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Mhlawumbe i-British ne-Irish Lions Tour ayikho nkulu kakhulu kuneNdebe Yomhlaba Yombhoxo yangowe-2019, kodwa isondele.
Ngenkathi umdlalo phakathi kwama-All Blacks namaBhokobhoko ekuhlolweni kokugcina, imidlalo ye-Rugby Championship engapheli ibe nomthelela emazingeni enjabulo. (Ngabe i-haka isiphenduke ithuba lokushesha uye ekhishini ukuyolanda omunye ubhiya?)
AmaLions agcina ukudlala namaBhokobhoko ngonyaka wezi-2009, ngakho-ke lo mdlalo ulindwe ngabomvu.
Njengoba igama likaWellington nelikaNapoleon lihlotshaniswa neMpi yase-Waterloo, ngakho-ke amagama kaRassie Erasmus noWarren Gatland azokhunjulwa ngalolu hambo.
U-Erasmus, onqobe iNdebe Yomhlaba ngowe-2019 (futhi ongujenene owashaya ama-All Blacks e-Wellington ngowe-2018), ungusomaqhinga kanye nomgqugquzeli ongafani nabanye emhlabeni, kodwa unezinkinga.
Ulwela ukuzijwayeza umdlalo kanti futhi ukudlala neGeorgia emidlalweni emibili yokulungiselela akawulungele neze, akunjalo? Ngokwengeziwe (njengoba kuphawule umqapheli onobuhlakani), ukuthola abadlali abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba kufana nokuhlanganisa uhlangothi lwama-Barbarians.
Kanti futhi, ne-Rainbow Cup isikhule kakhulu phakathi kwezinhlangothi ezine zendawo ezidlala sengathi azinalutho ezingakwenza ngaphandle kokudlala umdlalo we-rugger ngoMgqibelo ntambama.
UWarren Gatland ubhekene nenkinga yokuthola abadlali abaziwayo ukuthi bahlanganyele njengeqembu, kodwa ukudlala neWestern Province emdlalweni wokuqala wohambo cishe kuzokubhekela lokho.
Ukugqugquzelwa ngeke kube yinkinga kumaLions. Uma banebhodi lokunamathisela egumbini labo lokushintshela, sinesiqiniseko ukuthi linesithombe sikaRassie Erasmus esinamathelwe kuso. Kanti futhi yimuphi umdlali ovela eNgilandi, e-Wales, e-Scotland noma e-Ireland ongafuni ukuziphindiselela ngokuhlulwa kabuhlungu kweNgilandi eNdebeni yoMhlaba?
Enye into. Uma amadoda ezibomvu eshaya amaBhokobhoko, uWarren Gatland uzobe enze lokho umqeqeshi weNgilandi u-Eddie Jones, ahlulekile ukukwenza: uzobe ehlule uRassie Erasmus.
Ungalenzi iphutha. Kulokhu zizobe zibambene ngqo enkundleni.