Uma bekufanele ukhethe, ungakhetha uManie noma u-Sacha noma mhlawumbe ungabashiya bobabili?
Abadlali abazethembayo bajwayele ukuwina imidlalo kuze kuphele ukuzethemba, kubhala uLucky Maree.
Ngesikhathi uManie Libbok efika kuma-Stormers esuka kuma-Sharks akazange afike nerikhodi elihle kakhulu. Ubedlala ngendlela emangalisayo kwezinye izikhathi, kodwa kwezinye ubehluleka. Ukufika kwakhe akuzange kubonakale njengenhlekelele eqenjini laseNatal.
Ngesikhathi efika eKapa wavele waqhakaza.
“Sengifikile ekhaya,” esho encoma usiko leqembu kanye nomqeqeshi uJohn Dobson. Futhi ngokushesha waqala ukudlala ibhola lombhoxo elihle. Nangempela ubekhombisa ukuthi ufike ekhaya.
Kule mpelasonto ubedlala ngendlela eseqophelweni eliphezulu futhi ubengumdlali obalulekile ekunqobeni kwabo ama-try ayisithupha kuya kwamabili, bawine ngamaphuzu angu-38-22 bedlala ne-Benetton. Bekuwumdlalo omnandi ukuwubuka.
Kodwa ngesonto eledlule ngesikhathi bebhekene ne-Munster ubebonakala engekho kulomdlalo futhi ukukhahlela kwakhe bekungekuhle. Ukusho ukuthi nguyena obangele ama-Stormers ahlulwe ngamaphuzu amabili kungabukeka njengensambatheka, kodwa akazange asize ngalutho kulomdlalo.
Ubesephelelwe ukuzethemba.
Cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo i-Libbok idlala ne-Benetton, uSacha (Feinberg) Mngomezulu ubekhombisa ukungaboni ngaso linye kwi-Western Province.
Ushaye i-try, washaya iphenathi nama-conversion amabili futhi ubebonakala egcwele yonke indawo.
Ngesikhathi edlala emuva bekujabulisa ukumbuka njengoba ubenza izinqumo ezinhle ngokuzethemba futhi ebonakala ebandakanyeka kuyo yonke iminyakazo yokuhlasela i-Province. I-try yakhe emizuzwini emithathu yokuqala ibe yinhle futhi ubewulungele umdlalo. Impela bekungelona iphutha lakhe ukuthi i-Pumas ishaye i-Province ngephuzu elilodwa.
Kubukeka sengathi isihlabani sikaMngomezulu siyakhuphuka. Kungaba inhlekelele enkulu uma isihlabani sikaManie Libbok siphelelwa ukuzethemba.
Abadlali ababili badlale indima yokukhahlela emaqenjini abo futhi bangaletha umphumela omuhle noma omubi.
Ingabe ukhetha umdlali ngoba ekhahlela kangcono engumdlali omethembayo? Lo umbuzo omdala njengebhola lombhoxo. Emdlalweni wesimanje umdlali okhahlela kangcono angakwazi ukuthola amaphuzu cishe noma yikuphi ngakho-ke, lo mbuzo uhluke kakhulu.
I-Stormers izodlala umdlalo wayo wokuhlungela i-United Rugby Championship nama-Bulls maduze, okushiya uJohn Dobson nokukhetha abadlali abakwazi ukukhahlela kahle, kantu uLibbok noMngomezulu bazozithola bephakathi.
Futhi esikhathini esizayo esingekude kunemidlalo emithathu enzima yamaBhokobhoko lapho ezobhekana khona ne-Australia, i-Argentina kanye ne-New Zealand. URassie Erasmus noJacques Nienaber babhekene nenkinga efanayo nekaDobson. Nakuba uHandré Pollard ezoba nguyena kuqala ozokhethwa ekubeni i-flyhalf kanye nomdlali okhahlela kahle, ubani ozomeseka ekukhahleleni? Cishe kuzoba nguDamian Willemse, kodwa uLibbok noMngomezulu basengadlala.
Kodwa abadlali abane baziwa ngokudlala ngokuzimisela, kodwa kwesinye isikhathi abakhombisi ukuzethemba . Sonke siyazi ukuthi ubani umdlali wakuleli oyisithenjwa uma kuza ngasekukhahleleni ibhola, kodwa ngeke usakwazi ukudlala ngoMorné Steyn akunjalo? Mhlawumbe kungaba umdlali wama-Lions scrumhalf uSanele Mohamba? Ngoba nguyena owaziwayo ngokukhahlela kahle empeleni uyi-scrumhalf enhle kakhulu.
Kodwa bonke bangabadlali abazethembayo. Inkinga yangempela ukuthi, abadlali abazethembayo badlala ngezinga eliphezulu uma ingcindezi ingekho kodwa baphelelwa ukuzethemba uma umdlalo unengcindezi enkulu. Lesi isinqumo esinzima se-Province futhi isinqumo esinzima kuma-Boks.
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