Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te ngana a Bath ki te haina i a Taulupe Faletau i muri i te Ipu o te Ao hei haere tonu i te rerenga o nga kaitakaro rangatira o Wales ki te Aviva Premiership. Ko te tau 24 tau o Lions No. 8 he wa katoa ano hei whakahaere i tana kirimana o naianei me te Newport Gwent Dragons, nana i kii i tenei wiki kei te tino hiahia ratou ki te pupuri i ana ratonga. Heoi, e mohio ana a Sportsmail kei te kaha haere te kaitakaro whanau-Tonga ki te whakaae ki te neke ki The Rec i te ngahuru, e hiahia ana kia utua e Bath he utu whakawhiti. Wales No. 8 Taulupe Faletau e tuku ana ki a Jamie Roberts (taha maui) i te wa o tana taha ki te whakaheke i te Azzurri. I honoa a Bath ki te Springboks No. 8 Duane Vermeulen, engari kua whakaritea ia mo te neke nui ki Toulon. Kua tino ngaro a Faletau i te raarangi o nga whetu o Wales i haina tata nei mo nga kirimana takirua a-motu me te Welsh Rugby Union me nga rohe. Kua honoa a Bath ki a ia i nga wa o mua engari i muri i nga korero mo te mahi i te tau 2013, i whakapau kaha ia ki etahi atu tau e toru i Rodney Parade. Heoi, i tēnei wā, he maha ngā pūtake i whakaatu mai kei te tata mai te karapu o Te Tai Hauāuru. I te tautoko pūtea mai i te rangatira o Bruce Craig, kua noho a Bath hei kaitākaro nui i ngā taumata o runga o te mākete whakawhiti. Ko te kaitākaro hoki o Ingarangi a Ben Morgan i runga anō i te mataaratanga o Bath i mua i tana hainatanga i tētahi kirimana hou ki Gloucester. I whakamātau rātou ki te kukume i a Duane Vermeulen, te Nama 8 o Awherika ki te Tonga, engari i whakaarotia he nui rawa ngā tono utu a ia, ā, i kōwhiri ia ki te neke ki Toulon hei utu. I kitea hoki a Ben Morgan, engari i whakaae ia ki tētahi kirimana hou i Gloucester. Mēnā ka uru atu a Faletau ki Bath, ka uru atu ia ki tētahi rōpū e tipu haere ana o ngā kaituku o Wales i te Pirimia, tae atu ki a George North i Northampton, Richard Hibbard me James Hook i Gloucester, Rhys Priestland e haere ana ki Bath, me Jamie Roberts e haere ana ki Harlequins. Ahakoa kua whakapuakina e te kaiako o Wales a Warren Gatland tana tūnga ki te kōwhiri i ngā kaitākaro e neke atu ana i te whenua, kei a ia ngā herenga 'wild card' ā, ko Faletau e tino uru ana ki taua kāwai.
Kei a Taulupe Faletau tētahi atu wā katoa hei whakahaere i tana kirimana o nāianei. I honoa a Bath ki Awherika ki te Tonga No. 8 Duane Vermeulen. I kitea hoki a Ben Morgan, engari i whakaae ia ki tētahi kirimana hou i Gloucester.