Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Me haere mai a Johnny Sexton i roto i te 'whakatau whakangungu' ki te whakamatau i tona kaha mo te tukinga RBS 6 Nations nui a Ireland ki Wales i Cardiff. Kua 'whakapaia e te haurua rere o Ireland ana tohu katoa tae noa ki tenei wa' i te whawhai ki te raru o te hamstring, engari kei te whawhai tonu ki te whakaora kia tutaki ki a Wales i te Rahoroi, e ai ki te kaiwhakahaere o te roopu a Mick Kearney. Ko te nama waru a Jamie Heaslip i whakahaeretia ki te whakangungu whakapiri i te Mane mo te wa tuatahi mai i te pakaru o nga wheua e toru i tona tuara ki France i te Hui-tanguru 14. Kei te wikitōria a Johnny Sexton o Ireland i tana pakanga kia āhei ki te aro atu ki a Wales i te RBS 6 Nations ā te Rāhoroi. I tēnei wā e tūmanakohia ana ka āhei te toa o Leinster ki te aro atu ki a Wales, ā, mā te wikitōria ka tata tata ai a Ireland ki te whakataetae Grand Slam. 'Kei te whakapai tonu a Johnny Sexton i muri i te taumahatanga o te hamstring ngawari,' e ai ki a Kearney. 'Hei whakatūpato ka whakarerekētia e ia te whakangungu i te wāhanga o mua o te wiki me te tūmanako ka whakangungu tonu ia ki te mutunga o te wiki. 'Kei te tino harikoa mātou ki te wāhi kei reira ia, i tēnei wā. Kua tutuki katoa i a ia āna tohu tae noa ki tēnei wā. 'Ka whakarerekēhia e Johnny te whakangungu i te tīmatanga o te wiki, ā, mēnā ka haere ia i te whakangungu i te mutunga o te wiki, ka wātea ia mō te kōwhiringa. Kua puta a Sexton i ngā whakamātautau katoa i tonoa ki a ia i tēnei wā engari kei reira tonu tētahi tūponotanga ka ngaro ia i te kēmu. Ko Jamie Heaslip e tūmanakohia ana kia whakangungu tonu i tēnei wiki, ā, ki te kore he whakahekenga, ka wātea ia mō te kōwhiringa. 'Kua pai te ahunga whakamua o Sean O'Brien rāua ko Jared Payne i roto i te tukanga hoki ki te tākaro, ā, ka whakaurua anō ki te whakangungu katoa i roto i te wiki. 'Ka whakarerekētia e Johnny te whakangungu i tēnei rā. Ka whakangungu tonu a Jamie i tēnei rā.' I whakaae te kaiwhakahaere o te kapa a Kearney ko nga Raiona o Ingarangi me Iraki a Sexton me Heaslip e rua 'he tino hiahia' ki te aro atu ki a Wales i tenei wiki. Kei te whai a Ireland ki te pupuri i te taitara o ngā Whenua e Ono mō te wā tuatahi mai i te tau 1949, ā, ka kerēme hoki i tētahi Grand Slam tuarua i roto i ngā tau e ono. I whara a Sexton i ngā wāhanga whakamutunga o te wikitoria 19-9 a Ireland ki Ingarangi i Dublin i te 1 o Poutu-te-rangi...
Kua'pa atu a Johnny Sexton ki ana tohu katoa'i a ia e whawhai ana ki ngā raruraru o te whekau. E tūmanakohia ana kia āhei ia ki te tukinga ki a Wales ki te tautuhi i ngā tūmanako o te Grand Slam. E ai ki te kaiwhakahaere o te kapa a Mick Kearney he tūponotanga tonu kaore ia e pai ana.