Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He maha ngā mea kua huri mai i te wā i tākaro ai a Paul O'Connell i te tuatahi o ana 100 Whakamātautau neke atu i te 13 tau ki muri. Ko te mahi ngaio te mea nui ki te roa o te oranga o te kaitiaki o mua, ahakoa kaore i te karapotihia te Irishman e te kamupene hauora. I te wiki o tana tīmatanga i te tau 2002, ko te rangatahi me te hihiri o te rarangi tuarua i noho tahi ki te ruuma me tana hoa o mua o Munster a Peter Clohessy. Ko Sam Warburton o Wales rāua ko Paul O'Connell o Ireland e whakaahua ana ki te kapu RBS 6 Nations. Ka ārahi a Paul O'Connell i a Ireland ki te Millennium Stadium i te wā o tana kapa 100 o te ao. E whakareri ana a O'Connell ki te tuku i te pōro i te wā o te whakangungu a Ireland i mua i te kēmu i te wiki whakamutunga. Ko te hiranga o Paora O'Connell ki a Ireland e kore e taea te whakanui i a ia e wikitoria ana i tana 100 o nga kapu ki a Wales i te Rahoroi. I roto i ngā tau 13 kua hipa, kua noho te pūkaha rongonui o Munster hei ngākau o te kapa, hei rangatira hoki. 'He kaiārahi whakahirahira ia,' e ai ki a Jonathan Sexton, kaiāwhina o Ireland. 'Ki te kōrero ia ki te kapa i roto i te wiki te makawe i runga i te hoki o tou tu i runga i muri.' I hurihia o rātau whare noho hei whare kāri Irish i ngā rā i mua i te haerenga o ngā Whenua e Ono ki Wales; he rerekētanga nui ki ngā whakaritenga mō tēnei hui i te Millennium Stadium. "I whakaarahia ahau e te kakara o te paowa hikareti i roto i oku ihu i nga ata katoa", ka mahara te kata o O'Connell. I te wā e oho ana a Te Kakariki, ka mau tonu tana hikareti. I tino mōhio ahau mai i a Pita ehara tēnei i te huarahi whakamua! <unk>Kāhore e kore kua nui te huringa mai i taua wā. He mea whakamiharo, he nui ake nga taangata hei kape inaianei i taku wa i hanga ai taku potae tuatahi. I tēnei wā i te puni Irish he maha nga tohutohu i riro mai i ahau mai i (te kaiako kaha me te whakangungu tinana) Jason Cowman. Ko Jonny Sexton he tangata tino pai hei kape me te whai.<unk> He tohu ki te roa o te oranga o O'Connell ko te haurua o nga kaiwhakaako o Welsh e takaro ana ki a ia i taua tukinga - he wikitoria 54-10 i Lansdowne Road. Kua mawhiti a Robin McBryde rāua ko Rob Howley ki te whakamarie mahana o te pouaka rautaki kei reira rāua ko...
Ka wikitoria te rangatira o Ireland, a Paul O'Connell, i tana kapa 100 ki Wales. He maha ngā mea kua huri mai i te wā i tīmata ai te tangata o Munster i te tau 2002. Engari he mahere a Wales ki te whakangaro i te rā nui. E mea ana a Webb kāore ia i whakaae ki te huarahi i whakatata atu ai a Ingarangi ki te kēmu a Ireland.