Mack Hansen, the mercurial Australian star who tormented the Wallabies, is to miss the Six Nations and the rest of the season with a foot injury -- but a host of his compatriots are set to feature in Europe's rugby championship.
As the teams started unveiling their squads for the championship which begins at the start of next month, the absence of Canberra-born Hansen among the Ireland line-up had been expected because he had undergone surgery on his troublesome foot only last month.
But in another blow for the 27-year-old, who had been so brilliant when scoring a first-half hat-trick against Australia in their November Test in Dublin, Connacht coach Stuart Lancaster has confirmed the flying winger/fullback will almost certainly miss the rest of the season as he recovers.
