‘Legend’ Healy set to equal O’Driscoll record
Veteran prop Cian Healy is set to equal Brian O’Driscoll’s record of 133 Test caps in Friday’s clash with Argentina, which will feature two Ireland debutants.
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Veteran prop Cian Healy is set to equal Brian O’Driscoll’s record of 133 Test caps in Friday’s clash with Argentina, which will feature two Ireland debutants.
One of Ireland rugby’s most experienced and widely respected backs is reportedly on the shopping list of four-time European champions Toulon.
Damian Willemse is back in contention for the DHL Stormers and could be tasked with handling Ireland star centre Bundee Aki in the clash against Connacht on Saturday night.
Bundee Aki, in rugby-playing terms, is more Irish than he is Kiwi, and his professional rugby development is down to nine years in Ireland, playing for Connacht.
Connacht have named an unchanged 23 for Saturday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-final against the DHL Stormers in Cape Town.
Inside centre Bundee Aki wanted everyone at the Aviva Stadium to know he was a Six Nations and Grand Slam champion after Ireland beat England on Saturday.
Bundee Aki will sit out Ireland’s Test against the Springboks in November after being handed an eight-week suspension for his cleanout on Seabelo Senatla in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
Bundee Aki and Peter O’Mahony took to the streets of Wellington in high spirits after Ireland’s historic series win, even chatting to the police before sampling some local cuisine from a stunned bystander.
New Zealand-born Bundee Aki has been named to captain Ireland in their opening tour match against the Maori All Blacks.
Ireland and Connacht centre Bundee Aki has apologised after confronting referee Mathieu Raynal following his side’s Champions Cup defeat by Leicester.