Ka taƙaita labarin:  Joe Schmidt yana fatan tawagarsa ta Ireland ba za ta shagala da babbar gasar cin kofin duniya da ke kewaye da su ba bayan da suka ci gaba da lashe gasar zakarun kasashe shida a cikin mafi ban mamaki. Kwana 180 ne kawai daga fara kamfen din su na duniya a ranar 19 ga watan Satumba, Schmidt a karshe ya yarda cewa yana da burin shiga wasan kusa da na karshe a gasar. Koyaya, yana fatan kwarin gwiwa bayan taken na biyu a jere da jerin nasara 11 a wasanni 12 ba zai zama babban nauyi ga Ireland ba a cikin watanni shida. Joe Schmidt yana fatan tawagarsa ta Ireland ba za ta shagala da tashin hankalin gasar cin kofin duniya da ke kewaye da su ba. 'Yan wasan Ireland suna murna yayin da aka nada su zakarun kasashe shida a Edinburgh a ranar Asabar. "Bisa ga maganganun wasu mutane, ciki har da wasu daga cikin mutanenmu, ba mu da wata babbar barazana", in ji Schmidt. Da fatan za mu iya ci gaba da kasancewa a karkashin radar, amma ban tabbata ba idan za mu iya. Wataƙila mun busa wannan, "ya kara da cewa lokacin da Sportsmail ya tambaye shi abin da saƙo aka aika wa duniya ta hanyar cin nasarar Ireland a jere a karo na farko tun daga 1949. Ina ganin zai zama gasa mai matukar wahala. Ba mu taɓa yin Semi ba kuma kowa ya san cewa a nan ne ya kamata mu yi ƙoƙari mu isa. <unk>Wannan shi ne abin da za mu yi aiki a kai kuma wataƙila hanyar da ba ta da mahimmanci. Idan za mu iya ɗaukar wannan a cikin wannan ƙalubalen, zai zama mai girma saboda za ku iya samun damuwa kuma wannan koyaushe haɗari ne. <unk>Gaskiyar cewa mun sami nasarar samun kayan azurfa shine shaidar ƙungiyar da muke da ita.<unk> Paul O'Connell ya dauke kofin kasashe shida a Murrayfield bayan da Ireland ta zama zakara. Schmidt ya yi murmushi yayin da'yan wasansa suka dauke shi bayan nasarar da suka samu a gasar Six Nations.
Kasar Ireland ta lashe kofin kasashe shida bayan ta doke Scotland a ranar Asabar. Joe Schmidt ya yarda yana da burin shiga wasan kusa da karshe a gasar cin kofin duniya. Yana fatan tawagarsa ba za ta shagala da tashin hankalin gasar cin kofin duniya ba. Ireland ta ci 11 daga cikin wasannin 12 da ta buga, kuma ta yi nasara a gasar Six Nations.