Andy Farrell was one of the guests on Friday night's Late Late Show rugby special.
In celebration of the IRFU's 150th anniversary, Patrick Kielty was joined by rugby giants on the Late Late couch, with Rory Best, Aoife Wafer, Erin King, Craig Casey (perhaps not so giant), Gordon D'Arcy, and 'Ross O'Carroll Kelly' author Paul Howard.
However, the headline act was undoubtedly Ireland and Lions head coach Andy Farrell, who made his first appearance on the chat show.
Farrell will take a back seat for the upcoming Six Nations as he prepares to lead the Lions down under this summer but, naturally, much of the conversation revolved around the Irish squad.
When host Kielty revealed a photo of Mack Hansen's infamous tattoo of his Ireland head coach, Farrell detailed the cheeky manner in which he had responded when Hansen first got his face inked.
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Andy Farrell reveals his teasing reaction to Mack Hansen's infamous tattoo
After Ireland's 2023 Grand Slam win, Mack Hansen got the face of his Ireland head coach Andy Farrell tattooed on his leg, to add to his bizarre collection.
On Friday's Late Late Show, Patrick Kielty asked Andy Farrell what he thought of having his face inked on one of his players.
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The Ireland head coach shared the brilliant story of how he had reacted when Hansen sent him the first picture of the tattoo.
That is on Mack Hansen's leg. There's only one Mack Hansen and that shows his personality.
He's the joker of the pack. The lads asked him, if we won the Grand Slam, would he do that. He said yes - and he didn't need to be asked twice, he just did it.
The funny part of that, though, is that when he got that done, a week or two later he sent me a picture on WhatsApp of that. I just let him stew for 24 hours!
He was begging me the whole time - "Please reply. Do you not like it? Is it wrong?"
He was stuck with it for life anyway so I put him out of his misery eventually!
It was a response Hansen himself would have been proud of.
The pair share a good relationship, with Farrell even offering to write the injured Hansen a sick note to allow him to join Ireland's Six Nations celebrations last year.
Hansen has been in hot water for his comments made towards the officials after Connacht's defeat to Leinster in Dublin last month. Addressing the situation, Farrell said that he was confident the 26-year-old will have learned his lesson from the three-game ban handed down to him.
At the end of the day, our game is loved by all because of the respect for referees. He'll learn a lot from that and move on.
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