Mackenzie Hansen (born 27 March 1998) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for United Rugby Championship club Connacht. Born in Australia, he represents Ireland at international level, qualifying through his Irish mother.
Club career After having played for the in Super Rugby, he signed a two-year deal with Connacht ahead of the 2021–22 season.
In December 2024, Connacht lost 20–12 Leinster in the URC. Following the match, Hansen was critical of the officiating team suggesting referee Chris Busby and TMO Mark Patton had been inconsistent in the way they had reviewed incidents throughout the game and that this was part of a wider problem where Connacht never seemed to have any decisions go their way. In May 2025, he suffered an ankle injury and was ruled out for the rest of the season.
His injury continued into the latter part of 2025 and he underwent foot surgery in London in December 2025, missing the 2026 Six Nations Championship.
International career Australia U20 Hansen appeared for Australia at the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.
Ireland Hansen is eligible to represent Ireland through his Cork-born mother. Hansen was included in the Ireland squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship in January 2022.
He was selected in the starting XV for his debut, and impressed in Ireland's opening 29–7 victory against Wales on 5 February, earning the player of the match award. Hansen was nominated for the 2022 World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year. He was called up to the Ireland squad again for the 2023 Six Nations Championship, helping secure a 34–20 victory over Italy with two tries in a player of the match performance in round 3. He scored another try and secured his third player-of-the-match performance in eight Six Nations matches in Ireland's 7–22 win over Scotland in round 4 of the 2023 Championship. He was once again awarded man of the match in Ireland's 29–10 win over England in their 2023 World Cup warm up match. In August 2023, he was selected to be part of Ireland's World Cup squad ahead of the 2023 World Cup in France. Hansen had to be taken off in Ireland's last Pool stage match against Scotland, after concerns that he was not going to play the quarterfinal against New Zealand, it was announced that he was in the Irish squad ahead of the game on 14 October.
In November 2025, in his first game back from injury, he scored a hat-trick against Australia in 46–19 victory during the 2025 Autumn Nations Series.
British and Irish Lions In May 2025, despite sustaining an ankle injury not long prior which would rule him for the rest of the league season, he was selected for the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia. In July 2025, he was selected for the matchday 23 against his former club the Brumbies. He went on to replace James Lowe in the second half, receiving a mixed reception from the crowd as the Lions went on to win 36–24. Unfortunately the winger sustained a foot injury playing in the tours final warm-up match against an AUNZ Invitational side, ruling him out of all three tests.
Career statistics
List of international tries Number Position Points Tries Result Score Opposition Venue Date 1 Wing 5 1 Lost 24–30 Stade de France 12 February 2022 2 Wing 5 1 Won 19–16 Aviva Stadium 5 November 2022 3 Wing 5 1 Won 35–17 Aviva Stadium 12 November 2022 4–5 Wing 10 2 Won 34–20 Stadio Olimpico 25 February 2023 6 Wing 5 1 Won 22–7 Murrayfield Stadium 12 March 2023 7 Wing 5 1 Won 29–10 Aviva Stadium 19 August 2023 8 Wing 5 1 Won 59–16 Tonga Stade de la Beaujoire 17 September 2023 9 Wing 5 1 Won 13–8 Stade de France 23 September 202310Wing51Won 22–19ArgentinaAviva Stadium15 November 202411–12Wing102Won52–17FijiAviva Stadium23 November 202413–15Fullback153Won46–19AustraliaAviva Stadium15 November 2025
Honours Ireland 3× Triple Crown: 2022, 2023, 2025 2× Six Nations Championship: 2023, 2024 1× Grand Slam: 2023
References
External links
Connacht Profile Ireland Profile URC Profile