Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua rite a Robbie Brady ki te whakatakoto i a ia ano ki te raina pupuhi i te wa e ngana ana te Republic of Ireland ki te whakakore i te whakapae a Poland mo nga whiringa toa o te Euro 2016. Ko te winger 23-tau-tau o Hull ka taea tonu te tono kia whakakiia i te taha maui o te taha maui i te mea i uru atu ki taua tuunga ki te painga whakamiharo i te wikitoria hoa 4-1 i runga i te USA i te marama o Noema, i eke ai ia e rua. Ka hiahiatia pea a Brady me Stephen Ward e whawhai tonu ana ki te wiri i nga paanga o te waewae pakaru, engari e kii ana ia ka koa ia ki te whakawhiwhia ki te mahi o te kaitautoko ohorere mena ka karanga te kaiwhakahaere a Martin O'Neill. E mihi ana a Robbie Brady ki te mano i muri i te hinganga o te Reipa o Ireland ki a Scotland i Celtic Park i te tau kua hipa. Ka piro a Brady mai i tētahi whiu koreutu mō te Reipa o Ireland ki te USA i te Taiwhanga o Aviva i Whiringa-ā-rangi i te tau kua hipa. Ka mea ia: 'I roto i nga tau e rua kua hipa, kua iti ake taku mohio ki te mahi. He nui taku tākaro ki reira, nō reira mēnā ka karanga mai ia ki a au i te Rātapu, ā, ka hiahia kia tākaro au ki te taha mauī, ka tākaro au ki te taha mauī, ā, ka hoatu e ahau te 110 ōrau, ā, ko te tūmanako ka taea e mātou te puta mai ki te hua e hiahiatia ana e mātou. He tino whakarerekētanga, engari ko te arotahi anake i runga i ētahi atu mea katoa. He mahi noa iho i runga i te hinengaro nui atu i te tinana. E mohio ana koe he tere, he kaha hoki koe, he tika noa te whakatakoto i tō tūnga. 'Ko te nui ake o taku tākaro i reira, ko te nui ake o taku māia. Kua takaro ahau i reira i te iti rawa, a ka rite ahau ki te takaro ki reira ki te mea ko te wahi e hiahia ana ia ki ahau ki te takaro. ' Inaa hoki, e whakaaro ana a Brady ki te whai waahi ki te whakarereke i tana keemu ki tetahi atu tuunga hei mea ka whai hua ki tana umanga i te wa roa. Ko Brady (i mua ki te maui) e pupuri ana i te wero mai i a Andre Schurrle o Tiamana me Toni Kroos (matau) i te Oketopa o te tau kua hipa. Ka mea ia: 'Me ako koe i ngā mea hou mēnā e haere ana koe ki mua i roto i te kēmu, ā, ko te tūmanako he aho anō tēnei ki taku kopere. Ko te tumanako ka taea e au te whakaatu i taua mea i roto i nga keemu e haere ake nei, me nga tau maha e haere ake nei. ' He meneti noa iho a Brady i tākaro ai i te whutupaoro i roto i te neke atu i te kotahi marama i muri i te whara i tētahi uaua kauhoe i te whakangungu me tana karapu, ahakoa e whakaae ana ia...
Ka tūtaki a Reipa o Ireland ki a Pori i te whakataetae whiringa toa o Euro 2016 ā te Rātapu nei. Ka tonoa pea a Robbie Brady ki te whakakapi i te taha maui o Stephen Ward. E rua ngā piro a te kaitākaro 23 tau ki te kapa USA i Whiringa-ā-rangi.