Umakadebona wehuka u-Akker van der Merwe uhola iVodacom Bulls eqala i-XV enezinguquko eziyisishiyagalombili ukuze ibhekane namaScarlets eLlanelli ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku.
Emzuliswaneni wesi-5 weVodacom URC ka-2024-25, amaBulls abhekise amabombo kuParc y Scarlets engahluliwe emidlalweni emithathu nangemuva kokuwina ngephuzu lebhonasi bedlala nama-Ospreys ngesonto eledlule.
Ephaketheni, u-Jan-Hendrik Wessels osebenza ngezindlela eziningi uzopakisha phansi ku-loosehead prop ehambisana no-Van der Merwe, othatha isikhundla sikakaputeni kokaputeni abakanye naye u-Ruan Nortje no-Elrigh Louw.
U-Cobus Wiese ungena ku-No 5 esikhundleni se-Nortje kuyilapho u-No 8 Cameron Hanekom ezopakisha phansi ku-trio exegayo ehlanganisa i-openside flanker uNama Xaba no-Reinhardt Ludwig.
Ngemuva, u-Henry Immelman onolwazi ungena kumpetha womhlaba wamaBhokobhoko amahlandla amabili u-Willie le Roux kuyilapho u-scrumhalf u-Zak Burger kanye no-Harold Vorster ophakathi nendawo begijima e-Wales.
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UDylan Smith, JF van Heerden, Mpilo Gumede noChris Barend Smit bazophuma ebhentshini.
“Bona [Scarlets] yiqembu elilodwa laseWales elisishayile. Abagcinanga ngokushaya iCardiff ngesonto eledlule kodwa badlale ngokulingana noBenetton, ngakho bayiqembu elinzima esilithatha ngokungathi sína, kusho umqondisi we-” webhola lombhoxo uJake White.
“Yonke imidlalo esiyidlalayo njenge-franchise ibalulekile. Akunandaba ukuthi sidlala ekhaya noma ekuhambeni. Noma nini lapho sigqoka ijezi leqembu lethu, kukhona okulindelekile ukuthi siwine.
“Lokho akushintshi noma kungumdlalo wesibili ohambweni, kufanele siqinisekise ukuthi sidlala ngokusemandleni ethu uma sigijima siphumela enkundleni.”
Izinkunzi – 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Reinhardt Ludwig, 6 Nama Xaba, 5 Cobus Wiese, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Akker van der Merwe (c), 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
Iziqephu: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 JF van Heerden, 20 Mpilo Gumede, 21 Embrose Papier, 21 Chris Barend Smit, 23 Stedman Gans.