Ukuthembela kumdlali “ozethembayo” kuyohlezi kufakana enkingeni, kuxwayisa uLucky Maree.
Ubezungezwe ababukeli abangu-50 000 nabadlali abangu-30 enkundleni kodwa yena eyedwa. Ezinyaweni zakhe bekunebhola lombhoxo kanti amapali abeqhele ngamayadi angu-45 – endaweni abemi kuyo engakhululekile – yokukhahlela ibhola. Ngesikhathi umhlaziyi webhola ekhuluma uthe ” kufanele akhahlele ngobuhlakani.”
Elakuleli likwazile ukushaya amagoli amabili emabholeni amahlanu. Amaphuzu ayisikhombisa elakuleli elingazange liwathole ebezoshintsha umdlalo ngokuphelele. Bekungaba umehluko phakathi kokuwina nokuhlulwa.
Umdlali ozethembayo yilowo mdlali ovele adlale umdlalo ogqame ngale ndlela yokuthi ukushiya uphelelwa umoya ngenxa yokuncoma. Kodwa ukwenza kanye njalo ngemuva kwezikhathi ezinhlanu. Ukwenza ukholwe ukuthi ngokuzayo kuzolunga.
Abantu abanabalingani abayimilutha yotshwala bazokutshela ukuthi kuwumsangano ukuphinda into efanayo kaningi ube unethemba lomphumela ohlukile. Kuba yinto ephula inhliziyo.
UDamian Willemse akazange acele ukuba i-flyhalf. Ubekwe lapho ngoba ubefuna futhi unawo amakhono. Kodwa siyohlezi sikhona leso sikhathi esinzima uma – ngaphandle kwephutha lakhe – ezolahla ibhola.
Uma ukufaka ibhola emgodini ukuze uwine isicoco segalofu ye-Masters kuwuvivinyo olunzima kunazo zonke lwe-Big Match Temperament, kusho ukuthi ukunquma ukukhahlela ibhola emapalini emdlalweni webhola lombhoxo nakho kunzima ngendlela yakho.
“Ungakwenza!” kumemeza isikhulumi esikhuthazayo ebesishaya etafuleni ngesibhakela, kodwa iqiniso lithi abanye abantu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kungani bengakwazi ukukhahlela ngendlela kodwa abanye bahluleke.
Ukukhahlela kukaWillemse ekhoneni elibhekise kuKurt-Lee Arendse – ngesikhathi u-Arendse engekho – kufakazela okushiwoyo. Ibhola lifike kahle eqenjini lakuleli kodwa izinto ziye zashintsha isikhathi esiyihlazo saba yithuba lokuwina nokuhlulwa. Kodwa: “Ubucabangani, Damian?!”
Isikhathi sokuzama izinto ezintsha kufanele siphele ngoba ukuxuba akusebenzi. UJohan Goosen use-Europe (ukuyodlalela elakuleli) futhi angaba “isivivinyo” esihle okwamanje. UChris Smith odlalela amaBulls, unokuzethemba kanye nekhono lokudlala i-flyhalf (kanye nokukhahlela amagoli). Kuyobe uhlezi ePitoli uyazibuza ukuthi uzolithola nini ithuba.
Kodwa elakuleli lizophikelela ngokuthi lifake uDamian Willemse enkundleni.
UWillemse ongumdlali ozimisele nozinikele, uzolokhu efakwa njalo emidlalweni kusukela manje kuze kufike iNdebe Yomhlaba. Kodwa uma ehluleka, akufanele ukuthi abekwe icala. Abantu abamfake kulesi simo kufanele babhekane nesizwe.
Osesithombeni esingenhla: UDamian Willemse