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Peter Jackson: Bundee Aki takes the long road to be a British and Irish Lion

Peter Jackson:

Back home amid the volcanic craters of South Auckland, a ‘very skinny kid’ would have seen Brian O’Driscoll’s reign as Lions captain come to a brutal end after 45 seconds.
Twenty years on from the pulverising spear tackle which smashed the Dubliner’s left shoulder within the first minute of a wretchedly one-sided series, the under-nourished teenager of yesteryear stands on the verge of surpassing O’Driscoll as the oldest Test Lion back of all.
Bundee Aki is on track to start against Australia in Brisbane next Saturday at the grand old age of 35. He will be the first back to do so at a sta...

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