Aki poised for first Connacht match since December

Bundee Aki and Mack Hansen are available for Connacht this weekend as they take on Benetton in their quarter-final of the Challenge Cup.

AVAILABLE: Bundee Aki and Mack Hansen are available for Connacht this weekend. Pic:©INPHO/James Crombie

Bundee Aki is poised for his first action for Connacht since December when they head to Italy to take on Benetton Rugby in a bid to reach the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup for the 12th time.

His Irish colleague Mack Hansen and experienced full-back Tiernan O’Halloran are also available for the trip to Treviso but skipper Jack Carty remains sidelined with a hamstring injury and long-serving loosehead Denis Buckley again misses out with an ankle injury.