Riaan 
AmaStormers afinyelele okwesibili kulandelana I-United Rugby Championship (URC) okokugcina kuzozuza amaBhokobhoko onyakeni omkhulu weNdebe yoMhlaba, ngokusho komqondisi webhola lombhoxo we-SA Rugby uRassie Erasmus.
Nedlanzana labadlali beStormers eliya ekhempini yamaBok eKapa ngemuva komdlalo Ifayineli ye-URC ngoMgqibelo, ngeke babe nesikhathi esiningi sokugubha uma behlula uMunster, kodwa bazoya ekhempini bejabule kakhulu ngaphambi kwesizini enzima yamazwe ngamazwe.
“Sonke sijabule kakhulu amaStormers siphinde sibe nomdlalo wamanqamu ekhaya,” kusho u-Erasmus, owayengumqeqeshi wamaBhokobhoko ngesikhathi enqoba lo mqhudelwano ka-2019. Indebe Yomhlaba Yebhola lombhoxo eJapane.
“Akuyona nje into yokuzizwa kahle. Ngicabanga ukuthi muningi umfutho ongalethwa ohlelweni lukazwelonke.
“Iqembu labadlali abazethembayo abeza eqenjini (leBok) nomfutho wabo siqu, ngakho ukuthi ukudlulisa kanjani lokho eqenjini lesizwe kuyinselelo enhle ukuba nayo.”
Ikhempu yamaBhokobhoko
U-Erasmus nomqeqeshi uJacques Nienaber basanda kufika eKapa besuka eThekwini ngemuva kokusingatha ikhempu yokuqala kwezimbili zokuzilungiselela, eyesibili eqala ngoMsombuluko, kanti bazobe benethemba lokuthi bazozizwa kahle ekhempini.
“Sikwazile ukusebenzisana kakhulu nabadlali beSharks ekhempini edlule (eseThekwini),” kusho u-Erasmus.
FUNDA FUTHI: Abaphathi beBok bayamethemba uKolisi ukuthi uzohola iqembu eNdebeni yoMhlaba
“Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi inzuzo yokuba neqembu lapho (kowamanqamu) idlula kude ukuba nabo ukuze baziqeqeshe nathi ngokwengeziwe,” engeza.
“Njengoba badlale umdlalo osezingeni eliphezulu neqembu elisezingeni eliphezulu kowamanqamu – futhi ngethemba ukuthi bazowina – umdlali uthatha lowo mfutho (eqenjini lesizwe) futhi asisize sakhe isimo (sokuwina) eqenjini.”
Iqembu elizoqeqeshelwa ekhempini yamaBoks eKapa lizobizwa ngoMgqibelo ebusuku ngemuva komdlalo wamanqamu we-URC, kanti iqembu lesizwe elizodlala kuRugby Championship lizobizwa ngasekupheleni kwenyanga ezayo uma sekududulana isikwati ePitoli.
MANJE FUNDA: Ukuphumelela kukaStormers ngenxa yokwazi ukuthi bangobani – uJean de Villiers
