Bundee Aki out to ruin Wasps’ party

The level of conversation between players after matches is minimal at the best of times and even less so in these December double dates, but a snippet of information picked up by Connacht after Sunday’s 32-17 loss to Wasps has been thrown about the changing room in the Sportsground quite a bit this week.

Bundee Aki was one of the Connacht players to discover that Wasps are bringing their entire squad to Galway for their Christmas party tonight.

Connacht have enough incentive to win this return match, having been turned over 32-17 on Sunday at the Ricoh Arena, but Aki told an audience at a charity event on Thursday night that Wasps bringing a squad of 43 to party the night away in Galway just added another layer of determination among Pat Lam’s men.