<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: Ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa ngemva kokushayisana kwabo okwabhubhisa iGrand Slam eCardiff, lokhu kwakungumsakazo owabuyiselwa ngokuphawulekayo nguJoe Schmidt wase-Ireland. Ukudlala kwabo ngokuziqhenya kwakungekho ngaphandle kokungapheleli kodwa indlela yabo eqondile, egcwele indlela yokugijima yayanele ukuba badlule umgomo wamaphuzu asethwe yiWales ekuqaleni ntambama. Khona-ke wonke amehlo ayebheke eNgilandi ngaphambi kokuba umphumela eTwickenham uqinisekise ukuthi iqembu likaSchmidt lalingase lijabule njengokungathi kwakungu-1949 futhi lapho izwe elagcina ukunqoba ama-back-to-back championships. Abadlali base-Ireland bayagubha njengoba begcotshwe njengabanqobi beZizwe Eziyisithupha ngemva kokwehluleka kweNgilandi ukunqoba iFrance ngamaphuzu angu-26 ayewadinga. UKaputeni uPaul OConnell uphethe phezulu indebe yeZizwe Eziyisithupha eMurrayfield ngemuva kokuba i-Ireland ithweswe umqhele wokuba ngabanqobi ngonyaka wesibili ilandelana. Iqembu lase-Ireland ligubha impumelelo yalo eNation Six njengoba kuqhunyiswa iziqhumane ngaphakathi kweMurrayfield kulandela ukunqoba kweNgilandi. Abalandeli base-Ireland bagubha ukunqoba kweqembu labo i-Six Nations ngemuva kokubuka iNgilandi ishaya iFrance ngo-55 - 35 eTwickenham. USean OBrien wase-Ireland uya phambili ukuze ashaye umzamo wesibili ngesikhathi somdlalo we-RBS Six Nations phakathi kweScotland ne-Ireland eMurrayfield. Akekho ongaba nomona ngokunqoba kwabo. Njengoba kunezindlela ezine kuphela ezihlolwe kule semester, lo msebenzi onzima wokuhambela ubuye waba nzima kakhulu emahoreni ngaphambi kokuqala, njengoba ukunqoba kweWales eRome kwakusho ukuthi i-Ireland idinga ukunqoba ngamaphuzu angama-21 ukubuyisa indawo ephezulu abaqale bayithola eNgilandi ngempelasonto edlule ngokunqotshwa eMillennium Stadium. Lokho kwakuyokwandisa kakhulu ingcindezi yokufeza kodwa babengakhathazeki, belahla izibopho futhi bebheka ohlangothini olukhuthazwe ubuhlakani futhi olulangazelela amaphuzu. IScotland ekuqaleni yenqaba ukuhambisana nezinhloso ezinhle zase-Ireland. Kungenzeka ukuthi banikela ngamaphuzu ayishumi nambili futhi bachitha inani lezinhlawulo ngesilinganiso esingu-12 kuya kwayisithupha, kodwa babesalokhu belwa ngezinga elithile naphezu kokubanjwa ngaphandle kwemigomo engxenyeni yesibili lapho i-Ireland ibusa khona indawo. Basondela,...  <response>: INgilandi yayidinga ukunqoba iFrance ngamaphuzu angu-26 ukuze iwine isicoco seZizwe Eziyisithupha ngemva kokuba i-Ireland iqinisekise ukunqoba kweScotland. Kodwa iqembu likaStuart Lancaster lakwazi ukunqoba ngamaphuzu angu-20 kuphela njengoba i-Ireland yaba yiqhawe. I-Wales yaqala ukucindezela i-Italy ngesikhathi idlala ingxenye yesibili yaze yanqoba. 