Cheetahs (14) 20 / Lions (16) 25 (Final Score)
The Cheetahs hosted the Lions at Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein at 17:05. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, HD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Lions finally managed to break their 17 game Super Rugby duck, winning by 25 / 20.
Scorers:
Cheetahs: 5 Penalties Sias Ebersohn, 1 Try Andries Strauss
Lions: 5 Penalties Elton Jantjies, 1 Try Lionel Mapoe, 1 Try Derick Minnie
Teams:
Cheetahs: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Philip Snyman, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Andries Strauss (captain), 11 Ryno Benjamin, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Philip van der Walt, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4 Martin Muller, 3 WP Nel, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Skipper Badenhorst, 17 Kobus Calldo, 18 Kabamba Floors, 19 Francois Uys, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Naas Olivier, 22 Fabian Juries.
Lions: 15 James Kamana, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Doppies la Grange, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Warren Whitely, 7 Joshua Strauss, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe (captain), 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Kevin Buys, 18 Michael Rhodes, 19 Cobus Grobbelaar, 20 Michael Bondesio, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Jaco Taute.
Referee: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Cobus Wessels (South Africa)
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee (South Africa)
Scrums a mess
Penalty Lions… Cheetahs walking around in the scrum
Lions 19 / 17
Penalty Cheetahs… in front, 35m out
Cheetahs 20 / 19
Very closely contested match
Penalty Cheetahs… bad tackle by Kamana…. dangerous and late… yellow
Kamana will be cited for that….
Penalty Cheetahs…. only 7m out… they set up the lineout.
Try Ashley Johnson??
TMO
Must be a try…
Wrong call… ruled lost forward, Lions scrum
Penalty Lions again… stepping out by Coenie
Wow what a win for Italy! Parrisse was real good but fully agree that Masi the fullback was man of match, caught every high ball and ran back so strongly gaining loads of ground and scored Italy’s try. Mallet sounded so chuffed in the interview, great stuff!
High tackle on Kokkerot as Sarel Pretorius runs through for a mock-try
73@ Bullscot:
That is a MASSIVE win for Italy… what was the score?
Penalty Staat, right on their own line.
12 min left… 1 point difference.
Cheetahs playing the constructive rugby now
Lions now attacking hard…. see-saw, see-saw…
Penalty Lions, right in front on the 22
Lions 22 / 20
@ grootblousmile:
Final score Italy 22 France 21! Early in the 2nd half France scored a try and I thought they would pull away but Italy just got stuck in and played with lots of confidence.
Lions try??
TMO
Taute is out AND lost the ball… should be a lineout on the 5 for the Cheetahs
Lineout awarded
Now the Lions sub their best player… Doppies…. replaced by Burton Francis…. WTF!
Penalty Lions…. Jantjies will step up for posts
Lions 25 / 20
Scrum for the Cheetahs, in the Lions half….
Ashley Johnson, forward pass, scrum Lions
Ashley Johnson knocks…. with a minute left on the clock…
Can the Lions now just tough it out?
The Lions break their duck…. finally…
Congrats Lions!
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