Ireland eased injury concerns over full-back Mack Hansen before Saturday’s much-anticipated Test against world champions South Africa (17:40 GMT).
Normally a right winger, Hansen scored a hat-trick in last week’s win over the Wallabies from full-back with Hugo Keenan and Jamie Osborne out injured.
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Retained at 15 for the Springboks’ visit to Dublin, Hansen’s right hand and index finger were heavily strapped during Ireland’s training session at Aviva Stadium on Friday.
When Caelan Doris was asked about the Connacht player’s fitness, an Irish Rugby Football Union spokesperson interjected to confirm Hansen had “trained fully”.
“Everyone is good, yeah,” added Doris.
Hansen’s British and Irish Lions tour in the summer was ended by a foot injury, which ruled the 27-year-old out of the Test series against Australia.
The Canberra-born back aggravated the injury while playing for Connacht in October, forcing him to miss Ireland’s matches against New Zealand and Japan earlier this month.
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Ireland boss Andy Farrell has already been forced into backline changes for the South Africa game, with last week’s centre partnership Stuart McCloskey and Robbie Henshaw out injured.
Garry Ringrose has regained fitness to take Henshaw’s place, with Bundee Aki replacing McCloskey.
