Connacht celebrate last month's win over Stade. Image: James Crombie/INPHO Connacht celebrate last month's win over Stade. Image: James Crombie/INPHO THERE IS NO Bundee Aki on the plane to Paris today. No Ultan Dillane either. Kieran Marmion – another one of Connacht’s poster boys – is also unavailable for their trip but the absentees who will hurt the most are Finlay Bealham, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Matthew Burke and Jack Aungier.
But part of the reason that Stade were second rate in Galway was because that was by and large their second team. This time it’s different. This time they have Ngani Laumape, Clement Casets and the brilliant Sekou Macalou.They also have a formidable home record and the small matter of place in the round of 16 to play for, where a bonus point win coupled with the Munster-Wasps result going their way could see them sneak into the next round.
In total, they have scored 39 tries from their 11 games this season, and the presence of Mack Hansen – their leading try scorer this season – and Alex Wootton, who topped their try charts last year, will help.
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