Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakawhetai a Steven Fletcher ki te kaiwhakahaere o Scotland a Gordon Strachan mo te tu ki a ia i muri i tana whakamutu i tana waipuke ki te whaainga ki a Gibraltar. Kotahi noa te whaainga a Fletcher i roto i nga whakataetae 19 o te ao i mua i tana whiu i te toru i te wikitoria 6-1 o Scotland i te whakataetae whakataetae whakataetae Pakeha i Hampden. Kei te raru hoki ia i te taumata karapu, kaore ano kia eke ki Sunderland mai i tana whiu i te rua ki a Crystal Palace i te Noema 3. Ko Steven Fletcher (matau) e huri ana i te pōro ki te taha o te parenga o Gibraltar ki te whai i tana whāinga tuatoru o te kēmu. Ko te kaitiaki o Gibraltar a Jamie Robba e ruku ana ki tona taha matau engari kaore e taea te aukati i te poi e pa ana ki muri o te kupenga. Kei te whakanui a Steven Fletcher i muri i tana whiwhinga kotahi noa iho i roto i te 19 o nga whakataetae o te ao i mua i tana whiwhinga i tenei tohu. I whakapaehia pea ka tiimata a Strachan me Jordan Rhodes ki nga minnows o te Roopu D engari ko te rangatira o Scotland i mau tonu ki a Fletcher. 'He nui te tikanga o tana piri ki ahau, engari koina te ahua o ia,' i kii a Fletcher ki www.uefa.com. 'Kua tū te kaitiaki ki te taha o ngā tāngata i kawea mai ai mātou ki tēnei tūranga, ā, e mea ana, ahakoa he aha te kī a tētahi atu, e mōhio ana ia he kaitākaro pai mātou. E hari ana ahau i te mea kua utua e ahau tetahi wahi o taua whakapono.' Ko te whaainga a Fletcher i mua i te wikitoria 2-1 i runga i a Iceland e ono tau ki muri, engari ko ia inaianei te kaitakaro tuatahi o Scotland ki te eke i te hat-trick mai i te wa i eke a Colin Stein i te wha ki a Kaiperu i te 1969. I arahi a Fletcher i a Scotland ki mua i te meneti 29 i muri i te ohorere o Lee Casciaro i nga kaihautu ma te tuku ki te kaainga i te meneti 19th i muri i te kitenga o te waahi huri noa i waho o te kaitautoko tokotoru o te taha o te kaainga. I whakawhetai a Fletcher ki te kaiwhakahaere o Scotland a Gordon Strachan mō te tū ki a ia i muri i tana whakamutu i tana waipuke whāinga. Ka mihi atu ngā hoa kapa ki a Fletcher i muri i tana whiwhinga ki a Gibraltar. Ko te kaitākaro o mua o Hibernian i ārahi i tētahi atu i te meneti 77th, ā, i whakawhiwhia ki te kāinga i te mutunga iti i te meneti whakamutunga i a Scotland - nāna hoki i eke ki roto i ngā whiu e rua a Shaun Maloney me tētahi...
I hinga a Scotland i a Gibraltar 6-1 i tā rātau tukinga Pākehā i te Rāhoroi. I eke a Steven Fletcher ki te whiringa toa; ko te tuatahi o Scotland i roto i nga tau 46. I eke a Fletcher i ana whaainga tuatahi i te whutupaoro o te ao mai i te Paenga-whawha 2009. E whakaae ana te kaiwhaiwhai o Sunderland ka aroha ia ki tana hat-trick.