Dylan Bettencourt
Ukaputeni wamaBhokobhoko, uSiya Kolisi uthe wake waba nemicabango yokudlala ibhola lombhoxo phesheya.
Uthe ukhethe ukuhlala ngoba engakhumbula iNingizimu Afrika kakhulu.
Baningi abadlali bamaBhokobhoko abathuthele phesheya kwezilwandle kule minyaka edlule, kanti imibono yabo iyahlukahluka. Abaningi bakholwa wukuthi abantu baseNingizimu Afrika kufanele bedlale ibhola lombhoxo ekhaya ekubeni owayengumqeqeshi uRassie Erasmus ekholelwa ukuthi ukudlala ibhola lombhoxo phesheya akuyona into embi kangako.
Ekhuluma ohlelweni lwe-RugbyPass Offload, uKolisi uthe selidlulile iwindi lokuthi ayodlala phesheya kwezilwandle.
“Ngicabange kakhulu ngakho [ngokuthutha] kodwa ngingayikhumbula kakhulu iNingizimu Afrika. Ngiyazi ukuthi miningi imizabalazo esinayo, kodwa ngisacabanga ukuthi iyizwe elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni,” esho.
“Kuningi engikuthandayo lapha. Manje nginomndeni osemusha ozinzile. Manje ngisuke eKapa ngaya eThekwini ngakho… kodwa esikhathini esidlule bengifuna [ukuthuthela phesheya].”
UKolisi udalule ukuthi ubexhumana ne-Toulouse yase-France ngo-2015 ngaphambi kokuthi uCheslin Kolbe athuthele kuleli qembu.
“Ngangikhuluma neqembu ngemuva kuka-2015, ngangikhuluma ne-Toulouse ngaphambi kokuthi uCheslin (Kolbe) aye kulo, kodwa kusukela lapho angazi. Iminyaka iyahamba,” esho – uneminyaka engu-30 – “ngakho anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ngizoya yini eYurophu. Uma kwenzeka ngihambe, ngicabanga ukuthi ngizoya e-Japan. Ngeke ngikwazi ukushiya lo mbhoxo onzima ngiye komunye umbhoxo onzima.”
Ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe kukhona yini isiqiniseko sikakaputeni sokuthi amaBhokobhoko azoyishiya i-Rugby Championship aye kwi-Six Nations, uKolisi uthe uzwe izindaba zokuthi kungahle kwenzeke lokho.
“Mina ngenza engikutshelwayo. Ngiyaya ukuyozilolonha futhi ngiyasebenza, kanti uma kuwumncintiswano esidlala kuwo, yilokho kuphela. Njengamanje sigxile kakhulu kwi-Rugby Championship kulo nyaka futhi kuzoba nzima futhi kuzoshesha impela,” esho.
UKolisi neqembu lakhe lamaBhokobhoko bazobe bedlala okokuqala kulo nyaka uma sebebhekene ne-Wales ochungechungeni oluzayo oluzoqala ngoNtulikazi.
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