Dylan Bettencourt
Kule mpelasonto kuzodlalwa imidlalo yokugcina ku-Rugby Championship ebikade inempikiswano enkulu futhi eshukumisayo.
Emqhudelwaneni obukhungethwe yi-Covid-19 nalapho ukuhlela kabusha bekusho ukuthi umncintiswano udlalelwa e-Queensland, e-Australia, abanye abalandeli basale bejabule kakhulu kanti abanye bethukuthele.
AmaBhokobhoko awenzanga ngokusemandleni awo kanti kunemibuzo eminingi ebuzwayo ngabaqeqeshi. Kodwa kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi amaBoks awakaze adlale kusukela ngowezi-2019 futhi ngenxa yezinkinga zawo, iqembu lidlale ngakho konke elinakho kuyo yonke imqhudelwano.
Ngokunqoba kabili kuphela kweNingizimu Afrika idlala ne-Argentina, amaBoks azoba nethemba lokuvimba i-All Blacks ekutheni iwine okwesithupha kulo Mgqibelo.
Naphezu kokungenzi kahle ekupheleni komdlalo, uJacques Nienaber nabadlali bakhe bangazibona bengenanhlanhla njengoba i-All Blacks ithole ukunqoba emizuzwini yokugcina yomdlalo ngephenalthi kaJordie Barret.
Njengoba i-All Blacks isivele ithwele isicoco, amaBhokobhoko azodlala nayo ngehora le-12 emini ngoMgqibelo enkundleni yezemidlalo i-Cbus Super. I-Australia izobe ibheke ukuzibekisela indawo yesibili kulo mqhudelwano ngokunqoba i-Argentina ngoMgqibelo ngehora le-9 ekuseni.
Yomibili le midlalo izokhonjiswa bukhoma esiteshini se-DStv 201.
● Abalandeli bekhilikithi bazokujabulela ukuthi i-Indian Premier League (i-IPL) ibuyile. Njengoba sekudlalwe ngaphezu kwengxenye ewuhhafu yemidlalo engama-60, umqhudelwano usushube kakhulu.
Amaqembu amathathu aphezulu kwi-IPL ahlukaniswe amaphuzu amabili kuphela ngaphambi kwemidlalo ezodlalwa ezinsukwini eziyisishiyagalolunye ezizayo. I-Chennai Super Kings njengamanje ihamba phambili, ilingana ngamaphuzu ne-Delhi Capitals ngamaphuzu ayi-16.
Amaqembu ayisithupha aphezulu kulawa ayisishiyagalombili ancintisana ukudlulela kuma-play-offs. Njengoba umdlalo ususondele futhi leli qembu lingemuva ngamaphuzu amane kuphela, i-Sunrisers Hyderabad izobe ibheke ukukhombisa ukuthi inakho okudingekayo ukudlulela esigabeni se-play-off.
Abalandeli bekhilikithi bazoba nemidlalo emihlanu abazoyibuka kule mpelasonto, owodwa ngoLwesihlanu neminye emibili ngoMgqibelo nangeSonto.
I-IPL ingabukwa bukhoma esiteshini se-DStv 212.
● Abalandeli be-English Premier League bazobona umdlalo wokuncintisana weminyaka yakamuva lapho i-Liverpool izosingatha khona ompetha ababusayo i-Manchester City.
La makilabhu amabili abambane ngezihluthu eminyakane edlule futhi yiwona maqembu ahlonishwayo abangaphezulu ekupheleni kwesizini. Imidlalo phakathi kwala makilabhu amabili ayidumazi neze njengoba womabili la makilabhu ekhombise ukubusa ezikhathini zakamuva.
Umdlalo wale mpelasonto unganquma ukuthi yiliphi iqembu elizonqoba i-Premier League ngoNhlaba ngonyaka ozayo ngakho-ke konke kusengcupheni kuwo womabili amaqembu. Ukunqoba kwe-Liverpool kuzoyenza ukuthi ikhuphuke ngamaphuzu amane ku-City kanti ukunqoba kwe-Manchester kuzoyenza ibe ngaphambi kwe-Reds.
Abalandeli bangabuka la maqembu amabili ahamba phambili kwi-Premier League ebambene ngezihluthu ngeSonto ngo-5.30 ntambama bukhoma esiteshini se-DSTv 203.
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