<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: UJoe Schmidt unethemba lokuthi ithimba lakhe eliyiqhawe lase-Ireland ngeke liphazamiseke ngokukhwabanisa okukhulu kweNdebe yoMhlaba manje okubazungezile ngemuva kokuthi bazinqobele izihloko zeNdebe yeziZwe Eziyisithupha ezilandelanayo ngendlela ethakazelisa kakhulu. Ezinsukwini ezingu-180 nje ngaphambi kokuqala komkhankaso wabo womhlaba wonke ngo-September 19, uSchmidt ekugcineni uvumile ukuthi uhlose ukuthola indawo yokuqala kuma-semi-final kulo mqhudelwano. Kodwa-ke, unethemba lokuthi isimo sokulindela okuhle ngemuva kwesihloko sesibili esilandelanayo kanye nomugqa wokuwina okungu-11 emidlalweni engu-12 ngeke kube umthwalo omkhulu kakhulu e-Ireland ongathwalwa ezinyangeni eziyisithupha. UJoe Schmidt unethemba lokuthi iqembu lakhe lase-Ireland ngeke liphambukiswe ukuhleka kweNdebe yoMhlaba okubazungezile. Abadlali base-Ireland bayagubha njengoba begcotshwe njengabanqobi be Six Nations e-Edinburgh ngoMgqibelo. Ngokusekelwe kumazwana abantu abathile, kubandakanya abanye babantu bakithi, asiyona ingozi enkulu kangako,kusho uSchmidt. Ngethemba ukuthi singaqhubeka nokuhlala kancane ngaphansi kwe-radar, kodwa angiqiniseki ukuthi singakwazi yini. Mhlawumbe sikubhuntshe lokho, esho ebuzwa yiSportsmail ukuthi yisiphi isigijimi esithunyelwe emhlabeni wonke yi-Ireland ngokuwina iziqu ezilandelanayo okokuqala kusukela ngo-1949. Ngicabanga nje ukuthi kuzoba umqhudelwano onzima ngokumangalisayo. Asikaze senze i-semi futhi wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi yilapho kufanele sizame ukufinyelela khona. Yilokho esizobe sisebenzela kukho futhi mhlawumbe indlela enesizotha. Uma singakuthatha lokho kuleyo nselele, kungaba kuhle ngoba ungaphazamiseka futhi lokho kuhlale kuyingozi. Iqiniso lokuthi sisanda kukwazi ukuthola izitsha zesiliva liwubufakazi beqembu esinalo. UPaul OConnell uphethe phezulu indebe yeZizwe Eziyisithupha eMurrayfield ngemuva kokuba i-Ireland ithweswe umqhele wokuba ngumpetha. USchmidt uyamomotheka njengoba ethwalwa abadlali bakhe ngemva kokuphumelela kwabo eZizweni Eziyisithupha.  <response>: I-Ireland iphakamise indebe yeZizwe Eziyisithupha ngemuva kokunqoba iScotland ngoMgqibelo. UJoe Schmidt uyavuma ukuthi uhlose ukuthola indawo kuma-semi-final eNdebe yoMhlaba. Unethemba lokuthi iqembu lakhe ngeke liphazamiseke ngenxa yokudayiswa kweNdebe yoMhlaba. I-Ireland inqobe imidlalo engu-11 kwengu-12 eyedlule, futhi i-Six Nations ibilokhu idlondlobala. 