Lubhalwe nguLucky Vince Pienaar
Abadlali abayisikhombisa eqenjini lamaBhokobhoko elizobhekana ne-Portugal e-Bloemfontein ngoMgqibelo bazogqoka ijezi eliluhlaza negolide okokuqala ngqa, kanti nabadlali abaningi asebemnkantshubomvu banokukhulu abafuna ukukuveza.
I-Portugal izodlala ngokukhulu ukuzimisela ukuzibonakalisa ukuthi ifike kanjani kulo mdlalo kwasekuqaleni. Isimemo siqhamuke ngemuva kokudlala kahle koweNdebe yoMhlaba ngonyaka odlule, kanti bazobe sebekulungele ukwenza ezibukwayo.
Nakuba kungekho okutheni uma kubhekwa umdlalo webhola lombhoxo obukwa ngehlo lokuhlolwa umhlaba wonke, abanye abadlali banikezwe ithuba lokuzikhombisa ukuthi bafanele ukuba seqenjini lamaBhokobhoko.
UManie Libbok usebuyile njenge-flyhalf, okusho ukuthi ngokudabukisayo, uSiya Masuka kufanele akwamukele ukuthi ushiywe ngaphandle. UManie uzoba noCobus Reinach ku-scrumhalf, futhi ngeke kube khona ongadlula unombolo-9 njenge-flyhalf.
ULibbok naye usencupheni yokukhohlakala njengomdlali, futhi kuzofanele abe sezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu – okuhlanganisa nokukhahlela kwakhe.
Umdlali osezithendeni zakhe nguSacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, osebhentshini. USacha ukhombise amandla amakhulu bebhekene ne-Ireland ngokudlala kahle, kodwa akazange enze umsebenzi omuhle kangako. Udinga ukudlala ngokukhulu ukuzimisela kule mpelasonto.
Ekugcineni, uPhepsi Buthelezi uthola ijezi lakhe! Akungatshazwa ukuthi ungumdlali osezingeni eliphezulu kodwa kuzomele sibheke ukuthi angakwazi yini ukunyukela ezingeni eliphezulu kunaleli akulo. Uma enza kanjalo, angase abe ngomunye wabadlali abahamba phambili emdlalweni webhola lombhoxo wakuleli.
UMorne van den Berg noQuan Horn bazothola ithuba lokusuka ebhentshini. Abadlali laba abathokozisayo kunoma yiliphi iqembu ngokungangabazeki bazoletha amandla nobumnandi emdlalweni, okuzowenza kujabulise ukubukela umdlalo.
Kuhle ukubona uLukhanyo Am, uTrevor Nyakane, noThomas du Toit bebuyela enkundleni. Bobathathu, ikakhulukazi no-Am, kufanele bakhombise ukuthi bayilungele imidlalo emikhulu ochungechungeni oluzayo uma sebebhekene ne-New Zealand ne-Australia.
Eqenjini (abadlali abamakwe ngechashazi lenkanyezi badlalela amaBhokobhoko okokuqala ngqa): 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi*, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Johan Grobbelaar*, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels*
Abasebhentshini: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter*, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Ruan Venter*, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Morne van den Berg*, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Quan Horn*
Osesithombeni ngenhla: USacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu ekhombisa ikhono elihle.
Umthombo: Springboks/X