Pat Lam forced to plan without Denis Buckley and Bundee Aki

Connacht will be without two influential players for Friday’s Guinness Pro12 meeting with Treviso with both Denis Buckley and Bundee Aki sidelined through injury.

Buckley suffered an ankle fracture in training and is ruled out for a “number of weeks”, according to coach Pat Lam.

However Lam is hopeful the inspirational Aki will have recovered from the knee injury sustained in the win over Munster to face Glasgow in the final round fixture in Galway.