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Easterby will hope Hansen's troubles are not a portent for what lies ahead on Sunday with Ireland aiming to overcome a significant hurdle in their quest for a third successive title.

A silvery 10-foot-long creature, the oarfish has fueled fisherman’s tales of sea serpents — and in some cultures has been a portent of natural disasters.

He can only hope it is an aberration and not a portent for a grim autumn campaign before his secondment with the British and Irish Lions.

I was reminded of his 2016 no-show rally and near-riot at the University of Illinois at Chicago, an important portent of the way so-called political norms would be shattered during his rise to power.

Yet Keener and other marine researchers aren’t sure if the animals’ presence is a sign of ecosystem health and rejuvenation or a portent of planetary disaster.