Bundee Aki
| Full name | Bundee Aki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 April 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Manurewa High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Kayla Aki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Centre | ||
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| Current team | Connacht | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2014– | Connacht | 41 | (35) |
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Correct as of 6 June 2016
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| Provincial / State sides | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2011–2014 | Counties Manukau | 41 | (50) |
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Correct as of 13 October 2014
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| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2013–2014 | Chiefs | 26 | (45) |
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Correct as of 21 July 2014
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Bundee Aki (born 7 April 1990) is a rugby union player from New Zealand. He plays primarily at centre. Aki currently plays for Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro12. Previously, he has played for New Zealand provincial team Counties Manukau and for the Chiefs in Super Rugby.
Aki has won a Super Rugby title with Chiefs and a Pro12 title with Connacht. In 2015–16, Connacht's title-winning season, Aki was named the league's player of the season.
Aki was born in the Auckland suburb of Otahuhu. He was a student at Manurewa High School in the city, where he played for the school's rugby team. Aki took a year out from pursuing a professional rugby career in 2011, when he worked as a bank teller at Westpac to earn the money for his young family.
Aki began playing for Counties Manukau in the 2011 season. He made nine appearances for the side with five of these coming as starts, scoring three tries as they finished fourth in the Championship Division of the 2011 ITM Cup. In the 2012 ITM Cup, Aki played 11 of the team's 12 games, starting on each occasion and scoring six tries. Counties Manukau finished top of the Championship Division and won their play-off games against Southland and Otago, which earned the side promotion to the following year's Premiership Division.
With Counties promoted to the Premiership Division, Aki played in all ten of their regular season games in the 2013 ITM Cup, starting eight of these, as the team qualified for the play-offs on their return to the top flight. He also started in the team's play-off semi-final, a 41–10 defeat to Wellington. Aki scored one try during the course of the season, with the score coming against Tasman in a 20–40 defeat.
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