Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ina tae mai ki ngā kaiārahi i runga i te papa, e mōhio ana te kaiako o Ireland, a Joe Schmidt, he manaakitanga tana. Ka ārahi i ngā kaiwhaiwhai Grand Slam ki a Wales i te Six Nations i Cardiff i te Rāhoroi, ko Paul O'Connell, ko te kaitiaki nui e whiwhi ana i tana kapa 100 o te ao. Ko O'Connell te rangatira o Ireland i roto i te katoa engari e rua o nga whakamatautau 16 mai i te wa i whakahaerehia ai e Schmidt engari ko tana momo kaiarahi ko te tikanga ka tukuna e etahi atu kaitakaro te upoko ka tae mai ki te whakatau whakatau i te wera o te pakanga. Ko Jonathan Sexton o Ireland e rere ana i runga i te ahua tino pai mo tona whenua i tenei waa. Kua whakaritea te kaitiaki o Ireland a Paul O'Connell ki te wikitoria i tana kapa 100 ki Wales i Cardiff. E mahi ana a Sexton i ana pūkenga pōro i te wā e mātakitaki ana te kaiako matua a Joe Schmidt (matau) i te Millennium Stadium. 'Ko tētahi o ngā mea e kore e riro a Paora i ngā kawenga ārahi katoa, ka tukuna e ia, ka whakatenatena hoki, ā, koia hoki tētahi o ngā mea whakamiharo mō ngā kaiako,' i kī a Schmidt ki te Irish Times. Ko te tikanga he tūranga motuhake tā Jamie (Heaslip). Kei a ia etahi mea motuhake e arahi ana ia, e mahia ana e Johnny Sexton, e mahia ana e Rob Kearney, e mahia ana e Peter O'Mahony, he maha nga kaiarahi o te rohe, Rory Best, e piki ake ana, e tango ana i nga mahi kaiarahi rereke. 'Kei te whakaaro ahau ko nga mea pai rawa atu mo Paora, ehara i te mea e ngana ana ia ki te mau i te taumaha katoa o te kaiārahi i runga i ona pokohiwi.' Ka noho a O'Connell ki te whare mīhini ki a Devin Toner i te whare mīhini ki te rōpū Irish. 'He tino kaha ki te whakapai ake i tana ake mahi, ā, ka ārahi i ētahi atu ki te mahi i tērā.' Ko te haurua o te rere o Sexton, ka wikitoria i tana 50 o nga kapu ki Wales, i kii ko te noho tonu o O'Connell, i runga i te papa me waho o te papa, he mea whakaaweawe. 'He kaiārahi tino pai ia,' i mea a Sexton. 'Ki te korero ia ki te kapa i roto i te wiki ka tu ake nga makawe i muri o to kaki. 'E mōhio ana ia he nui te hiranga o ana kupu.' I tāpiri atu a Ronan O'Gara, te hoa o mua o Sexton, ā, he hoa o O'Connell mō te wā roa: 'He tino, tino motuhake a Paora i runga i te kaha ki te tuku i te karere tika i te wā tika...
Ka tukituki a Ireland ki a Wales i te Millennium Stadium i te Paraire. Kāore i hinga te kapa a Joe Schmidt i muri i ngā rauna e toru o te mahi. Kua whakaritea a Paul O'Connell kia wikitoria i tana kapa 100 ki te taha o Warren Gatland.