Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whā anō ngā kaitākaro kua haina i ngā kirimana takirua ā-motu i Wales kia eke ai te tokomaha o nāianei ki te 12. Ko Alun Wyn Jones, ko Dan Biggar, ko Scott Williams me te kaitākaro kāore anō kia pōtihia, ko Gareth Anscombe, kua riro katoa rātou hei kaitākaro NDC 24 haora noa iho i muri i te pānuitanga o Rhys Webb hei hainatanga tuawaru. Ko nga kirimana hou e wha ka hono atu ki a Webb, te rangatira Sam Warburton, Dan Lydiate, Jake Ball, Samson Lee, Rhodri Jones, Tyler Morgan me Hallam Amos. Ko Alun Wyn Jones te ingoa tino rongonui o ngā kaitākaro o Wales e whā kua hainatia ngā kirimana takirua. Ko Dan Biggar rāua ko Scott Williams kua whakapiki i te tokomaha o ngā kaitākaro e haina ana i ngā kirimana takirua ki te 12. Ko te kaiako o Wales, ko Warren Gatland, i mea: 'Ko Alun Wyn, ko Dan, ko Scott, ko Gareth te whakaaturanga o te wheako, engari ko ia o ratou he kaitakaro o te taranata kua whakamatauhia. 'I roto i te rōpū o 12 kua hainatia e matou he ranunga o te taranata e puta mai ana me kaitākaro nei kua tiakina ingoa mō te pai i roto i to ratou ahua mo ratou rohe, Wales me te Ingarangi & Irish Lions. "He tino painga te kaha o te rōpū ki te whutupaoro ngaio i Wales, a, e titiro whakamua ana matou ki te mahi tahi me nga rohe me enei kaitākaro i nga tau kei mua". Ko Jones, te kaikawe tuarua o Ospreys, nana nei i rangatira nga Lions i to raatau wikitoria Whakamatau whakamutunga i Ahitereiria i te 2013, ko ia te mea nui rawa atu o te wha hou ki te haina. Ko te kaiako o Wales a Warren Gatland kua whakapakarihia e te purongo me te tumanako ki te mahi tahi me nga kaitakaro. 'Mo au, ko te National Dual Contract ka taea e au te purei tonu me te hiahia mo nga Ospreys me te tuu i ahau ki te tuunga pai ki te kowhiri mo Wales,' i kii a Jones. "Ko te tumanako, inaianei kua nui te maha o nga kaitakaro kua whakawhiwhia ki tenei tukanga, ka marama te huarahi o te ahunga whakamua mo nga taiohi me nga kaitakaro o te rohe ki te mahi i runga i te ao". I kii te hoa kapa o Ospreys a Biggar: 'Kei te harikoa ahau ki te haina i tetahi NDC me te honore kua whakaarohia mo tetahi i te tuatahi. 'I muri i te nui o te whakaaro, he mea tino kitea kei roto i te painga o nga taha katoa.' Ko Williams, nāna i eke te piro a Wales i roto i tō rātou...
I eke a Wales ki te 12 te tokomaha o ngā kaitākaro e haina ana i ngā kirimana takirua ā-motu. Ko Alun Wyn Jones, ko Dan Biggar, ko Scott Williams, ko Gareth Anscombe ngā mea hōu rawa ki te hono atu ki a Sam Warburton me Rhodri Jones. E mea ana te kaiako a Warren Gatland he'painga nui'ngā hainatanga ki te kapa ā-motu. Ka tūtaki a Wales ki a Itari i tā rātau tukinga whakamutunga RBS Six Nations i te Rāhoroi.