Lucky Sithole
Ingabe ukhona umdlalo wombhoxo ongaba mkhulu kunowamanqamu weNdebe Yomhlaba? Cishe awukho.
Ukwakhiwa komdlalo wombhoxo wamazwe omhlaba kungokomoya njengokujwayelekile. Emlandweni wakamuva webhola lombhoxo waseNingizimu Afrika isibonelo esihle kakhulu salokhu kungaba iNdebe yoMhlaba yowezi-2019.
INingizimu Afrika, njengoba kubhalwe encwadini egqamile ye-SuperSport, i-Chasing the Sun, kusukela osukwini lokuqala, yazibophezela ekufinyeleleni nasekunqobeni owamanqamu walo mqhudelwano. Isinqumo ngasinye, umdlalo ngamunye, isikhathi ngasinye sokuzilolonga, sasimayelana nokufika lapho nokuwunqoba.
Umdlalo wamaBhokobhoko ne-Wales kowandulela owamanqamu ubumkhulu. Isu laqanjwa ngokucophelela ukuze ashaye i-Wales ngendlela ethile futhi ngamaphethelo amancane kakhulu, kwaba kanjalo.
Ngokuphambene, u-Eddie Jones waseNgilandi, uchwepheshe wamaqhinga kanye nosomaqhinga ngokwezinga lanoma ubani, wayazi ukuthi kuzofanele ahlule i-All Blacks futhi kwakuzokwenzeka kusasele isonto ngaphambi komdlalo wamanqamu. Empeleni, uJones, kanjalo neNgilandi babona umdlalo wabo ne-All Blacks njengowamanqamu wangempela – futhi lokho kwabenza bakhululeka.
Njengoba iNgilandi ingabheka ngokufanelekile lowo mdlalo njengomunye wemidlalo emikhulu kakhulu eyake yadlalwa iNgilandi, yenze iphutha elibi lokungagxili emklomelweni wangempela, okuyi-Webb Ellis Cup. Bakhohliwe ukuthi i-All Blacks bekungebona abokugcina.
Ngokusebenzisa lonke ugqozi namandla abo kumdlalo we-New Zealand, badlale kahle kakhulu belungiselela isonto elizayo. Ngisho no-Eddie Jones akakwazanga ukubenza baxoshwe – ngokomzimba nangokozwelo – ukuze badlale imidlalo yamanqamu emibili emasontweni alandelanayo.
Lokhu akusho nakancane ukuthi bebezowahlula amaBhokobhoko ukube bebewubheka ngenye indlela umqhudelwano. Akusho kanjalo. Kodwa umbuzo osalayo uthi: ukube uJones ubegxile kakhulu kowamanqamu kunakwi-All Blacks, ngabe umphumela ubuzohluka?
Ingabe lo mdlalo ozayo ophakathi kwamaBhokobhoko neNgilandi e-Twickenham mkhulu kunowamanqamu weNdebe yoMhlaba? Akunjalo. Kodwa womabili la maqembu (iningi) abe nokwakheka ngempumelelo kwaze kwaba yisonto eledlule lapho iNgilandi ihlula i-Australia neNingizimu Afrika ihlula i-Scotland.
Kodwa kunombuzo osekuphele iminyaka emibili ungaphenduliwe (iminyaka emibili nezinsuku eziyi-18). Ingabe iNgilandi uma inganikezwa ugqozi olufanele kanye namalungiselelo afanele, ingawahlula amaBhokobhoko? Cishe ngehora lesishiyagalombili ebusuku ngoMgqibelo ebusuku sizobe sesiyazi impendulo.