<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: I-Ireland iqede endaweni yesithathu  <response>: I-2016 Six Nations Championship ngokunqoba okubili ngokumelene ne-Italy 5815 neScotland 3525, ukudweba ngokumelene neWales 1616 nokulahlekelwa kabili eFrance 109 naseNgilandi 2110. NgoJuni 2016, u-Schmidt wahola i-Ireland ekunqobeni kwabo okokuqala eNingizimu Afrika lapho ama-Ireland anqoba isivivinyo sokuqala sohambo lwabo lwaseNingizimu Afrika 2620. Lokhu kwenzeka naphezu kokudlala nabadlali abangu-14 kuphela enkundleni imizuzu engaphezu kwengu-50 yomdlalo lapho uCJ Stander athola ikhadi elibomvu ngomzuzu wama-22. Emdlalweni wesibili, i-Ireland yahola iNingizimu Afrika ngo-19 ngokumelene no-3 ngesikhathi sokuphumula, kodwa amaphuzu angu-29 angakaphendulwa engxenyeni yesibili abona iNingizimu Afrika ilinganisa kulolu chungechunge. Ukuhlolwa kokugcina kwabona iNingizimu Afrika inqoba uchungechunge, ngokunqoba ama-Ireland ngo-19-13. Ngo-24 Okthoba 2016, uSchmidt wasayina isivumelwano esisha ne-Irish Rugby Football Union ukuze aqhubeke njengomqeqeshi omkhulu wase-Ireland kuze kube sekupheleni kweNdebe Yomhlaba ye-Rugby ka-2019. Ngomhlaka 5 Novemba 2016, emdlalweni wokuqala wase-Ireland we-Autumn Internationals, i-Ireland yanqoba iNew Zealand okokuqala ngqa emdlalweni wokuhlola, iwina u-4029. Ngesonto elilandelayo, banqoba iCanada eDublin 5221, ngaphambi kokudlala neNew Zealand futhi, kulokhu, balahlekelwa 219. NgoNovemba 26, i-Ireland yaqeda ukunqoba kathathu, yahlula i-Australia 2724, ukuze ibe yiqembu lokuqala kusukela eNgilandi ngo-2003, ukunqoba i-Australia, iNew Zealand neNingizimu Afrika ngonyaka owodwa. 