Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Olile anya Tom Croft na ọ ga-aga asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa bụ ihe a na-enyo enyo ebe ọ bụ na onye na-agba n'akụkụ Leicester Tigers a ga-anọ ọnwa isii n'èzí n'ihi ịwa ya ahụ n'ubu ya. Croft, onye nọ na bench maka egwuregwu atọ mbụ nke England nke RBS 6 Nations, merụrụ ahụ n'oge mmeri Aviva Premiership nke Leicester meriri Newcastle Falcons na Kingston Park na Machị 8. Akwụkwọ akụkọ Leicester Mercury na-akọ na a wara Croft ahụ maka mmerụ ahụ ma na-echezi ihu n'agbata ọnwa anọ ruo ọnwa isii na-agaghị arụ ọrụ. Onye ọgba bọọlụ bọọlụ England na Leicester bụ Tom Croft na-eche ọnwa isii n' enweghị ike ime ihe ọbụla n' ihi na ọkpụkpụ aka ya agbapụla. Croft gbara goolu maka British na Irish Lions megide New South Wales Waratahs na June 2013. Ọ bụ nke kachasị ọhụrụ na ogologo ndepụta nke mmerụ ahụ maka onye na-agba azụ azụ nwere nkà bụ onye malitere ule British na Irish Lions ise na-agbasa njem 2009 na 2013 gaa South Africa na Australia n'otu n'otu. Oge Croft na ndị Tigers agwụla, mana o nwekwara obi abụọ na onye na-agba bọọlụ ga-alọghachite n'oge maka nkwadebe England tupu oge asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa na Septemba. Ndị otu Stuart Lancaster ga-ezute Fiji n'asọmpi nke ga-eme ka ihe nkiri bido n'ụbọchị Satọde, Septemba 18. Croft (n'aka ekpe) merụrụ ahụ n'oge mmeri Leicester na Aviva Premiership megide Newcastle na Machị 8.
Tom Croft gbagọrọ ubu ya mgbe ọ na-agbara Leicester bọọlụ n'abalị asatọ nke ọnwa Maachị. Croft na-eche ihu n'agbata ọnwa anọ ruo ọnwa isii nke ịghara ime ihe. England ga-amalite nkwadebe ha maka Iko Mbaụwa n'isi ọnwa Julaị. Ndị otu Stuart Lancaster ga-egwu egwuregwu mmeghe ha n'asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa megide Fiji na Satọde, Septemba 18.