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Ngemuva kwemizuzu engama-40, iSharks ibinikeza iB & I Lions umdlalo wangempela e-Loftus Versfeld ePitoli ngoMgqibelo.
Umdlalo, ojabulisa ngokumangalisayo, ubulengiselwe onqenqemeni lwommese ngo-26-26 ngesiwombe sokuqala, obekungukukhonjiswa okulungile nokungokoqobo komdlalo.
Ngokufika kwesiwombe sesibili, kubenemibuzo emangazayo obekumele iphendulwe. AmaLions izokwenzenjani, futhi ngabe amaSharks azokwazi ukugcina umfutho?
Kodwa leyo mibuzo ibingasoze yaphendulwa.
Emizuzwini emihlanu kungenwe esiwombeni sesibili, uJaden Hendrikse wamaSharks wenze isenzo sobuphukuphuku obungokomlando. Ulahle umdlalo kude, wadicilela phansi iqembu lakhe, futhi wonakalisa intambama yangoMgqibelo kubalandeli bombhoxo emhlabeni wonke.
Umdlali osemncane we-scrum half ushaye uLiam Williams, obelele phansi, ngasohlangothini lwekhanda ngendololwane. Unompempe uWayne Barnes ubheke impinda, wakuqinisekisa akubonile nezikhulu zemidlalo yemabonakude, wanikeza uHendrikse ikhadi elibomvu.
Akuthathanga ngaphezu komzuzu. Asikho esinye isinqumo ebesingenzeka.
Ngabadlali abayi-15 bebhekene nabayi-14, amaLion athole amanye ama-try ayisikhombisa esephelele abayi-11, anqoba ngo-71-31.
Ngenkathi abanye abalandeli bamaLions bengamemezela lokhu njengokunqoba okukhulu, uWarren Gatland uzokwazi ukuthi babengumdlalo wangempela.
Akuqiniseki nakancane ukuthi amaSharks abezowunqoba lo mdlalo, kodwa ukunqoba nakanjani bakunikezwa ngepuleti ngumdlali osemncane onethalente kodwa ongaziphethe kahle.