Lucky Maree
Njengoba iBlitzboks ne-Fiji bengena enkundleni kunzima ukukhumbula ukuthi kwakungonyaka odlule lapho elakuleli, izintandokazi zokuwina igolide kuma-Olympics, lenza khona iphutha
elenza ukuthi libuyele ekhaya lilambatha?
Ngabe sekuphele amasonto ayisishiyagalombili elakuleli liqede endaweni yeshumi e-Toulouse ngemuva kokuhlulwa i-Scotland kowandulela owamanqamu?
Ngesikhathi umqeqeshi uNeil Powell evuma ukuthi iqembu belibonakala selikhohliwe okumele likwenze kodwa wathembisa ukuthi bazolungisa, bekunzima ukukholwa.
Kodwa-ke, kungazelelwe iBlitzboks isalelwe imizuzu engu-14 ukuthi alethe igolide ekhaya eNingizimu Afrika. Badlale umdlalo ocishe ube muhle. Ingabe isiyalo nezakhiwo zabo zingalihlula iqembu lase-Fiji?
Asikho isimo esilula njengoba kuqala umdlalo, kodwa i-Fiji idedele amanye amaphenalthi futhi iBlitzboks izame ekhoneni lesokudla ngaphandle kwe-kick pass ibonakala ingenakugwenywa – kanjalo ne-try yesibili endaweni efanayo.
I-try yesithathu ize ngemuva kwemizuzwana embalwa ngaphambi kwekhefu.
Ngomzuzu wokuqala obalulekile esiwombeni sesibili i-Fiji iqale ngamandla kodwa iphutha layo lokuqala liholele ekutheni kube ne-try yeBlitzboks.
Ngesikhathi sekusele imizuzu emithathu ukuthi umdlalo uphele, i-Fiji ithole amaphuzu ayisikhombisa.
Kodwa iBlitzboks iphendule njenge-blitzkrieg yaseJalimane ngesikhathi ihadulisa abadlali base-Fiji. Ngisho uNeil Powell uvele wamoyizela. Elakuleli lithole indondo yegolide. Lesi isikhathi esibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni webhola lombhoxo kuleli.
INingizimu Afrika inenebule i-Fiji ngo 31-7
INingizimu Afrika: ama-try ashaywe yilaba abalandelayo: uJC Pretorius, uShaun Williams, uMuller du Plessis, uAngelo Davids, uMfundo Ndhlovu
Ama-conversions: Amathathu
I-Fiji: oshaye i-try: uWaisea Nacuqu
I-conversion: Eyodwa