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 was empty.
"So probably a wise decision to get me off because if the ball came my way at one stage I wouldn’t have been much use."
Conway was superb for his hour’s work and his finish in the corner with five defenders in his eyeline for his first try might have been his best international score.
While Ireland had a penalty advantage and Conway says that informed his decision to some extent, it still needed a brave finish.
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"I think you've just got to try and do what presents itself and not necessarily think of whether we had advantage or we didn’t," he said.
"It definitely gives a slight bit more license with an advantage but if we don’t, I think you've got to have the balls to go and do what the right thing to do is at the time and not just step back inside because it’s easier and you want to retain ball.
"If I think I can score a try…I’ve been scoring those type of tries in training beating those defenders in training then maybe that’s my cue you can go for it.
"It’s certainly one of those ones where it's tight and you either come away looking like you have done the right job or get bundled in it's the wrong decision.
"As wingers you want to be scoring those type of tries.
"They are the ones that really count for the team, so it’s just trying to get those decisions right...and you base your decisions off where your game is at."
Conway made 60 metres from six carries and won two kick chases.
"I think I went okay, the two tries puts a nice gloss on it but I’ve certainly played better recently, especially for Ireland," said the 30-year-old when asked about his overall performance.
"Aerially, the conditions were testy enough. I got two back but there were two that I got into a contest for and could have done better, not necessarily got it back but looking at the process and how you got into the contest, like did I get in the right place?
"If you get in the right place and don’t win it back then so be it.
"Some kicking stuff, there are load of elements to the game that me personally and the team didn’t click to the level we know we can so we’ll need to this week, we’ll need to play as good as we’ve ever played to get the chance [to beat France, Saturday 4.45pm].
"If we can play as good as we can then we are certainly going to be in the mix."
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