Ka taƙaita labarin:  Idan ya zo ga shugabanni a filin Ireland kocin Joe Schmidt ya san cewa an albarkace shi. Jagoran 'yan wasan Grand Slam da za su fafata da Wales a gasar Six Nations da za a yi a Cardiff a ranar Asabar, shi ne Paul O'Connell, wanda zai lashe kofinsa na 100 a duniya. O'Connell ya jagoranci Ireland a duka amma biyu daga cikin gwaje-gwaje 16 tun lokacin da Schmidt ya jagoranci amma tsarin jagorancinsa yana nufin sauran 'yan wasan suna ba da kansu a lokacin da ya zo ga yanke shawara a cikin yakin. Dan wasan Ireland Jonathan Sexton ya kasance cikin kyakkyawan yanayi ga kasarsa a wannan kakar. Kyaftin din Ireland Paul O'Connell zai lashe kofinsa na 100 da Wales a Cardiff. Sexton yana aiki a kan kwarewar kwallon kafa yayin da babban kocin Joe Schmidt (dama) ke kallo a filin wasa na Millennium. 'Daya daga cikin sauran abubuwan shi ne cewa Paul ba ya ɗaukar duk nauyin jagoranci, yana ba da izini kuma yana ƙarfafawa kuma wannan yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan ban mamaki ga masu horarwa kuma,' in ji Schmidt ga Irish Times. 'Yana nufin Jamie (Heaslip) yana da takamaiman matsayi. Yana da wasu abubuwa na musamman da yake jagoranta, da Johnny Sexton yake yi, da Rob Kearney yake yi, da Peter O'Mahony, muna da wasu shugabannin lardin, Rory Best, wadanda suka tashi tsaye suka dauki nauyin shugabanci daban-daban. 'Saboda haka ina tunanin mafi kyawun abubuwa game da Bulus shi ne cewa bai yi ƙoƙarin ɗaukar nauyin shugabanci a kan kansa ba.' O'Connell zai tattara tare da Leinster kulle Devin Toner a cikin engine dakin Irish shirya. 'An motsa shi sosai don inganta aikinsa kuma ta haka ne ya jagoranci wasu a yin hakan.' Fly-half Sexton, wanda zai lashe kofinsa na 50 da Wales, ya ce kasancewar O'Connell, a ciki da wajen filin, abin karfafa gwiwa ne. 'Shi shugaba ne mai ban mamaki,' in ji Sexton. 'Lokacin da ya yi magana da tawagar a lokacin mako gashin da ke bayan wuyanka ya tashi. 'Ya san muhimmancin kalamansa.' Wanda ya gabaci Sexton kuma abokin aikin O'Connell na tsawon lokaci, Ronan O'Gara ya kara da cewa: 'Paul na da matukar muhimmanci dangane da iya isar da sakon da ya dace a daidai lokacin...
Ireland za ta fafata da Wales a filin wasa na Millenium ranar Juma'a. Kungiyar Joe Schmidt ba ta yi nasara ba bayan zagaye na uku na wasan. Paul O'Connell ya shirya ya lashe kofinsa na 100 a kan kungiyar Warren Gatland.