Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua uru a Mike Brown ki ngā pakanga i ngā wiki tata nei, ā, kei a ia ngā tohu hei whakamatau i tērā. Engari e kī ana ia kua rite ia ki te whawhai mō tana tūranga tīmatanga o te Ipu o te Ao, ā, kua whakatau hoki ia ki te whakawhiwhi i te maia e hiahiatia ana ki roto i te wā pōhēhē o te kapa kapa kapa Harlequins. Tekau mā rua marama ki muri ka oti i a Brown tētahi pakanga o Ngā Whenua e Ono i mutu ki tētahi hua ōrite, he wāhi tuarua i te ripanga i muri i a Joe Schmidt's Ireland. Engari he toa ano hoki ia, nā te kaha ki te whakawātea i a Brian O'Driscoll, te kaitoi o te whakataetae, e whā ngā whakamātau i whakapūmau i tana pono ki te kaupapa. Kei te mahi a Mike Brown ki a Wīwī i te tukinga whakamutunga o te whakataetae Six Nations. I tēnei wā, kāore he whakamoemiti whaiaro hei whakaiti i te māharahara o te whāinga tuarua. Heoi anō, e whakapono ana a Brown ko te āhua o te wikitōria a Ingarangi i a Wīwī i te 55-35 he take hei tūmanako i mua i te kapa Rugby o te Ao i tēnei ngahuru. Engari e whakahē ana ia i ngā whakaaro a te tumuaki o te RFU, a Ian Ritchie, he 'kore e whakaaetia' tētahi atu tūranga tuarua. 'Kāore au i nui te whakaaro engari he tino pouri ki te whakamutu i te huarahi i mahia ai e mātou,' i kī a Brown, e korero ana i te Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens - te whakataetae whutupaoro kura nui rawa o te ao. 'He tino pai te āhua o te kēmu me te wikitōria, engari he mea whakamā kāore i tutuki i a mātau te whāinga kia wikitōria. Ko te wā tuawha tēnei e whai wāhi ana au ki te wāhi tuarua, engari i te waimarie kāore au i te riri. I pouri a Brown i te mutunga o te Six Nations, engari e mea ana he mea pai hei tango. 'Ka haere tonu mātou hei kapa, ka whakamahi tonu i ngā mea pēnei hei whakawhanake i a mātou. Kei reira tonu nga mea pai hei tango mai i a ia, me titiro tatou ki te pikitia nui ake. ' I whakatauritea e te tokomaha ki te kēmu hākinakina o te wiki whakamutunga i Twickenham, te āhua o te whai pānga, o te rere noa. He kaiwhaiwhai a Brown mo te waehere 13-tangata a Quins i whakaputa i tetahi korero e kiia ana ko 'Brown e noho ana ki te whutupaoro' i a ia e wiri ana me te whakawhiti. Heoi anō, e whakapono ana a Brown...
E mea ana a Mike Brown he nui ngā mea pai ka taea e Ingarangi te tango mai i ngā Whenua e Ono. He harikoa a Brown ki tana ake mahi, ā, e whakaaro ana kua pai ake ia i tēnei tau. Kei te rapu a Brown inaianei ki te awhina i a Harlequins ki te whakapai ake i to raatau waa.