Blues (14) 29 / Cheetahs (3) 22 (Final Score)
The Blues hosted the Cheetahs at Okara Park, Whangarei at 06:30 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Blues bagged 5 Log points, with the gutsy Cheetahs coming back hard at them with constructive attacking rugby after the Cheetahs played dumb helter-skelter rugby in the first half.
Scorers:
Blues: 3 Conversions & 1 Penalty Luke McAlister, 1 Try Joe Rokocoko, 1 Try Stephen Brett, 1 Try Peter Saili, 1 Try Isaia Toeava
Cheetahs: 1 Penalty Sias Ebersohn, 2 Conversions Naas Olivier, 2 Tries Sarel Pretorius, 1 Try Coenie Oosthuizen
Teams:
Blues: 15 Isaia Toeava, 14 Rene Ranger, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Luke McAlister, 11 Joe Rokocoko, 10 Stephen Brett, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Peter Saili, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Chris Lowrey, 5 Anthony Boric, 4 Kurtis Haiu, 3 John Afoa, 2 Keven Mealamu (captain), 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Tom McCartney, 17 Tevita Mailau, 18 James King, 19 Mat Luamanu, 20 Chris Smylie, 21 Lachie Munro, 22 Benson Stanley.
Cheetahs: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14, Phillip Burger, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Corné Uys, 11 Wilmaure Louw, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Davon Raubenheimer, 7 Phillip van der Walt, 6 Kabamba Floors, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp (captain), 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Skipper Badenhorst, 17 Lourens Adriaanse, 18 Isak van der Westhuizen, 19 Ashley Johnson, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Naas Olivier, Barry Geel.
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Jonathon White (New Zealand), Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Cheetahs sorry , it can be made a game of IFFS and BUTTS but i really enjoyed your spirit and great effort. Congrats you played well.
Congrats to the Blues.
And the commentators for a great game.
Morning.
Cheetahs’ rush defence troubled the Blues today.
Sarel P had a great game. Phillip Burger must be the most useless defender on the wing in the S15!
wilhelm steenkamp praat nie engels nie hy pleeeeeeg engels joe!
@ smallies72:
Hy speel darem n barshou, hoop hy kom terug Bulle toe.
93@ smallies72:
Janee, hy verniel Ingels met mening!
ek sal altyd altyd altyd n cheetah bly gee ons n halwe kans en ons gryp dit,MOET NIE verbaas wees as ons nog met twee wenne terug kom nie
@ grootblousmile:
praat hy nie maar net Brits nie? 😆
@64 GBS, Have to disagree with you there!! The Cheetahs DO suffer from lack of depth!! Lets take the same quality players out the Bulls team, lets say Danie Rossouw, Stegmann, Gary Botha, Meisiekind, Vd Heever and Kirchner, and what would you have??
A similiar result to when the Kings ran all over the Bulls side without their frontlin players..
You can candy coat it as much as you like, but so many injuries does disrupt a team, as the combo’s don’t get a chance to settle!!
Think the Cheetahs played with heart, and with some decisions that went against them, might even have won!!
go Cheetahs!!
@96 Smallies!! Ditto!! Ek is trots op die manne, sodra ons besering spook bietjie weg bly gaan hierdie span kook. Magtig om so baie eerste keuse spelers te verloor sal enige span sink… Dis soos om Bismarck, Alberts, Daniels, Bosman, Pieterson, en Ludik uit die Sharks se span haal.
Go Cheetahs…. Gooi mielies!!
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