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U-Asenathi Ntlabakanye uzodlala okokuqala kumaBhokobhoko lapho ebhekene nama-Barbarians ngemuva kokwehla aze afike ku-18kg eziqeqesha kanzima.
Njengoba uFrans Malherbe elimele noWilco Louw ekowamanqamu e-URC, uNtlabakanye uzoqala ukudlala kanti uNeethling Fouche ongadlali uzosuka ebhentshini.
U-Asenathi Ntlabakanye usezogqoka ijezi eliluhlaza negolide, futhi konke lokhu kungenxa yokusebenza kanzima epulazini lase-Free State.
Umdlali wama-Lions kulindeleke ukuthi aqale emdlalweni wamaBhokobhoko lapho ezobhekana khona nama-Barbarians eKapa kule mpelasonto.
Usenesikhathi ekwi-radar yomqeqeshi uRassie Erasmus, kodwa kwathatha umjuluko nokuzidela ukuze afike lapho.
U-Erasmus uthe uNtlabakanye uziqeqeshe ngenye indlela enzima nomqeqeshi we-Bok scrum uDaan Human. Lokho bekuhlanganisa ukugibela amabhayisikili, ukuthwala izinto ezisindayo, amaseshini ejimu kanye nama-scrums angapheli konke lokhu ukwenze epulazini eliseduze kwase-Bloemfontein.
“Waya izikhathi ezimbalwa epulazini likaDaan wahlala khona isonto lonke,” kusho u-Erasmus. “Kusukela ekugibeleni amabhayisikili, ukuphatha izinto ezisindayo, ukuya ejimini nokwenza i-scrum ubebhekene nobunzima.”
I-powerhouse engu-150kg-plus bekumele yehle phakathi kuka-15 no-18kg ukuze ihlangabezane namazinga afunwa i-Springbok. Futhi akazange ame nangesikhathi ikilabhu yakhe, i-Lions, isekhefini.
“Uyaqonda ukuthi kuningi okumele akwenze ukuze athathe izintambo kumdlali ohamba phambili,” kusho u-Erasmus.
Njengoba umakadebona uFrans Malherbe elimele kanti uWilco Louw ekowamanqamu e-United Rugby Championship, uNtlabakanye uthola ishodi ithuba lakhe. UNeethling Fouché, naye ongadlali kahle, uzosuka ebhentshini.
U-Erasmus ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi ithalente alikaze lingabazwe. Kodwa ukuzimisela nokuzibophezela kugcine kuphushele phezulu uNtlabakanye.
Osesithombeni esingenhla: U-Asenathi Ntlabakanye.
Umthombo wesithombe: @Springboks