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22nd May 2016

Bundee Aki’s thankful message from the heart proves he is now a true Irish rugby legend

Kevin McGillicuddy

Tá an áthas orm on corn seo a ghlacadh.

As words of Irish for sportsmen go, these are the ones you most want to be speaking at the end of any season.

And for Connacht, we hope they are brushing up on their tuiseal ginideachs in the next six days after their qualification for the Pro12 final.

The Galway-based outfit beat Glasgow on Saturday to set up an all-Irish finale next week in Edinburgh where they will face Leinster, and Bundee Aki is delighted to be part of it.

The human wrecking ball was on a one man mission to break as many Glasgow players last night, as he directly led to three players being replaced during the course of the 80 minutes.

He was rightly given the man-of-the-match award after the final whistle and when he got time to think, he took to twitter to thank the local fans for their incredibly vocal support on a historic night for the province.

And not only did he thanks them, but he’s obviously been getting a few lessons in Irish during his stay in the west.

Simple words, but from the heart.

Go hiontach!

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