His Ireland team have scored 20 tries in their opening two games, but Bundee Aki is expecting the challenges to get much, much tougher.
South Africa have looked mightily impressive, too, and have dispatched Scotland with ease before resting several frontliners and still having a bonus point secured, against Romania, after less than 12 minutes.
In terms of injury concerns, and players who have yet to feature, Dan Sheehan should be available for consideration, while Jack Conan is not so certain. He has not played since the warm-up win over Italy, in early August, and probably has a better chance to feature against Scotland. Bundee Aki is"grand", according to Mike Catt, despite shipping a heavy blow, getting tackled, against Tonga. There was no definitive Sunday update on Finlay Bealham, when Catt spoke to the media. The Connacht prop was taken off, under concussion protocols. Depending on Return To Play protocols, he could be sat out for 12 days.
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