Connacht injury update

Star Connacht centre Bundee Aki is one of three players carrying some knocks from the Irish outfit’s recent clash against the Lions in Johannesburg. 

Connacht managed to stick one on the Lions with a 33-30 victory and now face the Sharks in Durban on Saturday. 

The trio of Aki, back row Paul Boyle and prop Jack Aungier have all been put on reduced training this week in the hope that they will be in decent shape for this weekend’s encounter. 

On a positive note, Connacht’s scrum will be bolstered by Finlay Bealham who is once again ready for action and will be in the mix against the Sharks. 

"Finlay is available and ready to go. He bounced back well from that head knock, probably the turnaround time with the travel and the adjustments, but otherwise he would have been available for the Lions game," Pete Wilkins said. 

"With these injuries we want to be as careful as possible. He'll be good to go this week."