Lucky Sithole
Okunye okuncomekayo ngoRassie Erasmus ukuphatha kwakhe amaBhokobhoko ngo-2019 nendlela ahola ngayo abadlali emhlabeni wonke wababumba ukuthi bawine iNdebe yoMhlaba. Akagcinanga nje ngokuyiphatha kahle, wayenza yamsebenzela naye.
Kubonakala sengathi u-Erasmus wakuqinisekisa ukuthi akulona nje iqembu elikwazi ukusebenza ngempumelelo uma abadlali bedlala phesheya kwezilwandle, kodwa lingaphumelela ukuze kusizakale abadlali neqembu futhi okubaluleke kakhulu abalandeli nesizwe.
Kodwa kuyeza kuyanyelela.
UBernard Lemaitre ongumengameli we-Toulon usebenzise igama elingalihle elichaze u-Eben Etzebeth “njengokhubazekile” eqenjini kodwa nokho unalo iphuzu. Ngenkontileka yakhe u-Etzebeth uthola imali engu-£900,000 (cishe u-R18.5 million) ngonyaka. Yize lo mdlali waseNingizimu Afrika engahle abe ngumdlali ongcono kunabo bonke kulesi sikhundla okwamanje emhlabeni, le kufana nemali eningi engatholwa umdlali ovamise ukulimala noma ovame ukungabibikho ngenxa yokudlala emidlalweni yamazwe ngamazwe.
UHandré Pollard, unenkontileka ka-£1 million (imali engaphezudlwana kuka-R20 million) ne-Montpellier, isivumelwano asisayine ngemuva kweNdebe yoMhlaba, futhi akakaze abe sesimweni esihle isikhathi eside.
Ingabe abadlali abafana no-Etzebeth noPollard bafanelwe yile mali abayithola ngonyaka? Hhayi-ke, ukhona owayecabanga kanjalo ngesikhathi kusasayinwa izinkontileka, kodwa amakilabhu amaningi ayazibuza ukuthi ingabe yimalini ekhokhelwa abadlali abadlala phesheya (hhayi nje kuphela abaseNingizimu Afrika).
UJake White useqalile ukubanga umsindo lapha ekhaya, ukhala ngokuthi abadlali baseNingizimu Afrika abadlala phesheya akumele bakhethwe ohlwini lwamaBhokobhoko. Ekhuluma ku-First XV uphakamise ingxabano osekuphele iminyaka engu-50 iqhubeka ebholeni lombhoxo: “Umdlali kufanele azikhethele ukuthi ufuna ukudlalela amaBhokobhoko yini futhi uma enquma ukudlala phesheya kwezilwandle akumele ahlungelwe ukudlala namaBoks.”
Kwabaningi ukudlala phesheya kukhomba ukuthi umdlali usephelelwe wushatini emdlalweni wesimanje. Omunye engazibuza ukuthi ingabe uRassie Erasmus uzophendula athini kuleso sitatimende.
Kodwa u-Rassie Erasmus ungowesilisa ongajwayelekile kunoma iyiphi inkampani kanti uJacques Nienaber ungumqeqeshi ojwayeleke kakhulu. Futhi uma uJake White engatholakali, sithini isimemezelo sika-Nienaber esibonwe ku-Rapport mayelana naye?
Umemezele ukuthi ngabadlali abadlala eNingizimu Afrika kuphela abazokhethwa emdlalweni wabo neNgilandi e-Twickenham ngomhlaka-26 kuLwezi kanye nemidlalo yaphakathi nonyaka abazoyidlala ne-Wales, i-Argentina kanye ne-Italy – ngaphandle kwabadlali abaningi okubalwa kubo uMarx, uNyakane, u-Etzebeth, ude Allende, uKolbe nabanye abaningi.
Njengamanzi nemali ithola izinga layo . Mhlawumbe abadlali bakhokhelwa kakhulu futhi mhlawumbe lokho kuzoshintsha (njengoba kufakazelwa yizinkulumo mayelana nezindleko zabadlali). Kodwa kusasekuqaleni konyaka. Yize iziphathimandla ze-International Rugby zaziwa njengabangakwazi ukuthatha izinqumo ezikahle, kuzomele ziqhamuke nesixazululo maduzane.