Ua piha ka El Aviva Stadium ma mua o ka pāʻani maikaʻi loa o kēia kau. ʻO ka helu ʻekahi a me ʻelua o ka honua (Ireland a me Palani) i kū i kekahi i kekahi me kahi pahuhopu ʻekolu: e waiho i kahi hoʻokūkū pololei e hoʻopā ʻia i ko lākou ala i nā Aupuni ʻeono; e hoʻoholo i ka hui lanakila ma ka honua o ka rugby (i kēia manawa ua noho nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo i kēlā wahi i ka pae) a, e hana ana i kahi wānana wā waena, e ʻike i nā koho o kēlā me kēia no ka World Cup e mālama ʻia ma ka ʻāina Farani ma Kepakemapa . ʻAe, ma nā ʻano a pau, ua lanakila nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
Ua hauʻoli nā tausani o ka poʻe pā ma Dublin a me nā miliona i hahai i ka pāʻani maikaʻi loa ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau ma ke kīwī i kahi pāʻani maikaʻi loa. Ua hakakā nā kime ʻelua i ka lanakila ma muli o ka pau ʻana o ka ikaika o ka XV del Gallo i ka lua o ka manawa i hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻohui i ʻekolu mau helu. Ma mua o ko lākou hoʻomaka ʻana i nā minuke he iwakālua o ka hakakā (12-13), i ia manawa ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Atonio i ka "bin ʻole" a nalowale lākou i ka manaʻo. ʻO ia ka manawa i honi ai ka poʻe kamaʻāina i ke koko a, me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana a Porter a me ʻelua mau pana mai Sexton, ua hōʻea lākou i ka hoʻomaha me ka lanakila (22-16).
Ua hoʻomau ka pāʻina emerald i ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana, no ka mea, ʻoiai ka wikiwiki a Durant i paʻi ai ma luna o kāna mau kānaka, ua ʻike nā kānaka o Farrell i ka noho mālie. Ua noho kulou lakou me ke kali ana i na manawa e hiki ole mai ana. ʻOiai ua kūpaʻa ʻo Byrne i kāna mau kīkī, ua waiho ʻia kahi hōʻailona a Ringrose he ʻeiwa mau minuke mai ka hopena i nā mea āpau i ʻike ʻia no ka hoʻokolokolo (32-19). Me ko Keenan's, Lowe's a me Porter's qualifiers, hāʻawi ʻo ia iā lākou i ka helu bonus hou e hoʻonoho ai iā lākou i mau alakaʻi kūʻokoʻa o ka hoʻokūkū. A ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa, ua wehe lākou i kahi hoʻokūkū mai ka waena.
ʻAlohilohi ʻo Scotland
He malihini kāhāhā kēia paʻi ʻana o nā Aupuni ʻeono mai ka lā mua: ʻO Scotland. Ua hāʻawi ka hui o Gregor Townsend i ka bele i ka pule i hala ma ke kuʻi ʻana iā ʻEnelani ma ka home a ua hōʻoia i kēia manawa i kona ʻano ma ke kāhili ʻana iā Wales i ko lākou kūlanakauhale ʻo Murrayfield (35-7). ʻO kēia mau lanakila ʻelua, me nā helu bonus i loaʻa i nā mea ʻelua, hoʻonoho iā ia i ke kūlana mua i ka hoʻokūkū, kahi mea i hoʻomanaʻo ʻole ʻia e ka poʻe kahiko loa o ia wahi (mai ka makahiki 1996 ʻaʻole i lanakila ʻo ia i nā pāʻani mua ʻelua a mai 2000 ʻaʻole ia i lanakila. ka hoʻokūkū).
He ala lōʻihi ka hele ʻana, akā pono ʻoe e helu i nā blues e hāʻawi iā lākou i kā lākou mau koho ma ka pololei piha. Ua pololei ʻo ia i ka pana ʻana i nā lāʻau a uhi i ka hapa mua ʻino o ka hōkū kūloko ʻo Van der Merwe. Eia naʻe, i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka ʻāpana ʻelua (13-7), ua loli nā mea a pau.
Ua hoʻihoʻi hou ka ʻēheu o ʻApelika Hema i kā lākou ʻoihana o ka wā i hala a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā ʻīlio, ʻoiai i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā lākou ke kipaku ʻana iā Williams (20-7) i ka minuke 52. Mai laila, ua pāʻani ka Cardo XV i kahi. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Russell i ka pāʻani ma ka makemake a, inā paha me nā pā mai hope a i ʻole me nā kīkī lima, ua paipai ʻo ia i nā hoʻāʻo o kona mau hoa. No laila ua hōʻea lākou i ka hopena o ka pāʻani me ka mana piha (ʻelima mau māka) a waiho i ka Welsh i zero i kēia manawa. He ʻōlelo aʻo a pau i ka poʻe hoʻokele
