Dylan Bettencourt
Ukuhlulwa ngo 15-14 bedlala neNingizimu Afrika emqhudelwaneni we-Africa Women’s Rugby Sevens bekwanele ukuthi i-Madagascar ikwazi ukungena kwiNdebe Yomhlaba yokuqala ngqa yama-Sevens.
Ukuwina kowamanqamu akusho ukuthi elakuleli aligcinanga ngokuvikela isicoco kodwa likwazile ukungena kuma-Commonwealth Games angoNtulikazi.
I-Madagascar ikwazile ukungena kwiNdebe yoMhlaba kuphela njengoba iNingizimu Afrika isivele ihlungelwe njengabasingathi okuyibeka endaweni yayo nakuba iphume isibili.
I-Madagascar izobe idlala okokuqala kulo mqhudelwano kanti iNingizimu Afrika isidlale kuzo zonke izinhlelo ngemuva kokusungulwa kombukiso ngonyaka ka-2009.
Elakuleli linqobe i-Tunisia ngo 31-0 kowandulela owamanqamu.
I-Tunisia ibisendaweni yesithathu kweyasekhaya ngemuva kokuhlula i-Uganda ngo 17-15. I-Uganda ibibheke ukuphinda inqobe iqembu labesilisa emasontweni ambalwa edlule kodwa yehluleka emizamweni yabo.
Umqhudelwano owenziwe ngemuva kwe-Table Mountain uhlelelwe impelasonto mhla ziyisishiyagalolunye kuMandulo uze uphele mhla ziyishumi nambili kuMandulo.
Womabili amaqembu abesilisa nabesifazane azoqhudelana ngempelasonto efanayo ukuze athweswe isicoco seqembu lama-sevens lamazwe ngamazwe elihamba phambili.
Amaqembu abesifazane angu-16 abambe iqhaza okuyilapho ukushicilelwa kwamaqembu abesilisa luqukethe izinhlangothi ezingu-20.
Iqembu laseNingizimu Afrika lizobe libheke ukuqopha umlando ngokudla umhlanganiso okokuqala ngqa ukuqeda kwalo okuhle lisendaweni yesine emqhudelwaneni wokuqala.
Uhlelo lwangaphambilini olwasingathwa eMelika ngo-2018 lwanqotshwa i-New Zealand.
Iqembu labesilisa nalo lihlulekile ukuwina lo mqhudelwano ophele njengabawine kowandulela owamanqamu ngo-2018. I-New Zealand iqedele ukuphinda kabili amaqembu ayo amabili abesilisa nabesifazane agcine njengabanqobi.
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