Head coach hopeful Bundee Aki will remain with Connacht

Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster is hopeful Bundee Aki will remain with Connacht next season.

Aki, who'll be 36 next month, will be out of contract at the end of the season.

With uncertainty surrounding the centre's future, Lancaster is optimistic he'll pen a new deal.

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Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has revealed that Andrew Porter is close to a return to action.

Porter picked up a calf injury in training in January, causing him to miss the Six Nations.

Cullen has hinted that the prop could be involved in Leinster's meeting with Glasgow Warriors this weekend.