Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te kaiwhakahaere o te Republic of Ireland a Martin O'Neill i whakamoemiti ki te maia o ana kaitakaro i muri i tana kitenga i a raatau e whawhai ana ki te hopu i tetahi whakataetae tohu Euro 2016 nui ki a Poland. I titiro a Ireland ki te haere ki te hinga kino i te wa i uru ai te roopu D ki te waa whakawhiu me nga Poari i te tawhiti o te toru atu tohu hei taapiri ki te 10 i kohia e ratou mai i a raatau whakataetae e wha. Heoi, i whakahohehia e nga tangata o O'Neill te akiaki whakamutunga ki te whakaora i tetahi tohu i te wa i whakauruhia ai e te kaitautoko Shane Long te kaainga i te meneti 91-meneti kia rite ai te 1-1 me te whakarite kia tohatohahia nga taonga i te Aviva Stadium. I whakamoemiti a Martin O'Neill, te kaiwhakahaere o te Motu o Ireland, ki te whakapono o ana kaitākaro i muri i to rātau tukinga ki a Poland. I riro i a Ireland tētahi piro i muri i te āhua o te tukinga i a rātou i te rōpū D. I te pātai he aha te karere i te haurua i muri i te 45 meneti tino noa e tana kapa, ka mea a O'Neill: 'Kia mau tonu te whakapono ki a koe, he mea tino nui, he mea tino nui. 'I whakaaro mātou kāore i tika te mahi ki a mātou i te haurua tuatahi. Engari me mau tonu te whakapono ki a koe anō, he mea tino nui tērā mō te taha. 'Ko te karere tērā, 'Kia mōhio kei roto tonu koe i tēnei kēmu, ka taea e mātou te mahi pai ake, he pai ake, ka taea e mātou te whakapai ake.' I hoatu e mātou he whāinga tino māmā mai i tō mātou tirohanga, i waiho mātou i runga i te waewae whakamuri mō tētahi wā, engari i tino taea e mātou. 'I eke ngā kaitākaro ki te wā, he mea nui. He mea tino nui te whakapono ki a ia anō. Ko Polani, he wāhi nui i tawhiti atu i te kāinga e pā ana ki a rātou, engari kei te pai tonu mātou ki roto.' He iti noa te tohu a Ireland i mua i te wehenga, ka kitea e ratou kei muri i te whakatuwheratanga o te meneti 26 o Slawomir Peszko i muri i tana whakapau kaha ki tetahi hapa na te kaitautoko a Robbie Brady. Engari i hoki mai te kapa kāinga i muri i te tīmatanga anō, ā, i muri i te pānga o Brady rāua ko Robbie Keane ki te pou, ka patua e Long te pou ki te taumata. Ka rere atu a Shane Long ki te whakanui i tana kapa i muri i tana whiwhinga i te whiringa toa o te Rōpū D. Ka mihi atu a Long ki a John O'Shea (matau)...
I tohe a Reipa o Ireland ki a Poland i te whakataetae o te Rōpū D. Kua whakamoemiti a Kaiwhakahaere Martin O'Neill ki te whakapono o ana kaitākaro ki a rātou anō. I titiro rātau ki te hinga i mua i te wā i taurite ai a Shane Long i te mutunga o te wā.