Riaan 
IWestern Province iqhubekile nokuqala ngokuwina iCurrie Cup nge- 41-33 inqoba izinkunzi ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku. Bekungokwesibili ukunqoba ngemuva kokuhlula iLions emdlalweni wayo wokuvula ngempelasonto edlule. Kulezi zinkunzi zisaqhubeka nokuthungatha kwazo ukunqoba okokuqala kuCurrie Cup.
Yize ehluliwe, umqeqeshi weBulls Currie Cup, u-Edgar Marutlulle, ujabulile ngezinye zezinto zomdlalo, njengoba ehambe phambili ngo 33-25 esiwombeni sesibili.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi emdlalweni omningi besidlala ibhola lombhoxo elingcono kunakho konke, besibusa ukuxhumana nokuya phambili.
“Ngiyaphinda futhi mayelana noguquko, ukudlula okumbalwa futhi mhlawumbe ekuwohlokeni kwenguquko, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi sesithuthuke kakhulu. Ngicabanga ukuthi lezo zikhathi zokushintsha zisilahlekisele ngomdlalo namuhla,” kusho uMarutlulle.
Ayiwinanga emidlalweni eyisithupha
AmaBulls awawinile emidlalweni eyisithupha kuyo yonke imiqhudelwano, agcine ukuzwa ukunqoba ngoJanuwari ebhekene ne-Exeter Chiefs koweChampions Cup futhi aselahle amaphuzu angu-104 emidlalweni emibili yokuqala yeCurrie Cup.
Umqondisi webhola lombhoxo, u-Jake White, uthi nguyena obambe iqhaza kulo mdlalo onyantisayo futhi kufanele aphendule ngokunye ukulahlekelwa hhayi iMarutlulle.
“Okwenza ngibe lapha njengomqondisi webhola lombhoxo wukuthi kuleli sonto ngithathe leli qembu labadlali. Bengifuna ukulisebenzisa njengethuba langesonto elizayo, yingakho bekungeke kulunge ukuthi u-Edgar abhekane nengwadla yalo mphumela,” usho kanje.
‘Kwenzenjani?’
“Akuzona izaba. Ngizama ukukhombisa futhi ngibe nefilosofi mayelana nokuthi sikuphi njengeqembu.
“Besibusa njengenyunyana kumasizini amathathu edlule – abancane, abadala, iCurrie Cup, ifayineli ye-URC – futhi ngiyacabanga, konakelephi?
“Impendulo yami ithi ngagula ngoDisemba, futhi akusona isizathu, mhlawumbe nganqanyulwa kancane eqenjini.
“Bengicabanga ukuthi ukushintsha iqembu kanye neqembu nokunikeza abanye abafana ikhefu ngonyaka odlule kwakunzima kakhulu ukuthi wonke umuntu akwazi ukusekela isonto ngalinye, njengoba nje bekusebenza ngesikhathi sidlala ngoLwesithathu nangeMigqibelo ngasekupheleni konyaka.
“Ngokokuqala njengeqembu, cishe sinengcindezi, futhi ingcindezi ihlukile kunale esike sabhekana nayo phambilini. Kufanele siqinisekise ukuthi siyadlula kulokhu. Akusho ukuthi kuzoshintsha ngesonto elilodwa, kodwa kufanele sidlule kukho njengenyunyana.
“Ngingumfana ophethe futhi kufanele ngenze izinqumo, futhi izinqumo eziningi engizithathile kule minyaka embalwa edlule zisivune.”
