Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te whakatau a Jonathan Davies ki te whakamatau i te hunga ruarua o Wales i te mutunga wiki whakamutunga o te RBS 6 Nations me te whakamahere ki te whakanui i te toa me te kapu kirihou i muri i te hiriwa hiriwa. I te mea ka tukuna nga tohu ki Twickenham me Murrayfield, ka hoki mai a Wales ki te kainga mai i Roma, ahakoa ka haere tonu ratou ki te wikitoria i te whakataetae hoiho e toru mo te taitara. E hiahia ana te kapa a Warren Gatland ki te wikitoria i a Itari hei whakakeke i a rātau whiwhinga tohu ki Ingarangi me Ireland, ā, ahakoa te pupuri a te Kiwi i tana tohutohu mō te āhua o te kaupapa, e mōhiotia ana he nui te māharahara ki te whakatau a te kaiwhakarite i te tohu. Ko te kaitiaki o Wales, ko Jonathan Davies, ka whakaekehia e te kaitiaki o Ireland, ko Paul O'Connell (maui) me te kaiarahi Mike Ross. "Kei te tino mōhio au ka kitea e mātou tētahi tohu i tētahi wāhi, pēnei i tētahi kapu kirihou, i tētahi mea rānei", te kī a Davies. <unk>E mārama ana kei te ruarua te iwi ki a mātou, ā, kāore rātou i te whakaaro ka uru atu mātou. Engari ka āwangawanga noa mātou ki a mātou anō, ka arotahi ki a mātou anō, ā, ka whakatakoto i tētahi whakaaturanga, ko te tūmanako ka taea e mātou te tiki i te kapu hei te Rātapu.<unk> Ko ngā tūmanako o Wales mō tētahi wikitōria nui ka whakawhirinaki ki te kaha o Itari No. 8 a Sergio Parisse, e <unk>30-40 ōrau pea te tūponotanga<unk> kia kaha. Kua whakaroa e Itari te whakapuakitanga o to raatau kapa mo te 24 haora kia whai waahi ai ia ki te whakaora, engari e kii ana a Davies kaore a Wales e whakarereke i a raatau huarahi ahakoa ka whakakorea te 31-tau-tau. Ka mihi atu a Scott Williams ki a Davies rāua ko Dan Biggar i muri i tana whakamātautau nui ki a Ireland. "E kore e taea e tātou te taka ki roto i taua rore", te kī a Davies. <unk> Ki te pera, ko te pēhanga e puta mai ana ki a koe, kaua ki te hoariri. He maha nga whara nui kei Itari me te rangatira pea kei waho, ana i muri i te pouri o France, ka ruarua o raatau whakaaro. Ko te mea nui kia haere tātou ki waho, kia whakapūmau i tō tātou mana. Ko te mea nui ko te whakapiri i taua ruarua me te hanga i reira. I te wā e whawhai ana a Itari mō te āhua, kei te kaha tonu a Wales i muri i to rātau wikitōria ki Ireland. He whakaaturanga ārai pai i ora ai te whakataetae toa, ahakoa e mōhio ana a Davies me tāpiri atu tana taha ki te tapahi...
E toru ngā hōiho o Wīwī e whakataetae ana mō te taitara o ngā Whenua e Ono me Īrana me Ingarangi i mua i te rauna whakamutunga o te mahi ā te Rāhoroi. Ko te taha o Warren Gatland e hiahia ana ki te wikitoria nui i runga i te Azzurri ki te huri i to ratou hapa i runga i Ingarangi me Ireland. Itari No. 8 Sergio Parisse he '30-40 ōrau te tūponotanga' kia pai.