Andy Friend resigned to being without Connacht's big name stars

Bundee Aki will almost certainly be absent for much of 2020

Bundee Aki and head coach Andy Friend 

Bundee Aki has reported for Connacht training in ‘incredible shape’ according to Andy Friend, but the head coach is resigned to losing his Ireland centre for much of the remainder of 2020.

Friend’s side will play Ulster and Munster in their remaining two PRO14 games of the season at the end of August, but beyond those games there is very little clarity on what their schedule will be like for the rest of the year.