WP (6) 20 Cheetahs (24) 34 (Final Score)
DHL Western Province hosted the Toyota Free State Cheetahs at Newlands, Cape Town at 17:05 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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The Free State Cheetahs took the game by the scruff of the neck early on and by Halftime were leading by 18.
DHL Western Province refused to lie down and came back hard at the Free State Cheetahs, to only concede a late try by Coenie Oosthuizen, and resulting in a 14-point loss for the Home side.
DHL Western Province now face the Sharks and then the MTN Lions in successive weeks.
Scorers:
WP:
- Penalties – Lionel Cronje (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Nick Fenton-Wells (1), Deon Fourie (1)
- Conversions – Lionel Cronje (2)
Cheetahs:
- Penalties – Johan Goosen (1)
- Drop Goals – Sias Ebersohn (1)
- Tries – Cameron Jacobs (1), Piet van Zyl (1), Pieter Labuschagne (1), Coenie Oosthuizen (1)
- Conversions – Johan Goosen (3), Sias Ebersohn (1)
Teams:
Western Province: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Marcel Brache, 11 JJ Engelbrecht, 10 Lionel Cronjé, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nick Köster, 7 Tertius Daniller, 6 Nick Fenton-Wells, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Hilton Lobberts, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg (captain), 1 JD Moller.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Nizaam Carr, 19 Siya Kolisi, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Berton Klaasen, 22 Heinrich Steyl.
Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Rayno Benjamin, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Philip Snyman, 11 Cameron Jacobs, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Boom Prinsloo, 6 Pieter Labuschagne, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Marcel van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Francois Uys, 19 Johan Wessels, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Andries Strauss.
Referee: Stuart Berry
Assistant referees: Tiaan Jonker, Reuben Rossouw
TMO: JC Fortuin
Try Deon Fourie….
Oh dear.
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAT are going to regret all these penalties.
Fourie’s a jolly good fellow tra-la-la-la-la!
Staat 24 / 20
Margin only 4 now….
Another nail-biter, with 24 minutes left
Sias Ebersohn on…
WP get a scrum and the crowd goes gagga!
WP makes a host of subs… why, it was working the way it was….
Turnover by Ebersohn, wasted by Jacobs.
Koster off, he has taken plenty of knocks tonight. Neck brace on……..let’s hope that he is ok.
WP injury… looks like it’s stretcher time….. eishhhh
Is that Koster?
Yip, it’s Koster stretchered off
Cheetahs are throwing this game away.
Staat fortunate… WP knock, could easily have been a try
Ciao a tutti!
O flok, Matewis de Bruyn on for Piet van Zyl….. hier kom akkies
Brok is a cock!
105 @ The_Young_Turk:
Tutti Fruitty to you too Turkey!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Freestate
18 Minutes left….
Staat lineout, in their own 22
@ grootblousmile:
How’s them bowels doin’, bigblu
Staat seriously running out of puff
This Ref doesn’t take kak with players faking injuries.
112@ The_Young_Turk:
Kakkerig, thanks!
Ref desperate to bring WP right back in the match
No man. Straus must give these laaitjies a klap.
WP driving from a lineout in Cheetahs territory… WP losing ground in the ensuing play
Go Proooooooviince! Win the match and make Bigblu leave tread marks in his trousers!
Penalty Staat, Matewis de Bruyn kicks a good touch finder
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