Seven caps, two tries, a Triple Crown, a series win against New Zealand, and now a victory against the world champions South Africa.
It's only a year ago that Mack Hansen was called in to train with Ireland for a week off the back of his good start to the season with Connacht, but he already feels like an established Test player.
The scrum-cap and the long hair and the tattoos make him instantly identifiable on the pitch, and they're befitting a man who plays the game with such a free spirit.
Without neglecting the basics, Hansen's become known for his weaving, slippery style of rugby, drifting in off his wing at will, just as he did in the build-up to Ireland's opening try, connecting with Jamison Gibson-Park in midfield before the penalty which Ireland went on to score from.
Just a few minutes later he got on the scoresheet himself, diving over for his second Test try, and first at the Aviva Stadium, after a brilliant counter attacking move.
"I've got 11 or 14 on my back, but I've got a licence to roam and try and fit in where I can," he says of his role in the side.
"I think the more that us wings are getting involved and coming off the wing, the more it's going to help create extra numbers.
"Faz [Andy Farrell] and all the coaching staff, Catty [Mike Catt], Si [Simon Eaasterby], even Paulie [Paul O'Connell] and Fogs [Denis Fogarty], who don't have too much to do with us, you know, they're always encouraging you just to express yourself and play your game.
"That's exactly what you want to hear when you're running up the pitch."
Few signings in Irish rugby have been as instant a hit as Hansen at Connacht, and the 24-year-old seems just as popular amongst fans of the national team as he is for his province.
But he says the standard of players he's been working with have a large part to play in that.
"It's been pretty easy for me, to be honest. I’ve been playing with some of the best players in the world and I’ve just been running off them. They’ve made the transition a lot smoother.
"I’m happy to just go out there and play my rugby because everybody inside me and outside me are world-class players. That’s the thing that a lot of players will find when they have the chance to put on the jersey. It just seems to work and everybody just gets their job and go with it."
A natural on the left wing, Hansen has actually featured on the right wing in the majority of his Test appearances for Ireland, wing James Lowe usually occupying the Irish 11 jersey.
However, with the World Cup looming, the need for versatility is more important than ever, and having featured a couple of times for Connacht at full-back last season, he says he's been ready to step in and cover that position for Ireland if needed.
"It is definitely spoken about in terms of worst-case scenario type of thing. So you have to get your head around all those positions.
"That's what’s making us so good, we’re being told, 'just in case, know this and know this, so that when you come in, you’re not asking 'what do we do here, what’s going on'’. You can slot in and just go from there and that’s a great thing the coaches have brought."
As well as having a hand in the tries, he found himself at the centre of the big flashpoint of the first half, when he was tipped over onto his head in a tackle by Cheslin Kolbe, which led to the Springbok full-back being sent to the sin-bin.
And while there was plenty of debate about whether Kolbe was lucky to avoid a red, Hansen says he didn't think it was worthy of a sending off, as much as he might have wanted to see the back of the South African.
"Looking at it on the screen, it wasn't malicious at all. It actually looked worse than it was, he didn't drive me by any means, I was just talking to him there and he's a super nice guy but any opportunity to get him off the field, you'll take that.
"I wasn't thinking too much about it, whatever was coming we were going to play on regardless. He was just a bit unlucky, he was trying to get into contact as well.
"It was grand, he's a super nice guy and said sorry, it was nothing too hectic that came out of it, really."
Saturday's win sees Ireland maintain their place atop the world rankings, as well as getting an early one up on the Springboks who they will face at the World Cup next year.
And Hansen says while Ireland still have to grow their game, it's important to savour the good days when they come.
"You've got to celebrate the wins, especially against a team like South Africa that is world class. They're defending world champions for a reason and they had a really good Rugby Championship as well, they were probably unlucky not to win it.
"So to get a win against a team like that, you can't complain at all. You've got to celebrate otherwise it's just hard to keep the wheels turning.
"We knew if we came out and did what makes us a good team that we could score some tries and put some points on them, and that's what we did.
"It's just doing that constantly throughout the full 80 minutes, it's just going to make us world class and takes us on to the next step.
"That was a proper Test slog. They defend pretty differently to everyone. You kind of know what's coming but it's still very hard to play against. They tried to bring us out of our game plan but we just stuck with it and yeah, just got stuck in.
"When we're doing our things right we know there's not a team that can handle what we're doing. So we've just got to keep sticking to our key principles and we'll end up coming out on top."
