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Amalungu eqembu le-SA Rugby Sevens ‘A’ uNoegh Hayward noGurshwin Wehr bazojoyina iqembu Iqembu leSpringbok Sevens eVancouver ngoLwesithathu futhi bazokwenza yabo IWorld Rugby Sevens Series iqala ukuvela e-BC Place nangempelasonto eCanada Sevens.
Laba bobabili balifulathele iNingizimu Afrika ngoLwesibili ukuyohlangana nozakwabo iBlitzboks kanti bazovala isikhala sikaJaiden Barron noMasande Mtshali, bobabili okuholele ekutheni bangadlali ngenxa yokushayeka phansi.
UTravis Ismailel, odlale okokuqala kuBlitzbok eLos Angeles ngempelasonto edlule, ukhishwe emqhudelwaneni weVancouver ngenxa yokulimala komsipha, kanti ozongena esikhundleni sakhe kuzomenyezelwa ngokushesha.
FUNDA FUTHI: Umqeqeshi weBlitzboks ubiza umzamo weqembu we-LA ngokuthi ‘uwukungahloniphi’ ibheji, izwe
Hayward
U-Hayward no-Wehr ababona abangaziwa kuma-Blitzboks abazilolonge nabo ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule futhi sebezothola ithuba lokudlala ezingeni lomhlaba.
UHayward, owayemele iWestern Province ezingeni lama-Youth Weeks kanye neqembu leLions Under-19 ngo-2019, wajoyina i-SAS Rugby Sevens Academy ngo-2022 futhi waqala ukuzilolonga ne-SA ‘A’ Sevens ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho. Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-22 ubudala uzojoyina uRicardo Duarttee, ohlala naye eStellenbosch Academy of Sport.
“Siqale ndawonye e-SAS Academy futhi ngamjabulela kakhulu ngesikhathi ebizwa,” kusho uHayward.
FUNDA FUTHI: IBlitzboks iqhume ibhomu njengoba iNew Zealand inqoba i-LA Sevens
“Manje sekuyithuba lami lokuthi ngibizwe futhi nginesiqiniseko sokuthi naye uzongijabulela njengoba sisebenze kanzima ngonyaka odlule futhi sakhuthazana.”
NjengoDuarttee, owathengisa imoto yakhe ukuze afeze amaphupho akhe e-Sevens, uHayward naye waba neshwa ngemuva kokumiswa kobhubhane lwe-Covid futhi wacishe waqeda umsebenzi wakhe.
“Ngisebenze njengoweta izinyanga ezimbalwa ukuze ngikwazi ukuziphilisa ngase ngithola ithuba lokujoyina i-SAS ngase ngijoyina i-SA ‘A’ Sevens, ngayidlalela eDubai ngoNovemba odlule. Manje ngindizela eVancouver. Kuwumuzwa omangalisayo,” kusho uHayward.
Wehr
U-Wehr oneminyaka engu-24 ubudala udabuka eWorcester futhi uyingxenye yomndeni webhola lombhoxo owandisiwe, kanye nomfowabo omdala, u-Wendall Wehr, igama elijwayelekile emdlalweni wombhoxo wesifundazwe owake wadlalela iBoland neGriquas.
“Ngathola isicelo sokujoyina amaGriffons eWelkom futhi izinto zahamba kahle njengoba sakwazi ukunqoba isicoco seCurrie Cup First Division ngonyaka odlule,” kusho uWehr, odlala ephikweni.
“Ngibe sengimenywa ukuthi ngize eStellenbosch manje sengithola ithuba lami. Akukuhle neze ukuvala isikhala somuntu osohambweni ngenxa yokulimala, kodwa bengisohlwini lwabalindile futhi ngikulungele ukuhamba.”
U-Wehr ubeyingxenye yeqembu le-SA Rugby Sevens ‘A’ elidlale kowamanqamu kumqhudelwano we-Dubai International Invitational ngesizini edlule, futhi ubehamba phambili ngokushaya amaphuzu kulo mqhudelwano.
Ngempelasonto iBlitzboks izodlala kuPool B weCanada Sevens lapho izobhekana khona neFrance, Japan ne-Argentina.
