Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E ai ki a Shaun Edwards e kite ana a Wales i 'te nui o te kaha' i roto i te kaitautoko o Exeter, a Tomas Francis. Ko te York-whanau tighthead tohu mo Wales i roto i tona kuia, a kua whakamatauria e ia he wahi nui o te pana tonu o Exeter mo te Aviva Premiership play-off tūnga tenei wa. Na kua tonoa te 22 tau ki te whakangungu ki te kapa Wales e te kaiako matua a Warren Gatland i a ratou e haere ana ki nga waahanga whakamutunga o to raatau kaupapa RBS 6 Nations. Kua karangahia a Tomas Francis (i runga matau) o Exeter ki te whakangungu ki te kapa Wales. 'He tino pai tana whakaeke, engari he kaitakaro mohio hoki ia,' e kii ana a Edwards, kaiāwhina kaiako o Wales me te tohunga tiaki. He tamaiti nui a Francis, ā, kua kite ahau i a ia e tākaro ana. He tino pai te haere o te whawhai ki Exeter i enei wa, no reira kua kawea mai ia e matou. 'He taitama ia e haere mai ana i tētahi taiao nui i Exeter e whakapehapeha ana ki te mahi pakeke, ā, e hiahia ana mātou ki te whakaaro he momo taiao ōrite mātou. 'He take tēnei o te ngana ki te tiki i ngā kaitākaro pai rawa atu e tākaro ana mō mātou, ā, e kite ana mātou i te nui o te pūmanawa i roto i tēnei tamaiti.' Ko Francis, neke atu i te 20 te taumaha, i takaro i te whutupaoro Championship mo Doncaster me London Scottish i mua i tana whiwhinga e Exeter, a ka taea e ia te akiaki mo te waahi o te kapa Ipu o te Ao me Wales i muri mai i tenei tau mena ka mau tonu tana whakamiharo. E ai ki te kaiako o Wales a Shaun Edwards, e kite ana a Wales i te 'nui o ngā pūmanawa' i roto i a Francis, te kaitākaro o Exeter. Ko Ken Owens, te kaitiaki o te kapa Scarlets, kua karangatia ki roto i te kapa Six Nations, ā, kua tae mai ki te papa whakangungu o Wales i te Mane nei. Ahakoa i hinga a Wales i tana tukinga tuatahi ki Ingarangi, kua whai waahi ia ki te whawhai ki te tuatoru o nga taitara i roto i nga tau e wha whai muri i nga wikitoria o waho i Scotland me France. Ko ngā toa o nāianei, ko ngā toa kāore anō kia hinga, ko Ireland te mea ka whai ake i roto i ngā rā e rima, ā, kāore a Edwards i te mōhiotia he nui te mahi ka tukuna mai e te kapa a Joe Schmidt. 'Kua tirohia e mātou ō mātou hoa whawhai, ā, kei te haere mai mātou ki te kapa pai rawa atu...
Kua karangahia a Tomas Francis ki te whakangungu ki te kapa Wales. Ko tā te kaiāwhina kaiako a Shaun Edwards, he nui ngā pūmanawa o Francis I tākaro a Francis mō Doncaster me London Scottish i mua i tana neke ki Exeter.