Connacht have been boosted by a relatively rude bill of health for Friday’s Heineken Champions Cup Last 16 first leg against Leinster at the Sportsground (kick-off 8pm). At such an advanced stage of the season, there were 42 senior professionals training alongside the province’s academy players in Galway on Tuesday.
Apart from long-term absentee Shane Delahunt, who will miss the rest of the season due to the torn hamstring he suffered in the defeat by Edinburgh over a month ago, only Denis Buckley (calf) and Tom Daly (suspended) have been ruled out of next Friday’s game. Buckley should be available for the second leg at the Aviva Stadium, by which stage Daly will also have completed his suspension.
With Bundee Aki thus set to start, Connacht head coach Andy Friend admitted the sense of anticipation within the organisat …
- April 6, 2022
