Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te Paul O'Connell noa iho. Kei te whai a Ireland i te rua o nga Grand Slam i roto i nga tau e ono, a, kaua ko te korero mo te ahua o te taha o Joe Schmidt ka eke ki te peke i te arai nama wha i te Millennium Stadium i te Rahoroi, ko te kapu 100 o te kaipuke mo tona whenua kei te whakarato i te paowa paowa mo nga hoa o te roopu e koa ana ki te kaupapa whakararu. Kaore a O'Connell i te whakaaro ki te whakahua i tana tohu i roto i te puni. Heoi anō, hei kaupapa mō ōna hoa ki te whakapau wā i roto i ngā huihuinga pāpāho poto, e taka ana ki roto i te tino pai, ahakoa-kore-Wales, rohe. Hei tauira, ko Devin Toner, te toa o Leinster, kua noho hei kaiāwhina tuarua mō O'Connell i roto i ngā tau kua hipa. Kei te whakarite a Paul O'Connell mō tana kapa 100 mō tōna whenua i te Millennium Stadium ā te Rāhoroi. Kei te whai a Joe Schmidt i tētahi Grand Slam tuarua pea i roto i ngā tau e ono i te Millennium Stadium. Pātai atu ki ngā tikanga whānui o te rārangi o Irirangi, ā, he poto te whakautu. 'E kore ahau e hiahia ki te hoatu i tetahi mea i runga i ngā rautaki lineout,' e ai ki a ia. Ui e pā ana ki te rangatira, ahakoa, a reira ko, te mutunga, nui ake pep ki tona patter. 'Kāore he nui atu o ngā kōrero e taea te kōrero, kāore anō kia kōrerotia mō Paulie. He kaitākaro ia o te ao, ā, kāore au i te whakaaro ka rite au ki te kaitākaro ināianei mēnā kāore au i te tākaro tahi me ia. He nui aku mea i akona mai i nga rarangi tuarua katoa i takaro ai ahau, otirā i a Leo Cullen rāua ko Paora. He kaiārahi nui ia i roto i te kapa, he kaitākaro nui ia i runga i te papa, ā, ka titiro atu ngā kaitākaro ki a ia,' e ai ki a Toner, e whakaae ana ki te mātakitaki tata i ngā mahi a O'Connell hei mea e hiahia ana ia ki te tārua. Ka riri a O'Connell i te wa o te whakangungu whakangungu a Ireland i te Kingspan Stadium i Belfast, Northern Ireland. 'Ko te tae noa ki te 100 nga waahi he tohu nui mo te ahua o tana tiaki i a ia ano me te takaro i te taumata teitei mo te wa roa (mai i tana timatanga ki Wales i te tau 2002) he mea whakamiharo. 'He nui ake te whakawehi i te takaro ki a ia mo te wa tuatahi na te mea kaore au i tino pai ki te korero pono,' ka haere tonu...
Kei te whai a Ireland i tētahi Grand Slam tuarua pea i roto i ngā tau e ono. Ko te kapa o Joe Schmidt e whawhai ana ki a Wales i te Millennium Stadium i te Rāhoroi. Ko te rangatira o Ireland ko Paul O'Connell e whakarite ana mō tana kapa 100 mō tōna whenua. Kei te pai te mahi a O'Connell ki te hora i te arotahi o te hunga pāpāho.