Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaoti a Ireland i te tūranga tuatoru i te 2016 Six Nations Championship
e rua nga wikitoria ki a Itari (58<unk>15) me Scotland (35<unk>25), he toenga ki a Wales (16<unk>16) me nga hinganga e rua ki France (10<unk>9) me Ingarangi (21<unk>10). I te Pipiri 2016, i arahina e Schmidt a Ireland ki to raatau wikitoria tuatahi ki a Awherika ki te Tonga i te wa i wikitoria ai nga Irish i te whakamatautau tuatahi o ta raatau haerenga ki Awherika ki te Tonga 26<unk>20. Ko tenei ahakoa te takaro me nga kaitakaro 14 anake i runga i te papa mo te neke atu i te 50 meneti o te keemu i te wa i tukuna ai a CJ Stander ki te kaari whero i te meneti 22. I te whakamātautau tuarua, i arahi a Ireland ki Awherika ki te Tonga 19-3 i te wa o te haurua, engari 29 nga tohu kaore i utua i te haurua tuarua i kite a Awherika ki te Tonga i te taumata i roto i te raupapa. I te whakamātautau whakamutunga i kite a Awherika ki te Tonga i te raupapa, me te wikitoria 19 <unk> 13 i runga i te Irish. I te 24 Oketopa 2016, i hainatia e Schmidt he kirimana hou me te Irish Rugby Football Union kia noho tonu hei kaiako matua mo Ireland tae noa ki te mutunga o te 2019 Rugby World Cup. I te 5 Whiringa-a-rangi 2016, i te tukinga tuatahi o Ireland o te Autumn Internationals, i hinga a Ireland i a Aotearoa mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te tukinga whakamatautau, i wikitoria 40<unk>29. I te wiki e whai ake nei, ka hinga a Canada i Dublin 52<unk>21, i mua i te tukinga o Niu Tireni, i tenei wa, ka ngaro 21<unk>9. I te 26 o Whiringa-a-rangi, ka oti i a Ireland te wikitoria-toru, ka hinga i a Ahitereiria 27 <unk> 24, hei kapa tuatahi mai i Ingarangi i te 2003, ki te patu i a Ahitereiria, Aotearoa me Awherika ki te Tonga i roto i te tau kotahi.