Passes<\/strong> He passed the ball 61% of the time against England, which is nearly double his average in his previous 4 matches for Ireland which is 32%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carries\u00a0<\/strong> Metres made with ball in hand<\/strong> There was an obvious change in emphasis on how Bundee used the ball at the weekend and as the stats show, it was his least effective game for Ireland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s hope Ireland revert to using Bundee\u2019s undoubted strengths as a ball carrier, who gets over the gain line more often than not, versus Scotland next Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was an impressive display from England on Saturday in Dublin, they got into Ireland\u2019s faces knocking the home team off their stride right from the off. Let\u2019s have a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[192,153,44,101,193,190],"class_list":["post-2130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-connacht-stats","category-stats","tag-6nations","tag-bundee-aki","tag-connacht-rugby","tag-connacht-rugby-podcast","tag-england","tag-ireland","clearfix"],"yoast_head":"\n
Saturday was the most passes Bundee has made this season for either Connacht or Ireland.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bundee carried the ball 9 times against England, the lowest amount of carries he\u2019s made in his last 4 matches for Ireland, which is well below his average of 14 carries per match for the national team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aki was less effect with ball in hand in the Aviva as he only carried the ball for a total gain of 14 metres. In his previous 4 Irish matches he made an average gain of 28.75 metres per match, while his average for Connacht this season is 25.5 metres per match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n