Cheetahs (21) 41 / Rebels (7) 21 (Final Score)
The Toyota Cheetahs hosted the Melbourne Rebels at Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein at 17:05 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 Cheetahs were too strong for a game Melbourne Rebels side, but the game was eventually marred by an overzealous Refree, dishing out one Red Card and a few yellows, like they were Smarties.
Scorers:
Cheetahs: 4 Conversions & 2 Penalties Sias Ebersohn, 1 Conversion Naas Olivier, 2 Tries Corne Uys, 1 Try Ryno Benjamin, 2 Tries Adriaan Strauss
Rebels: 3 Conversions Richard Kingi, 1 Try Ged Robinson, 1 Try Mark Gerrard, 1 Penalty Try
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Teams:
Cheetahs: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Riaan Smit, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Corne Uys, 11 Ryno Benjamin, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Davon Raubenheimer, 7 Ashley Johnson, 6 Kabamba Floors, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Lourens Adriaanse, 18 Martin Muller, 19 Johan Wessels, 20 Tewis De Bruyn, 21 Naas Olivier, 22 Hennie Daniller.
Rebels: 15 Richard Kingi, 14 Cooper Vuna, 13 Mark Gerrard, 12 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11 Luke Rooney, 10 Julian Huxley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Tim Davidson, 7 Jarrod Saffy, 6 Luke Jones, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Greg Somerville.
Replacements: 16 Heath Tessmann, 17 Rodney Blake, 18 Kevin O’Neill, 19 Michael Lipman, 20 James Hilgendorf, 21 Afusipa Taumoepeau, 22 Peter Betham.
Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Joey Salmans (South Africa), Cobus Wessels (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Staat 14 / 7
Dis ‘n goeie een, nuwe beweging om dop te hou.
Rubbles are just losing too much possession through turnovers, but coming back strongly in the scrums. And there they go and score! Cheatahs can’t afford to relax and take this match too easily.
Exciting game….
Beautiful interplay by the Cheatahs. Pity it ended with the forward pass!
Gerrard in ‘n klas van sy eie in ‘n swak span.
Is it the dew that’s causing all this slipping??
37@ The_Young_Turk:
I suppose so, in lingfontein it suddenly gets moerse cold, this time of day
Tryyyyyyyyyy Adriaan Strauss
Raubenheimer speel ook, Ctahs het baie diepte onder losvoorspelers.
If you play it too loose, it suits the Rebels, a bit tighter and you have them!
Staat 21 / 7
Rubbles just don’t have the quality to keep out a determined Cheatahs team. Cheatahs must just not relax!
Bad ref call against Ashley.
Lemoenetyd
Ctahs behoort hul tweede helfte af te slag.
46@ bdb:
Bulls het ook so gedink laasweek
They all need longer studs, too much slipping
Cheatahs by far the better team but it comes down to commitment. Maintain focus and it’s 5 easy points in the bag. Relax and these Rubbles could surprise you and make you fight for the win.
Vrystaat!
nice curtain raiser this for the big one later
Hello Balle & Loskoppie
Cheatahs are brimming with confidence. Feel sorry for the other saffa teams. Pity it’s just local teams they still have to play and not Landers or Blues or reds!
@ grootblousmile:
hi GBS
@ The_Young_Turk:
agree
It’s really going to hurt when Cheatahs moer the Bulls, Sharks and Stormers!
2nd Half On
Ged Robinson off injured
@ The_Young_Turk:
not gonna happen, but will be good games
Cheetahs still vunerable when you are clinical
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