Highlanders (17) 24 / Cheetahs (14) 21 (Final Score)
The Highlanders hosted the Cheetahs at Carisbrook Stadium, Dunedin at 09:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD and M-Net on TV in SA.
The Highlanders prevailed by the skin of their teeth to win by a margin of 3 points in a game where both sides scored 3 tries each and with the Cheetahs fighting hard at the end to eradicate the Highlanders lead.
At the end of the day a couple of missed penalties by Sias Ebersohn, was the difference between the sides.
Scorers:
Highlanders: 3 Conversions & 1 Penalty Colin Slade, 2 Tries Adam Thompson, 1 Try Kendrick Lynn
Cheetahs: 3 Conversions Sias Ebersohn, 1 Try WP Nel, 1 Try Robert Ebersohn, 1 Try Philip Burger
Teams:
Cheetahs: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Philip Burger, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Corné Uys, 11 Wilmaure Louw, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 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 Martin Muller, 19 Leon Karemaker, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Naas Olivier, 22 Riaan Smit.
Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Kade Poki, 13 Kendrick Lynn, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Siale Piutau, 10 Colin Slade, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 Alando Soakai, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Josh Bekhuis, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 3 Chris King, 2 Jason Rutledge, 1 Jamie Mackintosh (captain).
Replacements: 16 Mo Schwalger, 17 David Te Moana, 18 Tom Donnelly, 19 Nick Crosswell, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Robbie Robinson, 22 James Paterson.
Referee: Nathan Pearce (Australia)
Assistant referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand), Kane McBride (New Zealand)
TMO: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
@ Blouste:
Praat weer later daaroor
Penalty Staat, on halfway, middle of the field…. Go for posts….
… arghhh they go for touch…
Highlanders turn the ball over and kick out… game over
@ grootblousmile:
Laat weet wat kook daar asb !!!
Die Highlanders kom met moord weg in die laaste minuut. Hulle wen n close game
Final Score: Highlanders 24 / 21 Cheetahs
@ grootblousmile:
Ai toggie, game klaar?
@ Pietman:
Pietman jou mail nog dieselfde? Ek sal jou n mail gooi later
@ grootblousmile:
Ai toggie, game klaar? Ok, dankie manne, ek waai eers.
Cheers all. Got a meeting to go to in Germiston.
“Chat” later hopefully.
@ Pietman:
kyk die mooi beskrywing van die laaste drie.
Johnson carries it up as the Cheetahs get over halfway. They recycle it quickly and Ebersohn makes a great break, he flips it inside to Pretorius who gets it to Burger who crashes over for the TRY, awesome play from the Cheetahs.
@ Scrumdown:
Go well
@ superBul:
Ja, dieselfde as waarop ek jou vanoggend by telkom ge-mail het, wpstormer@. Tjeers
Skoppe , skoppe , so bleddie jammer Cheetahs , julle het nie n duim terug gestaan vir hulle nie , Ashley het vir my n goeie game gehad.
En dan is Sarel n real life wire, in my oe nou SA se 2de beste.
O moer… I went silently over 25 000 comments this morning… now on 25 024…
@ Pietman:
sorry mails was af , maar reg so sal hom gebruik.
OK fellas… time to assist Kruppel-Jan, my assistant, a bit…. talk later
Hello all. Missed this game totally today. Had to fly up to Joburg for business. Only back now.
Damn see Cheetahs came so close. Would have been great to see em pick up their first win in kiwi land.
@ grootblousmile:167 – gbs. I feel so sorry for your boet, my friend. Hope you looking after your brother well. You won’t ever regret it boet. Nothing like having a brother no matter if they can’t walk. Enjoy him gbs. Life is so short. Just cherish the time we have with them always, no matter what their disabilities are. I know you will though.
@ superBul:164 – Sounds like Sarel had another super game. Gonna be snapped up by one of the top unions if he don’t have a contract with Griquas or Cheetahs.
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