Aki in race to be fit for Connacht's Champions Cup games

Bundee Aki is recovering from a hamstring injury he picked up at the World Cup in France. 

RACE TO GET FIT: Bundee Aki is in a race to be fit for Connacht’s Champions Cup games next month as he recovers from a hamstring injury picked up in France. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie

World Player of the Year nominee Bundee Aki is in a race to be fit for Connacht’s Champions Cup games next month as he recovers from a hamstring injury picked up in France.

He has been omitted from the 29-man squad which left Galway on Monday afternoon to take on the Sharks and the Bulls in South Africa over the next two weekends, while Irish winger Mack Hansen is also remaining at the Sportsground, nursing an ankle injury he suffered at the World Cup.