Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua karanga te kaiāwhina o te kaiako o Wales a Rob Howley ki nga kaiwhakahaere o te RBS 6 Nations ki te whakamahi i te whakatakotoranga o te Premier League-rite ki nga waa tiimata i te ra whakamutunga o te whakataetae. I raro i ngā whakaaetanga pāohotanga o nāianei, ka wehewehea te rauna whakamutunga o ngā tukinga puta noa i te rā i roto i te kaha ki te whakanui ake i te hunga mātakitaki pouaka whakaata; me Wales e aro atu ana ki Itari i te tukinga o te ata. I te mea ka whakatauhia pea te whakataetae e toru-ara na te rereketanga o nga tohu, ko te huarahi e hoatu ana ki nga hoa whakataetae a Ireland me Ingarangi - ko wai kei te tuarua me te tuatoru - he tohu marama ake mo to raatau raina kaute e hiahiatia ana, a, e ai ki a Howley, ka whakaiti i te uara whakangahau. E hiahia ana a Rob Howley (māui) te kaiāwhina o te kaiako o Wales kia whakaritea ngā kēmu whakamutunga o ngā whakataetae o Ngā Whenua e Ono. 'E tino pai ana ahau ki te ra whakamutunga o te Pirimia Pirimia, kei reira te katoa e whakarongo ana ki o raatau reo irirangi ki te whakarongo ki nga kaute,' e kii ana a Howley. 'He mea ahurei te whakaata o taua āhuatanga, ā, he mea ahurei i roto i te whutupōro - tērā pea me pēnei tonu i roto i ngā Whenua e Ono. 'I te mutunga, i runga i te tikanga o tatou katoa ki te tīmatanga i te wa ano, i reira e kia etahi whakaari i roto i te kēmu; te mohio he aha nga huringa e hiahia ana ki te kia me te karere e hiahia ana tatou ki te tiki i runga i te pitch. Ka eke tuatahi, he mea nui kia wikitoria tatou i te kēmu. Ka whai wāhi a Ireland me Ingarangi i muri i ta mātou kēmu ki te mōhio he aha ta rātau mahi, he mea pai tonu tērā". E hiahia ana a Wales ki tētahi wikitoria nui hei whakakeke i te painga o ngā tohu o ā rātau hoa tauwhainga taitara e rua. Me whakamahi e rātau i ngā whai wāhitanga whakaeke katoa, ā, whai muri i te whara o Sergio Parisse, kua nui ake te tūponotanga o tētahi toenga toa nui. I whakaatuhia e Sportsmail i te Wenerei ko te kaipuke Itari he '30-40 ōrau' noa iho te tupono kia pai mo te taarua i te Stadio Olimpico, i te mea i whakapumautia inanahi kaore ia e whai waahi na te kino o te kiko ngohengohe ki tona waewae. E whakaaro ana a Howley ko te 15 meneti o tana kapa i te timatanga ki a Ireland ko ta ratou whakaaturanga pai rawa atu mai i te tau 2008. Ko Samuela Vunisa, he iti ake te wheako, kua whakakapi i te Azzurri No. 8. Ka tū ia ki te rārangi...
Kua tae mai nga Whenua e Ono ki te whakataetae hoiho e toru i te Rāhoroi. Ko te rauna whakamutunga o ngā tukinga ka takahia puta noa i te rā. I te Pirimia Pirimia, ahakoa, ka tiimata nga whakataetae o te ra whakamutunga i te wa kotahi. Kei waho a Sergio Parisse i te rārangi tīmatanga o Itari mō te tukinga ki Wales.