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Bundee Aki conundrum highlights Irish centre of distraction

Bundee Aki said he wants to go to the next World Cup but will he make it to 2027? Photo: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Bundee Aki wants to play in the next World Cup, but whether he needs to do so remains uncertain. His coaches would wish it were so. Not every Irish supporter may agree.
And yet just as there is a measure of anxiety about his capacity of holding out until his 38th year, there are niggling concerns about the capability of contenders to challenge his eminence.



