Andy Friend: Aki tackling education is not a box-ticking exercise 

EDUCATION: Bundee Aki

Connacht coach Andy Friend says that the educational programme which Bundee Aki must undergo if he wants his eight-week suspension reduced is far from a box-ticking exercise and that the centre will have earned the one week reprieve if he gets it.

The 32-year old is suspended for the games against the Springboks and Fiji but could be available for the match against Australia if his completion of the Head Contact Process Coaching Intervention programme is deemed acceptable.