Lubhalwe nguLucky Maree
Njengoba uClive Woodward eqhubeka ekhuluma ngo-Eddie Jones omunye ugcwele umuzwa ojulile wokubonga ngokuba umlandeli wamaBhokobhoko.
UWoodward ubeyisikhungo esingcono se-Leicester neNgilandi. Uphinde waba umqeqeshi weqembu laseNgilandi eladla umhlanganiso ngo-2003 ngaphansi kukakaputeni uMartin Johnson.
Kumele aziqhenye ngempumelelo yakhe njengomqeqeshi wamazwe ngamazwe. Irekhodi lakhe lihlanganisa nokuvakashela kuleli, e-Australia kanye nase-New Zealand ngo-1998 lapho abahlulwa khona i-Australian ngo-76-0 e-Brisbane.
Ngo-2005 i-British and Irish Lions yahlulwa ochungechungeni ngo 3-0 bedlala ne-New Zealand ngesikhathi engumqeqeshi.
Wenze kahle Sir Clive.
Kusobala ukuthi njengomqeqeshi wayengenzi kahle. Njengosopolitiki wenza kabi kakhulu. Ngemuva kokumemezela u-Eddie waphinda waqoka uSteve Borthwick njengoMesiya ngesikhathi efika ezosindisa ibhola lombhoxo laseNgilandi.
Akukenzeki ngaleyo ndlela, akunjalo? UBorthwick usesele nomdlalo owodwa ukuthi aqedele irekhodi lakhe elibi njengemiphumela yakamuva eyenza ukuthi uJones axoshwe. INgilandi izobhekana ne-Ireland ngoMgqibelo.
Kuyobe uBorthwick uthandazela ukuthi uWoodward avale umlomo wakhe – kodwa lokho ngeke kwenzeke.
UWoodward uzama ukuphuma emgodini ngokushesha okukhulu.
“Lokhu kuhlazeka okwenziwe i-France akulona iphutha lomqeqeshi omusha waseNgilandi,” kubhala uWoodward kwikholomu yakhe kwi-Daily Mail.
“Umphumela uyakhombisa nje ukuthi umbuso kaEddie Jones uholele ibhola lombhoxo laseNgilandi enkingeni enkulu kule minyaka emithathu edlule.”
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lomhlaba umbhoxo wamaBhokobhoko uqhele ngamapali ebholeni lombhoxo laseNgilandi.
Ukukhipha abadlali bamaBhokobhoko abangu-14 abahamba phambili embhoxweni amasonto ayisishiyagalombili kungase kubonakale kuwumsebenzi omkhulu.
Abadlali baphothule ukuzilolonga e-Stellenbosch ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule ngemuva kokuhlala amasonto ayisishiyagalombili, okuhlanganisa amasonto amane okuphumula kanye namasonto amane okudlala ibhola lombhoxo nokuqinisa umzimba. Bakhishwe emidlalweni yebhola lombhoxo kungakathaliseki ukuthi bona neqembu bayafunaukudlala noma cha.
“Abadlali sebezobuyela emaqenjini abo emidlalweni yokuvala yomqhudelelwano we-Vodacom URC kanye nowe-Heineken Champions Cup,” kusho uJacques Nienaber etshela i-SA Rugby.
“Njengoba abadlali besabalele ezweni lonke nasemhlabeni jikelele sidinga ukusungula indlela esizosebenzisana ngayo nabo. Okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi sihlezi sikhuluma nabo njengoba sekusondele iNdebe yoMhlaba yoMbhoxo.”
AmaBhokobhoko azodlala ne-Australia ePitoli mhla ziyisishiyagalombili kuNtulikazi bese ebhekana ne-New Zealand enkundleni yezemidlalo i-Mount Smart e-Auckland ngemuva kwesonto bese kulandela i-Argentina eGoli ngomhlaka-29 kuNtulikazi.
NgoNcwaba bazodlala ne-Pumas, i-Wales kanye ne-All Blacks ekuhambeni emidlalweni yokuzilungiselela iNdebe yoMhlaba.
Esithombeni esingenhla: AmaBhokobhoko eziqeqesha e-Stellenbosch
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