Ex-Munster academy player Eoghan Clarke is a key member of the Jersey Reds team that clinched the English RFU Championship
Former Ireland scrumhalf and ex-head coach of the Ireland Under-20s Kieran Campbell and erstwhile prop and now scrum coach Brett Wilkinson, who will be well known to Connacht supporters, are part of the back room team at the London club.
Bundee Aki. Aki was red carded when Stormers and Connacht met last September. Photograph: James Crombie/InphoStormers’ head coach John Dobson pointed out that Connacht share some of the attributes that he recognises in his team, ahead of next Saturday’s United Rugby Championship semi-final in Cape Town .
The two sides met in the opening round of the tournament last September in Stellenbosch, a game in which Ireland centre Bundee Aki, was red-carded and it required a late try for the home side to secure a bonus point victory.
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