Ompetha bomhlaba bebhola lombhoxo, iNingizimu Afrika, kulindeleke ukuthi ibhekane ne-Ireland ehlezi endaweni yesibili emdlalweni wokuqala kwemibili yokuhlola kuNtulikazi.
Umdlalo wokuvula uzoba seLoftus Versfeld ePitoli ngoMgqibelo.
Umqeqeshi wamaBhokobhoko, uRassie Erasmus, umemezele iqembu lakhe, noSiya Kolisi ohlangothini lwe-scrum futhi uzohola iqembu njengokaputeni.
UKolisi uhlanganiswe noPieter-Steph du Toit noKwagga Smith, ozodlala kunombolo 8. USmith uthole indawo yokuqala kumdlali we-Stormers u-Evan Roos, njengoba uJasper Wiese engekho kanti uDuane Vermeulen usethathe umhlalaphansi.
UHandre Pollard uqokwe ku-flyhalf, ehambisana no-
Faf de Klerk ku-scrumhalf. UBongi Mbonambi uzoqala njenge-hooker, uMalcolm Marx uzobe esebhentshini.
Iqembu elizoqala umdlalo lihlanganisa abadlali abajwayelekile beNdebe yoMhlaba ebise-France ngonyaka odlule, abadlali abangu-15 kwabangu-23 abaqokelwe emdlalweni wangoMgqibelo abadlale kwiNdebe yoMhlaba.
Abadlali abasha abafakwe eqenjini kubalwa uSalmaan Moerat, uGerhard Steenekamp, noSacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.
Ebhentshini, uProp Steenekamp we-Bulls uzodlala i-Test yesibili, kanti uGrant Williams noFeinberg-Mngomezulu abaqale umdlalo wokuqala bebhekene ne-Wales ngezimpelasonto ezimbili ezedlule, yibona kuphela abadlala emuva.
Leli qembu linezinguquko eziyisishiyagalombili kunaleli qembu elahlula i-Wales ngo 41-13 e-London.
“Leli yiqembu esikholwa wukuthi lizosinika umfutho esiwudingayo uma sibhekene ne-Ireland, okuyiqembu elihlezi endaweni yesibili emhlabeni,” kusho u-Erasmus.
“Sibusisekile ngokujula okukhulu eqenjini lethu, futhi sisethubeni elihle lokuba nabadla umhlanganiso beNdebe Yomhlaba Yebhola lombhoxo ezinhlakeni zethu abaziyo ukuthi yini edingekayo ukuze senze izinga eliphezulu futhi sidlale namaqembu ahamba phambili emhlabeni.”
Iqembu elizoqala kumaBhokobhoko:
1. Inkomo Nche
2. Bongi Mbonambi
3. Frans Malherbe
4. Eben Etzebeth
5. I-Lood de Jager
6. Siya Kolisi (kapteni)
7. Pieter-Steph du Toit
8. Kwagga Smith
9. Faf de Klerk
10. Handre Pollard
11. Makazole Mapimpi
12. UDamian de Allende
13. Lukhanyo Am
14. Cheslin Kolbe
15. Willie le Roux
Okuzoshintshwa ngabo:
16. UMalcolm Marx
17. Steven Kitshoff
18. UVincent Koch
19. RG Snyman
20. Franco Mostert
21. USalmaan Moerat
22. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
23. Grant Williams
Luhlanganiswe ngumbhali we-Stuff
Isithombe ngenhla: AmaBhokobhoko.
Umthombo: Springboks/X