Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakahaua a George North e tētahi tohunga māori kia kotahi marama te roa i muri i tana whiu tuatoru i roto i ngā marama e whā e tākaro ana mō Northampton i te wiki whakamutunga. Ka arotakehia te parirau o Wales me Lions i te mutunga o Paenga-whāwhā, ā, ka roa ake pea te wā e noho ana ki te taha o te pae, mēnā kāore ngā kaitohutohu tohunga i te whakapono kua rite ia ki te hoki ki te mahi. Ka aroturukihia e ngā kaiāwhina a ngā Hunga Tapu tōna ahunga whakamua i te wā katoa o te wā e tū ana, ā, - me te taumaha o te pānga e hiahiatia ana hei whakaoho i te rerenga, ka whakaiti i te maha o ngā wā ka whara te upoko o tētahi kaitākaro - kua nui haere ngā āwangawanga mō te oranga o te kaitākaro 22-tau-tau. Ko George North te tuatoru o nga mate roro i whakapumautia i roto i nga marama e wha anake i te wa o te Paraire i te Paraire. Ko te turi o Nathan Hughes i tukituki ki te mahunga o North i a ia e whiti ana i te raina ki te kaute mo Northampton. I ngaro a North i runga i te papa i Franklin's Gardens, ā, i kawea atu ki runga i te tūru. 'Kua whakarongo mātou ki ngā tohutohu i tonoa e mātou, ā, ka whai wā atu a George i te mara,' te kī a Jim Mallinder, kaiwhakahaere hākinakina o ngā Hunga Tapu. I roto i tēnei tukanga katoa, he mea nui kia noho tuatahi te oranga o Hōrihi, kia atawhai, kia ata noho hoki ia, kia hoki mai ki te mahi ina koa katoa te kapa hauora ki a ia ki te mahi pera. I hinga a North i muri i tana tukinga ki te turi o te rarangi o muri o Wasps a Nathan Hughes. I whakamutua te nama 8 mō ngā wiki e toru, heoi anō i tukuna e tōna karapu he amuamu ki te whakakorenga i runga i te take he tūtukitanga. Ka whiwhi rongoā a Te Tai Tokerau mō tōna whara i te mahunga i runga i te papa, ā, kua kore ia e taea te haere mō te iti rawa i te kotahi marama. I tukuna atu a Hughes, ā, i whakakorehia mō ngā wiki e toru i muri i tana whiu i a North ki tōna waewae matau. I te wa e whakatuwhera ana a Wales i te RBS 6 Nations ki Ingarangi, i whakaaetia a North kia noho ki runga i te papa me te wiri, i akiaki i tetahi o nga tautohetohe nui mo te tupono o nga whara o te mahunga. I roto i te Sportsmail o te Turei, ko te kaitautoko o mua o Scotland, ko Rory Lamont <unk> i pangia e ngā pānga o ngā whara roro <unk> e kīia ana...
I patua a George North e Nathan Hughes o Wasps i te Paraire kua hipa. Ka hoatu ki a ia i te iti rawa he marama ki te ora i mua i te hokinga mai ki te mahi. E toru ngā wiri i pā ki a North i roto i ngā marama e whā kua hipa. Ka arotakehia te Welshman e tētahi tohunga roro i te mutunga o Aperira.