Soo koob maqaalka:  Marka ay timaado hogaamiyayaasha garoonka tababaraha Ireland Joe Schmidt wuu ogyahay inuu barakeysan yahay. Hogaamiyayaasha tartanka Grand Slam ee Wales ee Lixda Qaran ee Cardiff Sabtida waxaa hogaaminaya Paul O'Connell, oo ah ciyaaryahan weyn oo kasbaday kulankiisii 100aad ee caalamiga ah. O'Connell wuxuu kabtanka ka ahaa Ireland 16kii tijaabo oo dhan marka laga reebo labo tan iyo markii Schmidt uu la wareegay laakiin qaabkiisa hoggaanka ayaa macnaheedu yahay in ciyaartoyda kale la siiyo madaxooda markay tahay go'aan qaadashada kuleylka dagaalka. Ciyaaryahanka xulka qaranka Ireland ee Jonathan Sexton ayaa qaab ciyaareed fiican u soo bandhigay xilli ciyaareedkan. Kabtanka xulka Ireland Paul O'Connell ayaa ku guuleysanaya kulankiisii 100aad ee xulka Wales ee Cardiff. Sexton wuxuu ku ciyaarayaa xirfadiisa kubada halka tababaraha Joe Schmidt (midig) uu daawanayo Millennium Stadium. 'Waxa kale oo ay tahay in Paul uusan qaadan mas'uuliyad kasta oo hoggaamineed, wuxuu u xilsaaraa oo uu dhiirrigeliyaa sidaas darteedna taasi waa mid ka mid ah waxyaabaha cajiibka ah ee tababarayaasha sidoo kale,' Schmidt ayaa u sheegay Irish Times. Waxay micnaheedu tahay in Jamie (Heaslip) uu leeyahay door qeexan. wuxuu leeyahay hogaan khaas ah uu hogaamiyo, sida Johnny Sexton uu sameeyo, sida Rob Kearney uu sameeyo, Peter O'Mahony, waxaan leenahay hogaamiyayaal goboleedyo badan, Rory Best, oo hormaraya una qaata doorar kala duwan oo hogaamineed. Marka waxaan u malaynayaa in waxyaabaha ugu fiican ee ku saabsan Paul ay tahay inuusan isku dayin inuu qaado culeyska hogaamin dhan ee garbihiisa. O'Connell wuxuu la socdaa kooxda Leinster iyo Devin Toner oo ku jira qolka mashiinada kooxda Irish. 'Waxa uu si aad ah ugu dadaalayaa in uu horumariyo waxqabadkiisa, sidaasna uu dadka kale ugu hogaamiyo in ay sidaas sameeyaan.' Goolhayaha sare ee Sexton, oo ku guuleysan doona kulankiisii 50-aad ee Wales, ayaa sheegay in joogitaanka O'Connell, labadaba gudaha iyo banaanka garoonka, uu yahay waxyi. 'Wuxuu ahaa hogaamiye aad u wanaagsan,' ayuu yiri Sexton. Markuu la hadlayo kooxda asbuuc gudihiis timaha qoortaada gadaashiisa ayaa istaaga. 'Wuxuu ogyahay sida ay muhiimka u tahay ereyadiisa.' Ka horreeyay Sexton iyo saaxiibkii mudada dheer ee O'Connell, Ronan O'Gara ayaa ku daray: 'Paul waa mid aad iyo aad u gaar ah marka loo eego awoodda gudbinta farriinta saxda ah ee saxda ah...
Ireland ayaa jimcaha la ciyaari doonta Wales garoonka Millennium Stadium. Kooxda Joe Schmidt ayaa guuldarro la'aan ah kadib seddax wareeg oo ciyaar ah. Paul O'Connell ayaa ku guuleysanaya kulankiisii 100aad ee uu la ciyaaro kooxda Warren Gatland.