Lucky Sithole
Sekuyiminyaka abalandeli bebhola lombhoxo bakuleli bekhala ngokuthi abadlali bendawo balwela ukuhweba kwabo phesheya kwezilwandle. Yize bembalwa kakhulu abantu abasabuza imibuzo mayelana “nokwethembeka” kanye “nokushisekela izwe” kuyadabukisa ukubukela abantu baseNingizimu Afrika begqoke amajezi amaqembu e-UK nase-Ireland.
Isibonelo, akuvamile ukubona abadlali baseNingizimu Afrika abangafika kwabayisishiyagalolunye befake amajezi amhlophe e-Sale Sharks eqenjini eligijimayo. Futhi akuyona into engajwayelekile ukubabona bewina uma bedlala.
Kusho ukuthini ukuthengiswa, bathola ukuwina imidlalo futhi lokho kulungile. Okushiwo kumbhoxo wendawo waseNingizimu Afrika, ukuthi sikwazi ukubona umbhoxo olungile, kodwa ungaba ngcono kakhulu.
Kodwa njengoba bonke laba badlali bevele batholakala ukudlalela amaBhokobhoko, umqeqeshi uWarren Gatland kufanele abhekane neqiniso elibuhlungu: amaqembu ase-UK nase-Ireland asuse umthwalo wokuwina imidlalo kubadlali abangenisiwe abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Kufanele ahlanganise ingubo yokuwina umdlalo, kodwa ukuwina kuzoqhamuka kuphi uma ezobe enohlu olude lwabadlali bezinsiza abakhethayo? Ngabe ubuhlakani buzovelaphi?
Akungatshazwa ukuthi uMaro Itoje ungumdlali osezingeni eliphezulu obekungaba lula ukuba akhethwe uma iqembu lomhlaba lingahlanganiswa namuhla. U-Alun Wyn Jones uzoba ngumuntu onamandla kakhulu, kodwa bambalwa kakhulu abanye abangakhethwa ngokusobala. U-Owen Farrell mhlawumbe (kodwa hhayi ngokuqinisekile) uzokwenza iqembu lomhlaba futhi abanye babadlali abaphambili bazokhethwa – kodwa abadlali abaphambili bakhethelwa ikakhulukazi ukugquma kwabo, hhayi ubuhlakani babo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ufuna ubuhle? Ngizokunika ubuhle. Cabanga ngoFaf de Klerk, uCheslin Kolbi, uPieter-Steph du Toit, uSbu Nkosi, uMakazole Mapimpi, uHandré Pollard – ngiyaxolisa ngalabo engibashiyile!
UGatland, umqeqeshi owaziwa ngokugquma, kodwa hhayi ngobuhlakani, unekhadi elilodwa azolidlala. Elilodwa nje. Uzothembela ku-Alun Wyn Jones, ukaputeni omkhulu kunoma iyiphi imidlslo, ukuletha ubunjalo bomdlalo omkhulu, ukuphuthuma futhi yebo, ubuhlakani kumaB & I Lions, kanti uGatland uzomdlalisa engakhathalekile ukuthi ulingana kahle yini noma cha, futhi kungenzeka angakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi.
Futhi uma uGatland engakutholi lokho kuJones, unentaba abanye, abangase bathi, angeke akakwazi ukuyinyuka.
Umthombo wesithombe: @SkySports