Bundee Aki on his pride in playing for Ireland, his close friend Robbie Henshaw, and his future.
YOU MIGHT HAVE missed Bundee Aki’s interview with ITV which aired ahead of Ireland’s Six Nations meeting with Wales last month.
Six years and 55 caps into his Test career, Aki now enjoys superstar status. At a recent open training session at Aviva Stadium hundreds of school kids packed the lower sections of the West Stand to get a close look at their heroes. Aki’s name was scribbled on many of the homemade signs carefully decorated with the aim of securing a priceless selfie or training shirt. To this writer’s eye, no other player featured more prominently.
That form earned him a nomination for World Rugby’s Player of the Year award and he’s attacked this championship as though he was personally affronted by the fact the accolade didn’t come his way.“I’ve always felt like I’ve had unbelievable support in Ireland, you know what I mean, and I genuinely mean it with every interview that I have. I genuinely do appreciate the people in Ireland, I genuinely appreciate the support that I get,” Aki says.
Aki had some good moments against England but like so many of his teammates, he wasn’t as influential as he would have liked. Naturally, Aki has been delighted to see his old mate get back to his best in this Six Nations after a frustrating time with injuries, revealing that he’s been acting as Henshaw’s personal hype man through the good times and the bad.“He’s been unbelievable hasn’t he? He’s been class.
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