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10th October 2020
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"It was weird at the weekend," he continued, "because Bundee Aki actually made me cringe a little bit, at how much he was going at it. "I even asked a couple of his teammates, 'God, you boys must be struggling with him going at it'. "There's a good way to do it and then there's a bit were you're like, 'Come on, rein it in a bit, pal'."Former England captain Dylan Hartley was all for Aki being loud and chippy. "They're competing, they're IN the game and they love it," he said. "They're not turning up and going through the motions. It means something." "He's always chirping," Wilson added, "and there is a good side to it. You get it with guys like Owen Farrell - constantly going at each other - but by the end of the game, it is like a bit of a laugh. There's only so much you can keep going, in each others' face, until you just crack up." Aki and Wilson - either with Connacht, Glasgow or on international duty - are not due to meet again, on the pitch, until 2021. Whenever they do resume their rivalry, it will be one worth tuning in for [with the volume way up].
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