Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka tatari a Northampton ki te whakaaro o nga tohunga i mua i te whakatau i te wa ka purei a George North i muri i te whakapumautanga o te parirau o Wales ka ngaro i te hauwhā o te kapa Champions Cup o te Rahoroi i Clermont Auvergne i muri i tana whara o te mahunga. E toru ngā wā i hinga ai a North i ngā marama tata nei, tae atu ki te wikitoria 52-30 i runga i te Wasps i te Paraire kua hipa, ā, i te Rāapa i aromātaitia e tētahi tohunga pūoko. 'Kāore mātou e tākaro ki a ia i te mutunga wiki,' te kī a Jim Mallinder, kaiwhakahaere hākinakina o te kapa. E takoto kau ana a George North i runga i te marae o Franklin's Gardens i muri i tana whiunga i a Wasps. 'He mārama kua pāngia kino ia. He iti rawa te wā i kore ai ia e mōhio. Ko te mea pai, i ata tirohia ia, i tere tonu tana ora, ā, kāore he pānga kino kino i muri i a ia. Heoi anō, e kore tātou e tākaro ki a ia i tēnei wiki. 'Kei te pai tana mahi. Kei te pai haere ia, kei te haere ia ki raro i tēnei wā ki te kite i tētahi kairangahau hinengaro, ā, ka tatari mātou kia kite i ngā kōrero a ngā tohunga. 'Me whakarite kia hari, kia makona hoki te hunga mātanga hauora e pai ana ia ki te hoki mai ki te tākaro, ā, i te wā e kī ana rātau he pai ia, ka harikoa mātou ki te whiriwhiri anō i a ia.' I mahue a North i te mara kaore i te mohio i muri i tana whiwhinga i te tuarua o nga whakamatau e rua i te wikitoria a nga Hunga Tapu, me te whutupaoro o Wasps a Nathan Hughes i tukuna mo te taakaro morearea i te wa i pa ai te parirau o Wales. I whakahe a Hughes i tana kore hara, engari i te Turei i whakakorehia ia mo nga wiki e toru. I whiua hoki a North ki te mahunga i tana mahi ki Wales i te ngahuru me te wa o te RBS 6 Nations i te wa e rua nga wa i whiua ai ia i te whakatuwheratanga ki a Ingarangi, he tautohetohe tonu i mua i tana tu mo te tukinga o Scotland. Ko tā te kaitohutohu hauora o mua o World Rugby, tā Tākuta Barry O'Driscoll, kaua a North - te kaitākaro nui rawa o te whakataetae, e whitu ngā whiringa toa i tēnei wā - e tākaro anō i tēnei wā. Ka tae wawe mai a Nathan Hughes i te taenga mai o North - i muri iho ka hono tona waewae ki te upoko o te parirau. Kāore a Mallinder i te tino āwangawanga engari e tatari ana ki te whakaaro ā-taiao. He maha nga whakaaro i roto i nga ra kua hipa ake nei, ko Mallinder...
I whiua a George North i muri i tana whiwhinga ki a Wasps i te Paraire. Ko te rerenga tuatoru o te parirau i pangia i roto i nga marama kua taha ake nei. Ka noho atu a North i te tukinga o te kapa Champions Cup o te Rāhoroi i runga i te tohutohu hauora. Kua whakakorehia a Nathan Hughes mō te toru wiki mō te tūtukitanga.