Dylan Bettencourt
Umdlalo obekumele ube ngoLwesihlanu phakathi kwama-Springbok ne-Georgia ukhanseliwe ngenxa yesitha esidlangile okuyigciwane lokhuvuthe.
Ekhempini yamaBhokobhoko, abanye abadlali abane kanye nabasebenzi abayisithupha – kubalwa nomqeqeshi omkhulu uJacques Nienaber – batholakale ukuthi banegciwane.
Abe-Rugby SA bakuqinisekisile lokhu ngoLwesithathu ntambama, bethi esimeni sokulahleka kwemiphefumulo nomonakalo wezomnotho ukuhoxiswa komdlalo wombhoxo bekuyinto ebalulekile.
UJurie Roux, oyi-CEO ye-Rugby SA uzwakalise ukuzwelana nabalandeli kanye nabadlali. Uthe bayaqhubeka nezinhlelo zabo ukugcina ama-Springboks esebenza kodwa, okwamanje unethemba lokuthi abadlali abanegciwane lokhuvuthe bazolulama ngokuphepha.
Lo mdlalo ubulindelwe ngabomvu ngabalandeli abaningi bebhola lombhoxo ezweni lonke, nasemhlabeni jikelele.
Kodwa manje abalandeli baluma izinzipho njengoba bezibuza ukuthi ngabe lo mdlalo uzokwazi ukuqhubeka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Ngemuva kwemiphumela yokuthi kukhona abanegciwane ekhempini lama-Blue Bulls ngeSonto, ukuhlangana kwabo neqembu likaWarren Gatland ngalo Mgqibelo manje kumisiwe njengoba iqembu lonke lama-Bulls lingene kwi-bio-bubble ngaphambi komdlalo.
Isikhulu esiphezulu sama-Blue Bulls u-Edgar Rathbone uthe i-Rugby SA akumele isolwe ngokuhoxiswa komdlalo we-B&I Lions kodwa kungenxa yokwanda kobhubhane.
“Umsebenzi owenziwe nendima edlalwe ohlangothini lwe-SA Rugby ukuze uphumelele lo mdlalo, uyamangalisa,” esho.
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