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Umdlali wasemuva weRising Lions uQuan Horn ubekwe waqina ebalazweni ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ngemuva kokumenyezelwa ukuthi usewine indondo ye-Ironman I-United Rugby Championship (URC) kule sizini.
Umklomelo we-Ironman uya kumdlali odlale imizuzu eminingi kakhulu kusizini ejwayelekile ye-URC (ngaphandle kwama-playoffs) futhi u-Horn uphume phambili eqenjini edlale imizuzu eyi-1,428 emangalisayo emidlalweni engu-18.
FUNDA FUTHI: Amabhubesi azogadla kumqeqeshi wabadlali beBok phambili uProudfoot?
Waqeda phambili I-Ironman yesizini edluleIzinkunzi zikhiye u-Ruan Nortje ophele ngemizuzu engu-1,394, kwathi umaphakathi weLions uMarius Louw uthathe indawo yesithathu ngemizuzu engu-1,371 yesikhathi somdlalo.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala uvumile ukuthi ukuwina lo mklomelo kummangazile, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa ukuthi kuvamise ukuba ngabadlali abasesigabeni sesibili noma izindawo eziya phambili ezixegayo abathatha le miklomelo njengoba bevamise ukuba nemidlalo eminingi.
FUNDA FUTHI: Qopha isixuku somdlalo wamanqamu we-URC phakathi kwe-Stormers ne-Munster
“Ukuwina umklomelo we-URC Ironman kwangimangaza kakhulu. Bengizikhandle kanzima futhi ngizikhandla isizini yonke, kodwa bengingalindele neze ukuthi ngizoba sembangweni wokuthola umklomelo ovelele,” kusho uHorn.
“Kuwumuzwa ongakholakali. Ngiyaqonda ukuthi lezo zikhundla (ukukhiya nokudedela phambili) zivame ukuthola ukuqashelwa okukhulu ngenxa yesikhathi sazo sokudlala esibalulekile kanye negalelo kugeyimu. Ngakho-ke, lapho mina, njengomdlali wesikhundla esihlukile, ngithola ukuhlonishwa okunjalo, kusho lukhulu ngempela.”
Isizini eyinselele
Nakuba bekuyisizini enzima kumaLions njengeqembu, uHorn yena ujabulele umkhankaso oqinile, egila izimanga ngama-runs ahlabayo, kanti futhi eshaye inqwaba yama-try avusa amadlingozi.
Uqale isizini ephikweni, nomdlali wasemuva onamava u-Andries Coetzee emuva, kodwa washeshe wasithatha leso sikhala wasenza esakhe umkhankaso wonke.
U-Horn ukholelwa ukuthi amaLions angaqhubekela phambili kule sizini futhi aqhubeke nokukhula, njengoba ehlose ukuqeda eyisishiyagalombili kulo mqhudelwano ngesizini ezayo.
“Impela bekuyisizini yokwehla nokwenyuka kumabhubesi, kodwa ngijabule ngendlela engidlale ngayo ngesikhathi somkhankaso. Kusekuningi okusamele kwenziwe nezinto okumele zithuthuke,” kusho uHorn.
“Ngihlale ngihlose ukunikela ngakho konke okusemandleni ami futhi ngibe nomthelela omuhle ekusebenzeni kweqembu, kungakhathalekile ukuthi umphumela uyini.
“Ngikholelwa kakhulu ekutheni iLions inethuba elikhulu lokukhula. Nakuba sibhekane nezinselelo kanye nezingqinamba, ngikubonile ukuqina nokuzimisela eqenjini. Sineqembu labadlali abanekhono, futhi ngibheke ngabomvu isizini ezayo.”
