Hannah O'Connor
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770 appearances
5 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 20 May
Hannah O'Connor’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But as you said, it was mixing it up with the ability to punch the holes.
We saw the likes of Brittany Hogan.
We saw Aoife Wafer back to her marauding best of just punching holes.
Give me the ball, punch the holes.
The Italians couldn't live with it.
They were constantly being caught on soft shoulders.
They were unable to live with it.
And as you said, it mixed those punching of holes and it gave them the opportunity for the backs to stretch the legs.
And we saw that.
I think Aoife Dalton, as you said, quipped one across to Robin O'Connor for her try on the left to get her try on debut.
But equally, as you said, Baben's first or second try where Stacey was just bang, bang, let's play advantage, keep the ball alive.
We can make advantage of this.
And I think that was the difference is like we know what Baben Parsons skills are and how good she is and how quick she is and how strong she is.
And last week, you know, she's left living off scraps and we just haven't been able to get the likes of our back three in those positions to throw those passes, but also to really showcase their best skills.
I think we saw Baben at her brilliant best at the weekend in her home, Patrick Galway, somewhere she's very familiar with.
And just stretching the legs, that mix of pace and power, as you said, for those first couple of tries, where she's literally handing off Italians and bringing them along with her across the try line.
But also, yeah, that of her third try was Ireland in full flow, where you've got kind of training park stuff or training ground stuff coming into fruition, where it's flood the channels, flood the channels, keep the ball alive.
That style of play, that's just off the cuff, heads up rugby.
It's not prescribed.
It's not waiting to get into a shape.
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