Ka taƙaita labarin:  Kyaftin din Ireland mai ban sha'awa Paul O'Connell an zabe shi a matsayin dan wasan gasar a ranar Juma'a bayan ya jagoranci tawagarsa zuwa gasar cin kofin kasashe shida a karshen makon da ya gabata. Mai tsaron gidan, wanda ya sami kwallo na 101 a wasan karshe na Ireland da Scotland, ya sami fiye da kashi 26 cikin 100 na kuri'un jama'a wanda ya kasance wani ɓangare na aiwatar da zaɓar fitaccen ɗan wasan. 'Ina farin cikin karbar kyautar gwarzon dan wasan RBS. Lokacin da ka ga sunayen da suka gabata, za ka fahimci irin girman da aka samu", in ji O'Connell a cikin wata sanarwa. Kyaftin din Ireland Paul O'Connell yana daukar hoto tare da dan wasan kasashe shida na gasar cin kofin. O'Connell ya daga kofin Six Nations yayin da tawagar Ireland ke murnar nasarar da suka samu a Edinburgh a karshen makon da ya gabata. 'Ina matukar godiya ga dukkan magoya bayan da suka zabe ni.' O'Connell ya jagoranci jerin sunayen 'yan wasa 12 bisa ga kididdiga daga wasan kwaikwayon a duk faɗin gasar. Mai tsaron gidan Wales Alun-Wyn Jones ya zo na biyu, mai tsaron gida na Ireland Robbie Henshaw na uku kuma mai tsaron gidan Wales Dan Biggar na huɗu. Mai lamba takwas na Italiya Sergio Parisse da dan wasan Ingila Ben Youngs sun kammala na shida. Ireland ta ci gaba da taken a kan bambancin maki bayan ranar karshe mai ban sha'awa inda su, Wales da Ingila suka yi gasa don matsayi na farko. O'Connell ya isa filin jirgin saman Dublin a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata tare da kofin Six Nations.
An zabi Paul O'Connell a matsayin dan wasan kasashe shida na gasar. Kyaftin din na Ireland ya samu fiye da kashi 26 cikin dari na kuri'un jama'a. O'Connell ya jagoranci Ireland zuwa gasar cin kofin kasashe shida kuma ya lashe gasar ta 101.