Timmy T Maranda
Ngemuva kwempelasonto yokuvula umdlalo ku-PRO14 Rainbow Cup SA, umncintiswano ubuyela komunye umdlalo ozoba ngofeleba ngoMgqibelo – i-Cell C Sharks ibambe i-Emirates Lions eThekwini ngenkathi i-Vodacom Bulls ihambela e-Kapa iyolwa ne-DHL Stormers.
Ama-Sharks azothuthukiswa ukunqoba kwawo ngomzuzu wokugcina enqoba i-Stormers eKapa futhi azofuna ukuqhubeka nomgqigqo omkhulu kulo mqhudelwano ozobe use-Jonsson Kings Park Stadium.
Ama-Sharks benze inkundla yombhoxo i-Kings Park inqaba, njengoba sebenqobe imidlalo eyisikhombisa kuyo yonke imiqhudelwano eqale ngonyaka wezi-2019. Kunzima ukuyishaya enkundleni yabo.
Ngemuva kokwenziwa ukuthi balwele ukunqoba eKapa – Ama-Sharks aqoke iqembu elingashintshi emdlalweni wangempelasonto ne-Stormers.
Khonamanjalo, ama-Lions axhuzulayo azobe ebheke ukubuya ngemuva kokuhlulwa okuvulelwe iqembu le-Bulls ngesonto eledlule e-Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
Umqeqeshi we-Lions u-Ivan van Rooyen uthe ngenxa yokulimala baphoqeleke ukuthi benze izinguquko eziningi kulo mdlalo wabo ne-Sharks.
“Ngeshwa sibe nezinguquko ezimbalwa kusuka kulo mdlalo futhi nakuleli sonto. Siphoqelekile ukuthi senze lolu shintsho,” kusho uVan Rooyen.
UVan Rooyen wenze izinguquko ezine eqenjini lakhe aqala kulo – ezintathu zazo ngenxa yokulimala kukaTiaan Swanepoel (umdlali wasemuva), Steve Pienaar (i-Wing) noWilhelm van der Sluys (i-lock).
Ngenxa yalokhu, u-EW Viljoen noReinhard Nothnagel bakhushulwa besuka ebhentshini baqale i-fullback ne-lock, kanti uRabz Maxwane uzosivala isikhala sephiko langakwesokudla. Ushintsho lwesine lusezinhlelweni, lapho uCarlu Sadie ezoqala khona endaweni kaJannie du Plessis onamava.
Umdlalo ozoba se-Jonsson Kings park uqala ngo-16h00, kulandele ozoqala ngo-18h15 e-Cape Town Stadium.
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