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Published 19:25 15 Oct 2016 BST
Updated 19:46 15 Oct 2016 BST
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The medics got the towels out but David's jersey soaked up an awful lot of his crimson.
Aki was back after the break and he was sporting some new head-gear.
Once again, he was at the centre of most good things Connacht came up with. Line breaks, men left for dead, defensive hits, offloads he had no right to make.
Midway through the half and Toulouse heaved deep into the Connacht 22; phase after phase. When the hosts needed a player to step up and make the play, who was on the deck, scrambling, fighting, winning the ball?
You guessed it.
He was involved in Tiernan O'Halloran's excellent score - of course he was - but that was just a taster.
Aki was down for treatment again but he waved off any and every attempt to get him off the pitch.
Toulouse could not believe that Connacht were still coming at them. The sink had been thrown but these mad men were flinging everything else they could get their hands on. Running penalties from their own 22... who does that?!
The pressure told and Aki got a glimpse of the tryline. One monstrous fend-off and he gunned for home.
Craig Ronaldson was asked to make the touchline conversion and he absolutely nailed it. Connacht tried to play out as much of what time remained in the Toulouse half. In between another bout of treatment, Aki was still calling ball on himself.
He calls himself a Galwayman. Connacht fans call him a hero.
They're both right.
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