Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakakitea e Neil Robertson tētahi pūrākau mahi hou e tūmanako ana ka eke ia ki roto i ngā kaitākaro nui o te wā katoa i muri i te whakaekenga atu ki te rauna tuarua o te Betfred World Championship. Ko te toa o te tau 2010 i pakaru i roto i te wehenga whakatuwhera 133 i a ia e tarai ana i nga anga e toru e hiahiatia ana hei huri i te 7-2 hei wikitoria 10-2 ki a Welshman Jamie Jones i Sheffield. Kua nui ake ngā haora a Robertson ki te kēmu i ngā wā o mua, ā, e whakapono ana ia ka āwhina tēnei i a ia ki te whakatutuki i tōna kaha, ā, ka riro ia hei toa maha o ngā karauna nui o te hākinakina. Ka whakatangihia e Neil Robertson o Ahitereiria i tana tukinga ki a Jamie Jones o Wales i te Crucible. 'Kua nui ake aku haora mo tenei whakataetae i etahi atu i roto i taku mahi katoa,' i kii te Ahitereiria 33-tau te pakeke. 'I mua i taku tukinga i taku tukinga tuatahi, i takahia e au nga peera 300 me te kore e ngaro - koinei nga mea i whakamahia e (Stephen) Hendry. Kāore a Hendry i ngaro i te ono, i te whitu o ngā kāmera, ā, koina te mea me mahi e koe mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te whakahaere i ngā tukinga. 'Mēnā ka mutu taku mahi, ka titiro whakamuri, ka tino whai whakaaro ahau ki te aha mēnā i kaha ake taku mahi?'. Ki taku whakaaro ka taea e au te mahi i ētahi atu, nō reira kua oti katoa i ahau te haere mai ki tēnei whakataetae. 'He pakeke te kī kua kore au i tutuki, engari ki taku whakaaro, ka nui ake te mea i riro mai i ahau, mēnā ka nui ake te whakahere i ahau.' I kitea e Barry Hawkins ko ia te whetū ātaahua o tētahi atu whakaari o Crucible i muri i tana hīkoi ki te patu i te kaitākaro tohu a Matthew Selt i roto i tētahi whakataunga whakamutunga. Ko te kaitakaro whakamutunga o te tau 2013 i titiro ki te ngawari ki te 16 whakamutunga i muri i te whakahou i te Mane me te 7-2 i runga i te po, i whakawhānuihia e ia ki te 9-4 ki te neke i roto i tetahi anga o te wikitoria. Kei te whakanui a Robertson i tana wikitoria i tana whakataetae toa o te ao ki te whakataetae tuatahi ki a Jones o Wales. Engari i whakautu a Selt ma te huri i nga anga e rima i te rarangi - tae atu ki nga rautau o muri-ki-mua - i mua i te whakakorenga o Hawkins i kite ia ia ki te rauna tuarua me te wikitoria 10-9. I whakaae a Hawkins - nā Dominic Dale i whawhai ki a ia i ngā hauwhā whakamutunga o te tau kua hipa: 'E kore e taea e au te pupuri...
He nui ake ngā haora i whakapaua e Neil Robertson ki te whakangungu i mua atu. Kua eke a Ahitereiria ki te rauna tuarua o te Betfred World Championship. E tūmanako ana a Robertson ka eke ia ki ngā kaitākaro nui rawa o te ao. E tūmanako ana ia kia riro ia hei toa maha o ngā karauna nui o te hākinakina.