Ama-Stormers azakhele ukuthandwa kubalandeli ngokuhlula i-Connacht ngoMgqibelo kodwa lo mdlalo unomthelela omkhulu ebholeni lombhoxo lakuleli kune-URC kuphela, kubhala uLucky Maree.
Ngesikhathi bebhekene nama-Bulls ngoMgqibelo odlule, njalo uma ama-Stormers Plessis bebebambe insimbi ishisa. Ngokubhekene nabagadli abadumile be-Bull njengoSteven Kitshoff, uMarvin Orie noDeon Fourie bamile. Kodwa sibala bonke abadlali ngoba lo bekuwumdlalo wokusebenzisana kweqembu umqeqeshi uJohn Dobson akujabulele kakhulu.
Kodwa kuningi okusengcupheni kune-URC. Amaqembu amane azodlala kowandulela owamanqamu kule mpelasonto azobe egcwele amandla, kodwa ingabe kunendaba ukuthi amathathu asuka e-Ireland kanti elilodwa elakuleli?
Iqiniso ukuthi ibhola lombhoxo lase-Ireland elisezingeni eliphezulu likazwelonke i-Leinster, i-Ulster, i-Connacht kanye ne-Munster lizongena efomini ephezulu ngesikhathi esifanele.
Amaqembu amane ase-Ireland abe sembangweni kwaze kwaba semidlalweni yokugcina ye-URC. U-Andy Farrell uzokhetha uma eseqoka iqembu lakhe leNdebe yoMhlaba. Bonke abaqeqeshi base-Ireland benze ingxenye yabo ukunikeza i-Ireland ithuba elingcono kakhulu.
Emuva ekhaya i-Gauteng Lions ikhungethwe ukuxokozela endaweni yokushintsha. Izikhathi ezimbalwa ama-Lions adlala ngazo noma yiluphi uhlobo lo mbhoxo babezwisa abaphathi abaphezulu ubuhlungu. Uma umqeqeshi uCash van Rooyen ubenendaba nokwenzekayo akazange akukhombise obala ukukhathazeka kwakhe.
Umqeqeshi wezokuvikela uJaque Fourie ubebonakala enendaba, kodwa hhayi ngaso sonke isikhathi. Isikhulu esiphezulu uRudolf Straeuli ubecathama njengendlovu ehlathini ngaphandle kokuthola amaqabunga.
Ama-Bulls kaJake White abehlezi ekhona, kodwa awanawo umndlandla ofanelekile. Ukuphuma kwabo ku-URC bekulindelekile. Ngandlela thize bangena emdlalweni yamaqembu ayisishiyagalombili okugcina futhi lokhubekungcono kubo. Kunabadlali abambalwa abafana noKurt-Lee Arendse noMarco van Staden abangazange bazihluphe, kodwa ngesikhathi ama-Bulls ehlulwa ama-Stormers akumangazanga lokho.
Kuma-Sharks bekuyihlazo ukubona abadlali bebhola lombhoxo abahamba phambili kuleli ngisho nasemhlabeni wonke behudula izinyawo enkundleni bebhekene neqembu le-Leinster B ngempelasonto. Akekho noyedwa, kubadlali bama-Sharks okungenani abayisikhombisa abahamba phambili eqenjini abakhombise inkomba yokuthi bebezimisele ngalo mdlalo.
Ebhentshini lomqeqeshi uNeil Powell akakaze akhombise ukuqiniseka ukuthi ufuna iqembu lakhe liwine nalo. Futhi mancane amathuba okuthi ukubuyisa uJohn Plumtree kuzoba nomthelela omuhle isikhathi eside.
Kuyiqiniso ukuthi abadlali abaningi bakuleli abaphezulu njengoHandré Pollard nabanye baphesheya kwezilwandle futhi abatholakali ku-URC, kodwa abadlali basekhaya abazange banikeze konke okusemandleni abo futhi abazange balisize nhlobo iqembu lakuleli.
Ngokubheka nje, uRassie Erasmus noJacques Nienaber babukeka benezinhlelo zabo eziqinile abakaze basizwe ezingeni lesifundazwe.
UJohn Dobson ukwenze lokhu ngesitayela esihle. Uphephezelisa ifulegi lakuleli ngokuziqhenya nangesibindi. Hamba, Dobho. Siyakudinga manje!
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