I’m proud of Bundee Aki’s progress, says Tana Umaga

There is nothing unusual about the situation in which Bundee Aki will find himself on Saturday as he lines up for Ireland against New Zealand, the country of his birth.

Italy’s Dublin-born fly-half Ian McKinley went through the same thing in Chicago a fortnight ago when he faced former Leinster colleagues in Ireland jerseys while last week at Twickenham Brad Shields, a New Zealand-born back-rower of English parentage, stared down the Haka before going toe to toe with former Hurricanes team-mates.