Connacht’s 2016 title celebrations looked fantastic.
The enduring image of their maiden PRO12 win is Bundee Aki belting out The Fields of Athenry with his Connacht teammates in the beer garden of Galway pub An Púcán.
Aki seemed to be in great spirits but former teammate and title winning captain John Muldoon revealed on SportsJoe Live on Wednesday that the centre had only been awake for about 10 minutes by that stage.
“That’s the song we sing after we win and I had obviously got quite used to it,” said Aki.
“As John was saying I was only up for about 10 minutes by that stage and I had missed the celebrations bus earlier on. I didn’t make it on the bus. I didn’t know where I was and someone was looking after me by that stage.”
Muldoon added that Aki had got no sleep the night before but did manage to find a couple of hours to nap during the day before springing back into life later that afternoon.
“The funny thing is we got home quite late and had a couple of drinks but Bundee didn’t stay out the night before.
“He rang his parents and family back home and spent a few hours talking to them and he just didn’t go to bed. He went and had a few early drinks then and it just caught up on him.”
Aki continued: “I went asleep at like 10 in the morning and didn’t wake up until the parade had finished, so I don’t know what time that was, might have been 4pm, but I had a good sleep and I was alive by then.”
Watch the full interview with Muldoon and Aki in the video above.
