Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakaae a Wigan Warriors ki a Ben Flower e pouri ana ia i tana whakaeke ki a Lance Hohaia i te Whakataunga Nui o te Rōpū Super League i nga ra katoa. Kei te haere mai te 27-tau-tau ki te mutunga o te aukati mo te ono marama, kei te whakarite hoki ki te riiki rugby, engari kei te raru ia i nga kaupapa i Old Trafford i te Oketopa. I mua i te 75,000 o nga kaimātakitaki i Manchester, i ohorere a Flower i te ao i tana whiu i a Hohaia i te whiringa toa i waenga o Wigan me St Helens. I kii a Ben Flower i nga ra katoa e pouri ana ia mo tana whakaekenga ki a Lance Hohaia i te Whakamutunga Nui o te Rōpū Super League. I whiua e Flower a Hohaia i mua i te 75,000 tāngata i Old Trafford me te ao katoa e mātakitaki ana. I kite te ao katoa i taua wā whakamataku, ā, i horapa atu ki te ipurangi, nā reira i whakawhiwhia ai a Flower ki te tūkino me te whakawehi mate. Engari i oati a Flower kua huri ia, ā, e hiahia ana kia hoki mai, kia whai pānga pai ki te papa, ina hoki mai ia, tērā pea ko tēnei wiki ki a Warrington. Ka mea ia ki te Guardian: 'Kei te pouri ahau i ia ra. I tino ohorere ahau. He mea whakamataku. 'I kino ahau ki ahau anō mō taku mahi. He mea nanakia, he mea kāore koe e mahi māori ai. Ehara au i taua tangata. Kāore au i tino mātakitaki i a ia mai i taua wā. I whakawhiwhia a Flower ki te ono marama whakakorenga mo tana whakaekenga nanakia a ko ia te tangata tuatahi i tukuna atu i te Whakamutunga Nui. I wehi a Flower ka haere ia ki te whare herehere, engari i oati ia kua huri ke ia i muri i te kaupapa. 'I kōrero te iwi e pā ana ki te pirihimana e whai wāhi ana i tino āwangawanga ahau no te mea ka taea e koe te haere ki te whare herehere mo te mea i meatia e ahau. Katahi ka tukuna e St Helens he korero e kii ana i tautoko ratou i ahau. He tino pai ki te mohio kei a rātou toku tuara. 'Kua tino whakarerekētia ahau. Ka whakarerekē i tō tirohanga ki te ora. 'Ko te mea ka whai ake ka whakaahuatia e au hei kaitākaro. Me hoki mai au ki te whai wāhi pai i runga, i waho hoki o te papa.'
Ka pouri a Ben Flower i tana whakaekenga ki a Lance Hohaia i nga ra katoa. I tukuna atu te kaikawe o Wigan Warriors i te whiringa toa o te 2014 Super League. I werohia a Flower ki a Hohaia i a ia e takoto ana ki te papa. Kua rite te kaitakaro 27 tau ki te hoki mai i muri i te aukati mo te ono marama.