Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakakitea e te kaitākaro hōu o Scotland, a Matt Ritchie, i whakaaro ia he patunga ia i te whakahianga i te wā i waea tuatahi mai ai a Gordon Strachan ki a ia mō tētahi karanga. Ko te winger o Bournemouth te ingoa ohorere i roto i te kohinga 26-tangata i panuitia i te Mane mo te hoa hoa ki a Northern Ireland me te tohu Euro 2016 ki a Gibraltar. I whanau a Ritchie i te taone nui o Gosport i Hampshire engari he tohu mo Scotland na tana papa a Alex. Ko Matt Ritchie, e whakaahuahia ana e whakanui ana ki Derby County i te marama kua hipa, kua whakaingoatia ki te kapa Scotland. Ko Ritchie, nāna i eke 11 ngā whāinga mō Bournemouth i tēnei tau, i whakaaro ia ko ia te patunga o tētahi waea tinihanga. E whakaae ana te 25-tau-tau kaore ano ia kia haere ki te raki o te rohe engari <unk> i te wa i ora ai ia mai i tana ohorere tuatahi - i whakapono a Strachan he hiahia nui ia ki te mau i te koti puru pouri. "I waea mai te kaiwhakahaere ki ahau i ētahi wiki kua pahure ake nei", te kī a Ritchie. He ohorere nui tērā, ā, i te tuatahi i whakaaro ahau he waea whakahianga. He tino harikoa ahau ki te whai wāhi atu, ā, he wā whakapehapeha tēnei mōku me tōku whānau. <unk>Ko te whai wāhi ki tētahi kapa whutupaoro ā-motu he whakatutukitanga nui, he moemoea ka tutuki hei kaitākaro whutupaoro rangatahi.<unk> Ko Ritchie <unk>, nāna i eke 11 ngā whāinga mō ngā kaiārahi o te Championship i tēnei wā - i whakamārama hoki i te papamuri i āhei ai ia ki te noho hei kaitākaro hou a Strachan. I tukuna e te kaiwhakahaere o Bournemouth, a Eddie Howe, ki a Ritchie (pokapū) he kirimana hou mo te toru tau. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Scotland, ko Gordon Strachan, i whakaahuahia i te Mane, e tino aro ana ki a Ritchie. "I whānau mai tōku pāpā ki Edinburgh, pērā hoki ōku tīpuna", i kī ia. <unk>Ko tōku tupuna i te Royal Navy, ā, i neke rātou ki Ingarangi i muri i tana whakanoho ki Portsmouth, koina te wāhi i tipu ake ai ahau. He whanaunga tonu ōku i Kōti, engari ko ōku tīpuna me ōku kuia e haere mai ana ki konei ki te kite i tōku kuia me tōku tupuna, nō reira kāore au i haere ki Kōti. Engari he hapū taku kei reira, ā, e tino mōhio ana au ka haere mai rātou ki ngā kēmu mēnā ka uru atu au. <unk>Kei te tino harikoa taku pāpā. Ko te tūmanako ka taea e ia te haere mai ki ngā kēmu me te mātakitaki i ahau mēnā kei...
I whakaingoatia a Matt Ritchie ki te kapa 26 o Scotland i panuitia i te Mane. I whānau ia ki Gosport i Hampshire, engari e tohu ana mā tōna pāpā. Kua 11 ngā wā i eke ai te winger ki te poari mō Bournemouth i tēnei tau. A i whakaae ia i whakaaro ia ko te karanga ki te kapa Scotland he tinihanga.