Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ireland ta gama a matsayi na uku a gasar zakarun kasashe shida na 2016
tare da nasara biyu a kan Italiya (58<unk>15) da Scotland (35<unk>25), wasa da Wales (16<unk>16) da rashin nasara biyu ga Faransa (10<unk>9) da Ingila (21<unk>10). A watan Yunin 2016, Schmidt ya jagoranci Ireland zuwa nasarar farko da suka samu a kan Afirka ta Kudu lokacin da Irish ta lashe gwajin farko na rangadin Afirka ta Kudu 26<unk>20. Wannan ya kasance duk da wasa tare da 'yan wasa 14 kawai a filin wasa sama da mintuna 50 na wasan lokacin da CJ Stander ya sami jan kati a minti na 22. A cikin gwaji na biyu, Ireland ta jagoranci Afirka ta Kudu 19-3 a hutun rabin lokaci, amma maki 29 da ba a amsa ba a rabi na biyu sun ga Afirka ta Kudu ta daidaita a cikin jerin. Gwajin ƙarshe ya ga Afirka ta Kudu ta ci jerin, tare da nasara 19<unk>13 a kan Irish. A ranar 24 ga Oktoba 2016, Schmidt ya sanya hannu kan sabon kwangila tare da Rugby Football Union na Ireland don ci gaba da zama babban kocin Ireland har zuwa ƙarshen gasar Rugby ta Duniya ta 2019. A ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, 2016, a wasan farko na Ireland na Wasannin Kasa da Kasa, Ireland ta doke New Zealand a karon farko a wasan gwaji, inda ta ci 40<unk>29. A mako mai zuwa, sun doke Kanada a Dublin 52<unk>21, kafin su sake buga New Zealand, a wannan karon, sun yi rashin nasara 21<unk>9. A ranar 26 ga Nuwamba, Ireland ta kammala nasara sau uku, ta doke Ostiraliya 27<unk>24, don zama ta farko tun Ingila a 2003, don doke Ostiraliya, New Zealand da Afirka ta Kudu a cikin shekara guda.