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23rd September 2023
10:43pm BST

"It was pretty much like Grand Slam on steroids out there. It was crazy. It said that there were 80,000, it seemed like there were F***... oh pardon, pardon - again, dam!"It seemed like there were 800,000." At this point Hansen was looking over at someone of camera who was clearly bemused by his reaction, only for the Ireland star to reply: "I swore, sorry." https://twitter.com/HonestFrank/status/1705693912889729306
"No it was incredible, and we needed that crowd to get that job done against a really good South Africa team. They are just so big and physical, they still showed up tonight, and it was definitely the fans who got us over there."Hansen scored a try that proved to be decisive in the end, but he took his time in getting the ball down to the ground which made some fans a bit nervous. "Looking at it, it was a lot closer for comfort than I would have liked, but I was just trying to make the kick easier for Johnny (Sexton) he's getting a bit old now and can't get the same distance that he used to, and I thought if I could sneak it around a lot more it would just make his life a lot easier. "I knew what I was doing obviously, obviously." We believe you Mack, we believe you. Full clip here on ITV (for anyone not geo-blocked!) https://twitter.com/ITVRugby/status/1705693102927695938
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