Rory O'Connor

Because if people are going to lose their jobs, that's going to be really tough to take.

We give our all for clubs in every corner of this island.

Yeah, it's not just as simple as Bundy being back, but it's a huge piece of the jigsaw.

If you can get a player who was only two, well, three years ago nominated for World Player of the Year and was very close to getting it and was one of the best players at a World Cup, has been one of the consistently best international centres in the world for nearly a decade now.

but at times I think it's fair to say I think Connacht fans would feel that he hasn't been as good for them as he has been for Ireland especially as he's got older it's probably harder to do there's been times where Andy Fenn just left him out entirely there's been a bit of kind of discontent behind the scenes I think with some of his training and some of his performances and

And he's had to ride that out and he's always been picked for Ireland.

He's always been excellent for Ireland.

You know, I think he fell off a little bit in November and he's lost, you know, obviously got banned for the Six Nations, but I'm not sure he would have started any of those games either.

But when he came off the bench against Scotland, it looked like either the threat of it being taken away from him, the fact that he, you know, Andy Farrell had given the vote of confidence to give him a new contract until the World Cup.

And that is all culminated into him going, just looks like he's enjoying it again, that he's tuned in completely.

He's back with Connacht now.

I'm sure Farrell sent them off saying, if you want a place on this summer tour to New Zealand and Australia, you need to be one of the best players in the URC.

Which is difficult to do sometimes when you're going into a team that's struggling and playing in tough conditions.

There's been seasons where the URC's been over for them and there's been a couple of games to go and you're really not playing for anything.

There's been times where I feel like he's tried too hard for Connacht and he's kind of tried to do everything and been a hero.

The way I would criticise Jack Crowley for doing it in the cast game, for example, was...

whereas actually you need to focus on your role and kind of just do your job and facilitate others at times.

And I think Bundy has been guilty of trying to be that hero for Connacht at times.

There's been other times where he just hasn't looked as tuned in as he should be, whereas right now he looks dialed in.

And that's all... If he can lead them to...