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Umqeqeshi wamaSharks uNeil Powell useqoke amaBhokobhoko angu-10 eqenjini lakhe elizoqala umdlalo waseThekwini weChampions Cup neBordeaux Begles eKings Park ngoMgqibelo.
A iqembu lesibili liphumelele ku-United Rugby Championship libhekene noConnacht e-Ireland ngempelasonto edlule yaphahlazeka ngo 24-12, kwasala nabadlali abaningi abahamba phambili eThekwini.
Manje sebezokhishwa ngasohlangothini lwaseFrance, kanti amaSharks abheke ukuthi aphume amathathu kwamathathu kuChampions Cup.
Kuze kube manje iSharks isishaye iHarlequins (39-31) neBegles (19-16).
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Kunezinguquko ezincane eqenjini lokugcina lamaSharks elidlale ekhaya, ku-URC libhekene namaBulls, emasontweni ambalwa edlule.
UVincent Tshituka ubuyisela u-Henco Venter ehlangothini okuwukuphela kwakhe okushintshile ephaketheni, kanti ngemuva u-Jaden Hendrikse ungenela uGrant Williams e-scrumhalf kanti u-Ben Tapuai wase-Wallaby ubuyela enkabeni phakathi ku-Rohan Janse van Rensburg ozobe ehlezi ebhentshini. .
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“Sikugcizelela kakhulu umqhudelwano weChampions Cup, kodwa ngendlela efanayo, siphinde sibe nengcindezi ku-URC njengoba sekufike isikhathi sokuphumula kwamanye amaBoks.
“Sidinga ukwenza kahle naku-URC futhi kugcizelelwa ngokulinganayo ekwenzeni kuyo yomibili imiqhudelwano,” kusho u-Thomas du Toit ophethe amaSharks ngaphambi komdlalo omkhulu ngoMgqibelo.
“Kodwa asibhekile kude kakhulu, umdlalo omkhulu nobalulekile ngolandelayo futhi siwuphethe kanjalo.
“Ukunqoba ekhaya kubalulekile futhi ukunqoba lo mdlalo ekhaya kuzobaluleka kakhulu kulo mqhudelwano futhi sikholwa wukuthi uma sithola amaphuzu kule mpelasonto kanye namanye amaphuzu ngempelasonto ezayo (neHarlequins) sizobe sihlezi kahle emqhudelwaneni.
“Sizobheka ukudlala yonke imizuzu engu-80, yinto esiphokophele kuyona futhi into esisondelene nayo sibhekene namaBulls ngesikhathi siqala saphetha kahle.”
Oshaka: Boeta Chamberlain, Marnus Potgieter, Lukhanyo Am, Ben Tapuai, Makazole Mapimpi, Curwin Bosch, Jaden Hendrickse, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Vincent Tshituka, Siya Kolisi (capt), Gerbrandt Grobler, Eben Etzebeth, Thomas du Toit, Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche. Ibhentshi: Kerron van Vuuren, Ntuthuko Mchunu, Carlu Sadie, Hyron Andrews, Phepsi Buthelezi, Cameron Wright, Lionel Cronje, Rohan Janse van Rensburg
