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
Come on Freestate!
DROPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIE by Sias!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tha standard of rugby is a bit disapointing after the World Cup and super15. More like Vodacom cup this.
119 @ The_Young_Turk:
Tread marks…. afraid it’s too late for that
Drop Goal Sias Ebersohn….. OVERRRR
Staat 27 / 20
27-20
FFS! The handling is utter kak!
Andries Straus on
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
8 Minutes left in the match….
Defensive scrum to the Staat, 5m from their own line…. WP get a Free Kick
Try WP??
TMO
No try. 5m scrum to the WP.
Must be ruled short…. and is
Free Kick WP
Staat steals it
Turn over ball.
Penalty to WP
WP attack….. Penalty WP, quick tap.
Ebersohn steals a loose ball
WP butcher a try
WTF? Coenie made an excellent steal. Why the penalty?
Yet another WP penalty….. on the Staat 22
Duvenage going for goal.
Huh??
Justice
Duvenage hits the upright
4 minutes left
Interesting decision!
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY COENIE!
handling kak, kicking kak and turnovers back and forth. Enough to give antone the shits.
Try Staat!
BONUS POINT! And the conversion is good.
Staat 34 / 20
WP deserved losers of this game.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Game over!!!!!!!!!!
Hooter goes…
Game Over
Well done Cheetahs.
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