Ireland v New Zealand: 'Sprightly as ever' - Mack Hansen trains in Ireland's captain's run

Hansen's right calf was heavily strapped during Ireland's captain's run training session on the eve of Saturday's quarter-final

Ireland wing Mack Hansen is "all good" after he wore heavy strapping on his calf during the captain's run at Stade de France before Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand.

Hansen was forced off in last week's Pool B win over Scotland.

Despite missing some training earlier this week, he was named to start by head coach Andy Farrell on Wednesday.

"Yeah, everybody's fit, Mack looking sprightly as ever, so he's gone well," said backs coach Mike Catt.

When asked about the strapping on Hansen's calf, Catt said: "He's all good to run freely."

Lock James Ryan also took part in training after being ruled out earlier this week with a wrist problem.

"James is doing really well, Robbie Henshaw [hamstring] and James were out there at training, they are progressing really nicely," said Catt, who confirmed Ryan had a procedure on his wrist earlier this week.

"They'll be available for next week [if Ireland reach the semi-finals]."

While Ireland have never progressed beyond the quarter-finals of the World Cup, they go into Saturday's game as the world's number one side and with a 17-match winning streak which began in last summer's series win over the All Blacks on Kiwi soil.

Ireland have also already secured a statement win over holders South Africa in this tournament while New Zealand missed a similar opportunity when they lost to France in the opening game.

Ireland number eight Caelan Doris says Ireland will take a lot of confidence and belief from their journey since the last tournament as they look to take a big step towards adding the World Cup to the Grand Slam they won earlier this year.

"It is a different group, it feels like quite a long time since the last one [World Cup, in 2019]," said Doris.

"There's been a lot of experience over the last three or four years with this group.

"We've built a lot of confidence through those experiences, pretty big wins, New Zealand last year, New Zealand at home [in 2021], South Africa.

"It's been quite a big journey with this group, through the coaches and through the players' want to get better. There's a lot of belief that's been built so we're drawing on that and not looking back too much further.

"Some of the older guys might take some things going back even longer but the last three or four years has been an unbelievable journey for us and there's been a lot of confidence and belief from that."

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