green, may be no laughing matter on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) when the Canberra flyer seeks another victory over his home country.
Winger Hansen, now thriving at Connacht and a stalwart of the Irish team at 26, is another who slipped beneath the Wallabies' radar and into a rival Test team, thanks to his mum Diana hailing from Castlemartyr in County Cork before she moved with her family to Australia as a kid.
