Bundee Aki’s mission on Saturday? Stop 'hit-up merchant' Damian de Allende wreaking havoc
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SUBSCRIBEWarren Gatland will send Bundee Aki into the final test with a mission to stop opposite number Damian de Allende — the British & Irish Lions centre will relish that battle as much as the honour of starting against South Africa on Saturday.
Aki, 31, is yet to see any game-time in this series against the Springboks, despite having impressed in the first five matches of this Lions adventure.
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