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'I didn't think I was dodgy' - Andrew Conway makes light of illness to shine for Ireland

Scoring tries is his business and business is good.

The talk of the town might be about the opposite wing but Andrew Conway is simply going about his work on the other side of the pitch.

Man of the match Mack Hansen earned plenty of well deserved plaudits as he entered the international fray in Saturday's win over Wales in place of the injured James Lowe, who was the star of the show in November when Ireland beat the All Blacks.

Meanwhile, the Munster wing's double has moved him up to 15 international tries in 28 games and he’s just outside the top 10 Irish tryscorers of all time. He’ll be inside soon enough.

However, his last two tries almost never happened.

The Dubliner spoke to the media today and detailed how he overcame a slight illness to get on the pitch for the 61 minutes before he was replaced by James Hume.

"I was a bit dodgy on Friday night but I didn’t think I was feeling dodgy," he told RTÉ Sport

"When you are preparing for a Test match there are nerves, it’s a big occasion and I didn’t even realise until I started puking.

"When these things happen you kind of use your mind to not allow it in as well.

"You just convince yourself you are feeling fine.

"It wasn't bad at all really. I wasn’t aware I was ill in the captain’s run [on Friday]. I felt a bit off the day of the game.

"Then at half-time I felt a bit dodgy again.

"I’ve felt dodgy at many half-times because you’ve had a fair bit of caffeine, there’s been a lot going on.

"You are fatigued, and then, yeah, what genuinely surprised me more when I looked back on the day and then the previous evening maybe I was a small bit off.

"You don’t say it to anyone unless you are really struggling, obviously. I was grand. Once I got one out of me it wasn’t going to stop until I

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