Ngesonto eledlule uJacques Nienaber umemezele ngokunganaki abadlali abasekhempini yamaBhokobhoko yokuzilolonga ngaphambi komqhudelwano we-Rugby Championship, kubhala uLucky Maree.
Lokho akuhlukile nodaba lwentombazane enhle eyathi “angithandani nomfana ongenayo i-Porsche,” insizwa yaphendula yathi “ngeke ngiyeke i-Ferrari yami ngoba wena ucabanga ukuthi kufanele ngibe ne-Porsche.”
Kanjalo nelakuleli linama-Ferrari amaningi.
Hhayi ukudicilela phansi isithunzi sabadlali abadlala emaqenjini asekhaya – kwazise ukhuluma ngabadlali abahamba phambili emhlabeni abafana noSteven Kitshoff, u-Eben Etzebeth, uDeon Fourie, uKurt-Lee Arendse, uSiya Kolisi kanye noLukhanyo Am – kodwa “abadlali” abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba bengakha iqembu lamaBhokobhoko elingahlula amaqembu amaningi.
Sinabadlali abadlala phambili abafana noVincent Koch (Stade Francais), uMalcolm Marx (Kubota Spears), uRG Snyman (Munster) kanye noPieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verbli). SinoFaf de Klerk (Canon Eagles) kanye noHandre Pollard (Leicester). UKwagga Smith udlalela i-Shizuoka Blue Revs, futhi kumele singakhohlwa uCheslin Kolbe (Toulon) kanye noDamian de Allende (Amaqhawe Asendle) njengoba besho “ukubalula nje abambalwa.”
Uma sibheka izimo zakuleli azilungile emdlalweni wombhoxo noma wamazwe ngamazwe. Njengesizwe nathi siyalwa. Uma sikhuluma ngezohwebo, nokuwohloka kobuchopho kuyiqiniso kakhulu. Abantu abalungile bayahamba njengoba bejahe yonke inhlobo yemali ngaphandle kwerandi lakuleli.
Ngicabanga ukuthi kungokwemvelo ukuthi abahlaziyi base-New Zealand bakhulume ngayo njengeqembu elingase liwine iNdebe yoMhlaba, kodwa bakhuluma nge-All Blacks sengathi yiwo kuphela iqembu elizobe lise-France ngoMandulo. Njengoba iqembu labo lino-Ian Foster ongomunye wabaqeqeshi abanempumelelo ephansi kakhulu e-New Zealand kubukeka sengathi banehaba.
Ngokunjalo uSteve Borthwick waseNgilandi noWarren Gatland wase-Wales banempi ekhuphukayo. I-Scotland edlala eqoqweni elithusayo eNdebeni yoMhlaba kufanele sihlule i-Ireland noma elakuleli ukuze idlulele ngale kwesigaba samaqoqo. Lelo qiniso lilodwa libenza babe iqembu elingathusi kakhulu.
Uma sikhuluma ngeqembu elingathusi sikhuluma nge-Australia enomqeqeshi uEddie Jones ophethe izintambo. Okukodwa abangakuthemba ukuthi abantu bavume bathi “benze kahle ngokumangalisayo.”
Ngisho ne-Ireland kanye ne-France okumele zibhekwe njengezintandokazi kumele kubhekwe amagama ezihlabani ezingu-40 esikwatini sakuleli esizilolongayo bavume ukuthi leli iqembu elihle kakhulu.
URassie Erasmus noJacques Nienaber babhekene nenkinga yokuthi bazofaka bani eqenjini lamaBhokobhoko hhayi ukuthi ngubani abazomshiya ngaphandle.
Ngabe amaBhokobhoko ayiqembu elingathusi ? Cha, bangcono kunalokho kodwa abazona izintandokazi. Kodwa uma i-France ne-Ireland bekwazi ukushelela emakhasini kabhanana (noma baphuze kakhulu i-champagne) elakuleli kufanele libhekwe njengeqembu elingcono kunawo wonke.
Noma ngabe kwenzekani ezinsukwini eziphakathi kwamanje neNdebe yoMhlaba iqiniso eliwujuqu lizodalulwa ngomhlaka-23 kuMandulo. Ngalolo suku amaBhokobhoko azobe ebhekene ne-Ireland emdlalweni wamaqoqo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Amabhokobhoko
Umthombo wesithombe: Springboks