Selokhu ubudlelwano phakathi kwe-New Zealand namaBhokobhoko baqala ukubhidlika amaBhokobhoko afuna indawo entsha azokwenza ngayo imali, kubhala uLucky Maree.
Kodwa noma bezama kangakanani abaphethe elombhoxo abakwazi ukushintsha iqiniso lokuthi umhlaba uyindawo enkulu kakhulu futhi elakuleli likude kakhulu nakwamanye amazwe adlala ibhola lombhoxo emhlabeni.
Kunesikhathi lapho elombhoxo (kuwo wonke amazinga) kwakungumdlalo wasebusika. ENingizimu neNkabazwe ibhola lombhoxo lalidlalwa phakathi kukaNdasa noNcwaba. Kulo nyaka omatasa ungase welulwe kuze kube uMandulo.
Kanjalo nasenyakatho ibhola lombhoxo lalidlalwa kusukela ngoNcwaba kuya kuNdasa.
Yingakho ukuhlela uhambo lwamaBhokobhoko lokuya eYurophu kube nzima. Umuntu wayedlala ngesizini engajwayelekile.
Kodwa kwase kuba khona imali.
I-SuperRugby iqale njenge-Super Eight. Umqhudelwano omncane ohlanzekile wamaqembu ayisishiyagalombili osheshe wakhula waba mkhulu manje usudlalwa amaqembu angu-16 ekhaya nasekuhambeni ngochungechunge lwemidlalo kulo lonke elaseNingizimu neNkabazwe. La maqembu abeqhamuka kuleli, e-New Zealand, e-Australia nase-Argentina (eyaziwa nge-Sanzaar) kanti bekumayelana ne-jet lag njengoba bekumayelana nebhola lombhoxo.
Yeka indlela esasithuke ngayo ngesikhathi kuvela izindaba zokuthi i-Australia ne-New Zealand abasafuni ukudlala namaqembu akuleli. Lawo malungiselelo aqala ngokuqina awazange aphumelele ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Umqhudelwano we-Rugby Championship obuphakathi kwamaqembu esizwe ala mazwe amane ububukeka uyimpumelelo kodwa nawo ube inkinga.
Manje amaqembu akuleli aqhudelana kwi-EPCR Challenge Cup, i-United Rugby Championship kanye nakwi-Heineken Cup.
Njalo ngesonto sibona abadlali behamba amakhilomitha angaphezu kuka-9 000 besuka kuleli beya eYurophu baphinde babuye bazodlala ngaphansi kwesimo sezulu esibi.
Iqiniso ukuthi abadlali bavame ukuphuma ekujuleni kwabo njengoba lomdlalo ulwela ukuthola abadlali abaseqophelweni eliphezulu emaqenjini amathathu ngempelasonto efanayo yize lokhu kungenye inkinga.
Asikho esinye isikhathi ekhalendeni sanoma yimuphi omunye umdlalo webhola lombhoxo! Noma sikhona?
Kulo nyaka weNdebe yoMhlaba izinhlangothi ezisenyakatho zikwazile ukuba (nempumelelo enkulu) ngomqhudelwano wamazwe ayisithupha. ENingizimu basasenza isikhathi sokumpintshisa imiqhudelwano emincane njenge-Rugby Championship.
Ukungqubuzana kwakamuva kumayelana nokuhlela. Kalula nje, i-South African Rugby Union ifuna ukuthi kube ne-Rugby Championship ngoNdasa ukuze bayodlala eYurophu ngoNtulikazi nangewindi lokuvivinya langoLwezi.
Phezu kwakho konke lokhu kuvele amahlebezi okuthi i-World Rugby ihlela i-Global Test League ezoqala ngo-2026 okungenzeka ibe umgogodla wezinkinga zokuhlela kwasekuqaleni.
Mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sokubuyela emuva futhi ubuze imibuzo eyisisekelo. Ngabe abadlali bengakwazi yini ukuyidlala yonke le miqhudelwano? Ingabe kufanele ukhame lonke igazi elincane kulabo badlali abaqeqeshwe ngokumangalisayo? Siyithanda kangakanani imali?
Mhlawumbe inkundla yezemidlalo i-Ellis Park ayinalutho ngesizathu. Mhlawumbe lezo zihlalo ezibomvu ezingu-55 000 zincoliswe zaba-pink ngoba azivamisile ukuhlala abantu. Mhlawumbe imbangela yangempela akuwona umabonakude. Mhlawumbe kudlalwa elombhoxo kakhulu!
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