Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua tiakina e te kaiawhina o Wales a Rob Howley a Warren Gatland ki ngā kerēme a Irish kei a ia ngā "ngā taonga hinengaro o tētahi ipu Flora". I whakaekehia a Gatland e te 36-cap lock me te kaituhi korero a Neil Francis, nana nei i whakapae te Kiwi mo te "whakakahoretanga whakama" ma te kowhiri i nga kaitakaro 10 o Wales mo te Whakamatau Whakamutunga i te haerenga o nga Raiona 2013. I kii ano a Francis ko Gatland i arotahi ki te whakapai ake i ana korerorero kirimana me te WRU i taua wa, i akiaki ai a Howley ki te tohu i nga korero korero hei <unk> pouri<unk> me <unk> he <unk>. Kei te whakarite a Warren Gatland i tana kapa Wales mō te tukinga o Rāhoroi ki a Ireland. I whakaekehia te kaiako o Wales a Gatland e te kaitākaro o mua o Ireland a Neil Francis. Me pēhea te rārangi o Wales me Ireland mō te tukinga o ngā Whenua e Ono hei te Rāhoroi. "Me wheako koe i ngā Raiona kia mārama ai koe ki ngā Raiona", te kī a Howley. Kāore au i te tino mōhio mēnā he Raiona a Neil Francis. <unk>Ko te mea whakamiharo o te whutupaoro ko te whakaaro o te katoa mo te ahua o te keemu me purei, ana he tuakiri kei roto i te keemu. <unk>Ki te riro te reira whaiaro ko reira pouri. He nui ake te kēmu i tērā. He mea whakamā te whakaaro o tētahi ki te whakahe takitahi, ki te whakahe whaiaro hoki ki tētahi i toa i tētahi raupapa Lions, i uru ki ngā whakataetae Six Nations Grand Slams me ngā toa. Kāore mātou e hiahia ana ki ngā kōrero pēnei. He whakaeke whaiaro, he tino hē.<unk> E wha nga wa i tutaki ai a Francis ki a Wales mo Ireland i nga tau 1990 ana i uru ia ki tetahi pakanga rongonui i te tau 1992 me Tony Copsey, nana nei i patu te kaikawe ki ona waewae me te haki matau. "He kaitākaro tino pūkenga a Neil, ā, ehara i te tangata hei whakamutu i te hoariri", i mahara a Copsey. <unk> He tino pai ta mātau i waho o te papa, engari he pai tonu ki a ia te kōrero tautohetohe hei tohunga.<unk> Mai i te whakatangi a Francis i tana Whakamātautau whakamutunga i te tau 1996, e rua noa iho nga wikitoria a Wales i runga i te Irish i Cardiff. I whakapaehia a Gatland mo te whai 'nga taonga hinengaro o te peihana tipu' na Francis. Ko te kaiawhina o Wales a Rob Howley i peke ki te tiaki i a Gatland, e kii ana i nga tohu...
I whakaekehia a Gatland e te kaituhi Neil Francis. I eke te kaiawhina o Wales a Rob Howley ki te tiaki i tana hoa mahi a Gatland. Ka tākaro a Wales ki a Ireland me te tuanui tuwhera i te Millennium Stadium.