Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E hiahia ana te whetū o Wales a George North ki te utu i te 'whakapono' a Warren Gatland ki a ia i muri i ētahi marama uaua i runga i te porowhita ao. Ka wikitoria a Juggernaut North i tana kapa 48 i te tukinga RBS 6 Nations o te Rahoroi ki a Ireland i te Millennium Stadium. A ko te whakaaturanga whakamiharo o te 22-tau-tau i te wa i patua ai e Wales a France i Paris i nga ra 11 kua hipa e kii ana kei te hoki mai ia ki te whakahoki i te ahua o te whakataetae Whakataetae. I te tīmatanga o tēnei wā, i karanga te kaiako matua o Wales, a Gatland, kia nui ake te whai wāhi a North ki ngā kēmu, ā, kāore i ngaro atu. Ko te winger o Wales a George North e kohikohi ana i te tuku i roto i te whakangungu i mua i te tukinga o nga Whenua e Ono ki a Ireland. E mihi ana a North mō te'whakawhirinaki'i whakaaturia e te kaiako o Wales a Warren Gatland ki a ia i ngā wiki tata nei. Kei te rere a Jamie Roberts (matau) o Wales me te pōro i te wā o tētahi whakangungu i te Vale Hotel. Ka hopu te whutupaoro a Rhys Webb i te pōro i te whakangungu i mua i te tukinga o te Rāhoroi o Ngā Iwi e Ono ki a Ireland. 'Mo au, ehara i te mea pai ki te kore te kaiako matua e koa ki a koe,' ka mea a North. 'Ko te wā ka tīmata koe ki te hinga me ētahi atu mea. 'I whakaaro ahau he taahiraa whakamua a Paris ki te wāhi e hiahia ana ahau ki te noho i roto i te koti o Wales, ā, ko te tūmanako i te Rāhoroi ka taea e au te haere whakamua, me te utu i tōna whakawhirinaki.' Kotahi noa iho te piro a North i roto i ana whakamātautau e whitu whakamutunga - ki a Fiji i te marama o Noema kua hipa - engari i te Millennium Stadium, e whitu nga paanga mai i nga tiimata 10 i roto i nga marama 16 kua hipa. Mā te wikitōria a Wales i tēnei wiki ka noho tonu rātou i roto i te rārangi taitara o Ngā Iwi e Ono e anga ana ki tētahi tūtakitanga ki Itari i Roma i te wiki e whai ake nei, engari ko te hītori o nā tata nei e tohu ana ka noho a Ireland ki te tūru pouaka. Kua patua e rātau a Wales i roto i ia o ngā pakanga e rua o te Six Nations, ka eke ki te 56 ngā tohu, i te wā kei runga i ngā tāngata o Joe Schmidt i te rārangi rekoata o Ireland, e 10 ngā wikitōria whakamātautau whai muri. Ka whakaekehia a North e Jonathan Joseph (maui) me Anthony Watson (matau) o Ingarangi i te tukinga o nga Whenua e Ono. 'Ki te titiro koe ki Ireland i roto i te rua tau whakamutunga i roto i...
E mihi ana a George North ki te kaiako o Wales a Warren Gatland mō tana kōwhiringa. Ka wikitoria a North i tana kapa 48 mō tōna whenua ki a Ireland ā te Rāhoroi nei. I whakaatu te kaitākaro 22 tau i tētahi whakaaturanga mīharo ki a Wīwī i te wā whakamutunga. Ko Ireland te hunga e manakohia ana mō te taitara o ngā Whenua e Ono, ā, kāore anō kia hinga i tēnei tau.