Should Leinster go after Bundee Aki?

[Dave Cahill]

hes eligible for Samoa?

He is.

[ronk]

When exactly does he qualify?

Once he plays for Ireland he can either head to Bristol and still play as an exile or sign for any province on a central contract if Nucifora wants him that badly.

Keep him in Connacht and hire a good coach seems the obvious move. There's something worth building.


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[BlueWheels]

It would be a luxury to have him, Henshaw and Ringrose but it would lead to one of the latter two missing out, or being played elsewhere to accommodate.

Assuming all were fit at the same time, which is a fairly big assumption it you remember how often a certain BOD was injured. Also if the three were available the rota system used to protect the Internationals mightn't hurt us as much....

I my view, the option of signing him would have to be explored!!

[simonokeeffe]

hes eligible for Samoa?

He is.

Suspected as much, cheers

@ronk in time for AIs at least but he cant leave at the end of this season and still IQ

[CiaranIrl]

Why would it never be allowed? If Aki wants out of Connacht but wants to play international rugby his options are Leinster or Munster. If he wanted to come here dony see why he would be stopped (by Nucifora)

They won't want the three most highly rated centers for 2019 all playing in one club. They might let Munster sign him, but not us.

[leinsterforever]

I like our current centre options - Reid and Daly backing up Henshaw, and O'Loughlin backing up Ringrose. Then there's Conor O'Brien and Jimmy O'Brien in the pipeline.

Having three centres who would be called away by Ireland a lot of the time (presumably) would be quite disruptive as well. I don't think Leinster should go looking to sign Aki

[neiliog93]

Why would it never be allowed? If Aki wants out of Connacht but wants to play international rugby his options are Leinster or Munster. If he wanted to come here dony see why he would be stopped (by Nucifora)

They won't want the three most highly rated centers for 2019 all playing in one club. They might let Munster sign him, but not us.

I'd actually agree with them there though.

[simonokeeffe]

Why would it never be allowed? If Aki wants out of Connacht but wants to play international rugby his options are Leinster or Munster. If he wanted to come here dony see why he would be stopped (by Nucifora)

They won't want the three most highly rated centers for 2019 all playing in one club. They might let Munster sign him, but not us.

Not their first choice but for sake of keeping him in Irish rugby I reckon they would

Plenty of positions we dominate in already so not like itd be a disaster