BUNDEE AKI IS fit to start Connacht’s opening Champions Cup clash with Bordeaux on Friday.
It will be Aki’s first appearance since Ireland’s World Cup quarter-final defeat to New Zealand, having been sidelined with a hamstring injury. With Aki back, Cathal Forde will shuffle across to outside-centre.
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Mack Hansen, meanwhile, starts at full-back.
Another Irish international, Finlay Bealham, also starts having began last weekend’s defeat to Leinster on the bench.
Caolin Blade and JJ Hanrahan continue their half-back partnership.
Bordeaux, meanwhile, are bringing their front-line stars to Galway, with Damien Penaud and Mathieu Jalibert included in their starting XV.
Connacht
15. Mack Hansen
14. Byron Ralston
13. Cathal Forde
12. Bundee Aki
11. Andrew Smith
10. JJ Hanrahan
9. Caolin Blade (C)
1. Denis Buckley
2. Dave Heffernan
3. Finlay Bealham
4. Darragh Murray
5. Joe Joyce
6. Cian Prendergast
7. Shamus Hurley-Langton
8. Seán Jansen
Replacements
16. Tadgh McElroy
17. Peter Dooley
18. Jack Aungier
19. Niall Murray
20. Conor Oliver
21. Michael McDonald
22. David Hawkshaw
23. John Porch
Bordeaux
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Aki returns for Connacht in Champions Cup clash against full-strength Bordeaux
BUNDEE AKI IS fit to start Connacht’s opening Champions Cup clash with Bordeaux on Friday.
It will be Aki’s first appearance since Ireland’s World Cup quarter-final defeat to New Zealand, having been sidelined with a hamstring injury. With Aki back, Cathal Forde will shuffle across to outside-centre.
Mack Hansen, meanwhile, starts at full-back.
Another Irish international, Finlay Bealham, also starts having began last weekend’s defeat to Leinster on the bench.
Caolin Blade and JJ Hanrahan continue their half-back partnership.
Bordeaux, meanwhile, are bringing their front-line stars to Galway, with Damien Penaud and Mathieu Jalibert included in their starting XV.
Connacht
Replacements
Bordeaux
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