Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakapono ana te kaiako matua o Ingarangi, a Stuart Lancaster, ko te 'whakawhitinga whakamiharo' o Henry Slade ka akiaki i tana wero mo te waahi ki te kapa Ipu o te Ao. Kua karangahia a Slade hei kaitiaki o waenganui i mua i te tukinga RBS 6 Nations o te Rahoroi ki Scotland i muri i te wehenga o te pokapū Brad Barritt i nga rauna e rua i toe mai na te korokoro. I te mutunga o te whara ka kite a Slade i te mahi i te whakataetae Calcutta Cup i Twickenham, engari kaore i aukati i a Lancaster ki te titiro ki te Ipu o te Ao e tata mai ana me ona keemu whakamahana hei wa tika ki te toto i te 21-tau-tau te pokapū me te rere- haurua. Kua whakamiharo a Henry Slade ki a Stuart Lancaster, e whakaaro ana ia ka whakataetae ia mō tētahi wāhi i te Ipu o te Ao. Ko te kaiako o Ingarangi a Lancaster e rapu ana i te wa tika ki te whakaheke i te Slade 21-tau-tau. Ko Salde (matau) i te pikitia i te whakataetae ā-whare mō tana kapa Exeter Chiefs ki Bath Rugby. Ko te whakahaere pai o te kēmu, ko nga pukenga patuki pai me te tiaki pakari kua whakapumautia te ingoa o Slade i te Aviva Premiership me nga Tumuaki o Exeter a ka mutu pea te tatari mo nga honore a-ao katoa. 'Ko te nui ake o taku kitenga i a ia, ko te nui ake o taku whakaaro kei a ia te kaha whakaharahara. I mōhio tonu ahau i te kitenga i a ia e haere mai ana i roto i ngā kapa o ngā rōpū tau,' i mea a Lancaster. 'He nui te whakataetae i te hawhe rere, engari he pai hoki ia ki nga pokapū. Koinei tētahi o ngā kōwhiringa e hiahia ana ahau ki te titiro atu ki a ia i te wā e heke mai ana. Ka tino uru ia ki te puni o te Ipu o te Ao. 'I roto i tō kapa 31 o te Ipu o te Ao, me tino whai kaitākaro koe ka taea te tākaro i ngā tūranga rerekē pērā ki a Henry. E hiahia ana koe ki taua āheitanga, he mea tino nui. 'Kia whai wā whakangungu mātau i mua i te tuku i a ia ki tētahi kēmu i te taumata ao whānui. E whakapono ana a Lancaster he tino nui te kaha o Henry i te wā o te Ipu o te Ao. Ka tīmata a Lancaster i tana puni mo te Ipu o te Ao, ka tū ki Ingarangi, i te 21 o Pipiri. 'I roto i te wā poto rawa ka whai wāhi mātou ki te mahi i tērā i te Rātū me te Rāapa, ā, kua mahia kētia e mātou i a ia i te puni. Ka mutu tēnei hōtaka o Ngā Whenua e Ono i roto i te 12...
Ka taea e Henry Slade, 21, o Exeter Chief, te tākaro hei pokapū me te haurua rere. I whakamoemiti a Stuart Lancaster ki a Slade mō tōna ngāwari me ōna āhuatanga. Kua karangatia ia hei taupoki mō Ingarangi ki a Scotland.