Dan Sheehan reflects on ‘special' career milestone as Irishman captains Lions to victory on tour opener in Australia
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Dan Sheehan scored the first try in the win over the Western Force on Saturday morning
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Sheehan reflected on his Lions debut as he called it a career landmark moment
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Speaking to Sky Sports after the Game, the Ireland hooker was overjoyed with his debut for the touring side.
He said: "A really special day. For me and a lot of the lads making their first appearance in this jersey - it's something special.
"It's something you watch all the way when you're growing up, you want to be in this jersey.
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"It's sinking in now, a really special day. We're happy with that result but there's things to work on as well."
In the match itself, Connacht winger
However, the Lions head coach singled out the Aussie-born star for contributing the "play of the day" late on.
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"But the play of the day, if you want to look what a Lion should do for his teammates was when Mack Hansen went up and down the field, end-to-end, never gave up, and fought for his teammate.
"That's the type of spirit that we want throughout the team. So a nice example there."
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Hansen's stellar showing from the start on Saturday came after he was brought on off the bench in the defeat to
The Lions now place The Reds on Wednesday morning at 11pm.
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