Ubuyela eNingizimu Afrika uDe Klerk

Umdlali wasemuva we-Springbok uFaf de Klerk uqinisekisiwe ukuthi ubuyela eNingizimu Afrika lapho ezobe edlalela khona iqembu lama-Cheetahs kusukela ngoJuni kulo nyaka.Lesi sivumelwano simaka ukuphela kohambo lukaDe Klerk phesheya kwezilwandle, lapho abedlalela khona iqembu i-Yokohama Canon Eagles e-Japan kusukela ngo-2022.

Ngaphambi kwalokho, wadlalela i-Sale Sharks eNgilandi iminyaka emihlanu.Ama-Cheetahs aqinisekise ngoLwesibili ukuthi uDe Klerk, oneminyaka engu-34, usayine inkontileka yeminyaka emibili futhi uzoba yingxenye yohlelo lweqembu lokwakha kabusha ngaphambi kwesizini ezayo. Uzongena esikhundleni sokuba ngomunye wabadlali abaholayo eqenjini.

UDe Klerk, onama-caps angu-58 kuma-Springboks futhi owadlala indima enkulu ekunqobeni iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-2019 no-2023, uthe uyajabula ukubuyela ekhaya. “Senginesikhathi ngifuna ukubuyela eMzansi. Ama-Cheetahs anohlelo oluhle futhi ngifuna ukuba yingxenye yalokho,” kusho yena.

Umqeqeshi wama-Cheetahs uthe ukubuya kukaDe Klerk kuzoletha ulwazi oluningi kanye nomoya wobuholi eqenjini elinabadlali abaningi abasebancane. “UFaf akagcini nje ngokuletha ikhono lakhe lokudlala, kodwa futhi uletha isipiliyoni sokuwina emazingeni aphezulu,” kusho umqeqeshi.

Abalandeli berugby e-Free State bamukele lezi ndaba ngenjabulo enkulu, bekholelwa ukuthi ukufika kukaDe Klerk kuzoqinisa iqembu emqhudelwaneni we-Currie Cup kanye nakwi-EPCR Challenge Cup.

Ukulindeleke ukuthi aqale ukudlalela ama-Cheetahs ngoJuni, ngemuva kokuqeda izibopho zakhe e-Japan.