Lucky Maree
“Thathani indebe ye-Currie niyibeke kwisigcinamagugu,” kusho uGert Smal, umqeqeshi wama-Blue Bulls ngemuva kokuthi iqembu lakhe likhishwe kowe-Currie Cup.
Kuyaxaka ukuthi lento ikhulunywa umuntu ozinikele ngokuphelele ebholeni lombhoxo kusukela ngo-1980 ngesikhathi eqala ukudlala i-flanker kwi-Western Transvaal!
Endodeni engayivezi kalula imizwa yayo, bekubonakala ukuthi iphoxeke kakhulu kodwa futhi ngenxa yezizathu ezifanele.
Eqinisweni, ukukhuluma lowo mushwana owodwa kumele nakanjani kubekwe njengesinye sezigameko ezimbi kakhulu zomphathi omkhulu ocashunwe ngaphandle komongo. Akusho ukuthi, uma ungayihloniphi i-Currie Cup, udlalela iqembu lakho elingcono kakhulu futhi wenza konke ongakwenza ukuze uwine, ungakwazi ukufaka indondo kwisigcinamagugu.
Empeleni kunjalo, uqinisile.
Kumgxeki wesihlalo se-armchair esibekwe ngaphambi kukamabobakude wakhe ophethe ubhiya kanye ne-boerie roll, kuyaqondakala ukuthi unquma ukuthi, “hhayi, cha, ngeke ngibukele owamanqamu we-Currie.”
Kodwa kubafana abasenkundleni, kuyindaba ehluke ngokuphelele. Kubadlali bombhoxo be-Griquas kanye ne-Puma, kuwumdlalo asabewuphuphe kusukela kuqale isizini mhlawumbe selokhu baqala ukudlala ibhola lombhoxo besangabafana besikole.
Kumqeqeshi we-Griqua uPieter Bergh lona kungaba umdlalo obaluleke kakhulu empilweni yakhe, kodwa kunjalo nakuJimmy Stonehouse umqeqeshi we-Pumas.
Emphakathini wase-Kimberley nase-Mbombela, lona umqhudelwano wezemidlalo wonyaka. Ngo-1970, ngenkathi i-Griquas iwina i-Currie Cup ngokuyisimangaliso bonke abantu base-Kimberley bacasuka ngesikhathi indebe ikhonjiswa efasiteleni lesitolo. Wonke umuntu wayefuna ukubona indebe.
Ukubikezela owinile kuzofana nokufaka ikhanda lakho esihibeni. Uma uboleka kakhulu kokwenzeka kudala, kuphephile ukubikezela ukuthi “ibhola lombhoxo lizowina.”
Umdlalo uzoqala ngo-3pm, ngoMgqibelo.