Andy Friend said that Connacht's hopes of turning over URC champions the Stormers in their own backyard ended when Bundee Aki was sent off for a reckless ...
He became the first Ireland player to be sent off at the World Cup when he was dismissed against Samoa in 2019. โI thought the game was in the balance at that stage. The bottom line is we need to protect players, and there was contact to the head.โ