Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te toa toa o Harlequin Nick Easter he tangata i runga i te misioni mo te toenga o tenei wa, he tino hiahia ki te whakamatau i ana kaiwhakawhiwhi he ma te kii i nga waahi tino kore i roto i te kapa o te Ipu o te Ao a Stuart Lancaster. Na te whakakotahitanga o te ahua whakamiharo o Quins, me te wharanga o Gloucester No. 8 a Ben Morgan, i kite a Easter i te whakamaharatanga mo nga Whenua e Ono o tenei waa i muri i te toru tau neke atu i te koraha o te ao. Ko te timatanga o te 36-tau-tau i puta mai i te hinganga o France i te hauwhā o te 2011 World Cup, a, i muri mai ka whakakorea ia i te whakatuunga o Ingarangi i te wa i riro ai a Lancaster hei kaiako i te timatanga o te 2012. Kei te tū a Nick Easter me James Haskell rāua ko Lawrence Dallaglio i te Six Nations. Engari ko tana kaha ki te hipoki i te Nama 8 me te rarangi tuarua i kite ia i a ia e whai waahi ana hei whakakapi mo Ingarangi ki Wales, Itari, Ireland me France i nga Whenua e Ono o tenei tau, me te toa toa i toa i tana 50 o nga kapa o te ao i te ngaronga i Dublin. Ko te hokinga mai o Easter ki Ingarangi kua kitea e te nuinga hei whiringa poto noa iho i te wa e whawhai ana a Morgan me Wasp Joe Launchbury ki te hoki mai ki te tino tinana. Engari he rerekē te tirohanga a Easter ki tana hokinga mai ki te ao, ā, kua whakatau ia ki te whakatū i tōna ara ki roto i te whakaaro o Lancaster mō te Ipu o te Ao, i a ia e titiro ana ki te whai wāhi ki ngā wiki whakamutunga o te tau. 'Ka uaua ki te whakauru ki te kapa kapu o te ao me te hoki mai o Ben Morgan ki te tino tinana,' i kii a Easter, i a ia e korero ana i te Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens. He ahua pouri a Easter i te mutunga o te tukinga o nga Whenua e Ono i waenga i Ingarangi me Parani. Engari e tautoko ana ahau i a au ki te whakatutuki, ā, e tumanako ana ahau kia whai wāhi au ki ngā whakawera whakamutunga o te Ipu o te Ao. 'Kātahi ka whakatauhia e ngā kaiako mai i reira mēnā ka tīpakohia au, kāore rānei, engari e tautoko ana ahau i a au anō kia tīpakohia. 'Kei te rite tonu ō mātou tūponotanga mō te Ipu o te Ao ki te mea i mua. Kua whai wā tonu mātou i ngā kaitākaro, ko te whakarite noa kia tae mai mātou ki ngā kēmu nui, me te whakamahi i te reira. 'Ka pai ahau ki te noho hei kaitakaro matua rawa atu mō Ingarangi i te...
I tīmata a Nick Easter i tētahi kēmu mō Ingarangi i te 2011 World Cup. I uru a Easter ki te kapa Six Nations, ā, i puta mai i te tūru. E hiahia ana a Easter kia noho ko ia te kaitākaro kaumātua rawa ki te whai piro i te Ipu o te Ao.