Read More Wales face out-half switch for for Ireland Six Nations clashFate’s fickle hand intervened again — Hansen hasn’t played since. So, it fell to Osborne to step back into the breach and play the part for the first three rounds of this Championship. “It's helpful, definitely, stacking games on games because you get a bit more used to the role, a bit more confidence week on week. Anything that you need to work on from the previous week, you're able to implement that. If you're going up to slap it and then you realise, ‘Oh, I could catch it cleanly,’ it's really harder to change what you're going to do.

Source: Irish Examiner March 03, 2026 08:30 UTC