Cheetahs (10) 34 / 16 (6) Rebels (Final Score)
The Toyota Cheetahs and Melbourne Rebels did battle in Super Rugby at Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 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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Scorers:
Cheetahs:
- Penalties – Burton Francis (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Hennie Daniller (1), Raymond Rhule (1), Willie le Roux (1), Johan Sadie (1), Ryno Benjamin (1)
- Conversions – Burton Francis (3)
Rebels:
- Penalties – James O’Connor (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Cadeyrn Neville (1)
- Conversions – James O’Connor (1)
Teams:
Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Willie le Roux, 13 Johan Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Burton Francis, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Phillip van der Walt, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Coenie Oosthuisen, 18 Rynhard Landman, 19 Johannes Prinsloo, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Barrie Geel, 22 Ryno Benjamin.
Melbourne Rebels: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Richard Kingi, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Lachlan Mitchell, 11 Jason Woodward, 10 Angus Roberts, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Scott Higginbotham, 7 Jordy Reid, 6 Gareth Delve (Captain), 5 Luke Jones, 4 Hugh Pyle, 3 Paul Alo-Emile, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Shota Horie, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Cadeyrn Neville, 19 Jarrod Saffy, 20 Scott Fuglistaller, 21 Nic Stirzaker, 22 Rory Sidey, 23 Tom English.
Referee: Glen Jackson
Assistant referees: Lourens van der Merwe, Stefan Breytenbach
TMO: Johan Greeff
In the Community Cup, College Rovers squeezed through past Brakpan in the dying minutes, to win by 29 / 25.
Pretoria Police bliksemmed the Pacaltsdorp Evergreens (they come from just outside George), 41 / 12.
At the moment Rustenburg Impala are playing Despatch.
I remember years ago when I played, we played a couple of times against Despatch… bunch of wild ysterbyters and industrial workers with some very scruffy supporters in their Fords….
Having watched the Bobbies (Pretoria Police) just now, memories came flooding back from playing them too.
Pretoria Club Rugby was brutal and very healthy, with Tuks, Harlequins, Pretoria, Oostelikes, Polisie, Likewane (Gevangenis / Correctional Services) and Weermag (Defence Force) were all giving each other a freegin hard time and no quarters were asked or given, with hardened Provincial & Springbok players playing in all these sides.
Go Cheetahs!
Kommaan Chietas! Moer the rabble Rubbles sommer stukkend!
Can the Staat put the knife into the Rubble and really twist it after a week of deep poo for the Rubble?
I picked the Cheetahs on SuperBru but not by a record score…
Weather also seem to be a bit of a leveler today in Blingfontein.
Oh shit, Burton Francis will start in place of Riaan Smit…. damn, double damn!
Don’t think the Rabbles are just going to bend over for the Staat, so only went for Staat by 15.
Now the Staat has a real donkey… or is that a giraffe… at flyhalf….
@ grootblousmile:
No, just a d**s
Riaan Smit has a torn hamstring, picked up in the warm-up
Rubble coming out onto the pitch
Adriaan Strauss leads his charges out
Game ON!
So, Barrie Geel comes onto the bench for the Cheetahs for Burton Francis who now starts
Penalty Cheetahs, at the 1st scrum
Bad luck for the Staat as injuries start to take their toll. Now lost both their fly halfs and forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel…
Good touch by the Girraffe
Sad to see such pathetic attendance after the Staat has done so well on tour…
Have we lauded the Cheetahs too early?
It’s really by time O’ Bieber moves to a decent team. His mother is a saffer so he would be welcome at the Stompies.
Raining at Free State Stadium…. not good to see
Winter is coming early in South Africa… days are cooler and evenings are becoming quite frisky
Willie le Roux almost with a try from following up a kick… just eluding him at the end
That could have been punished by the ref….
Francis kicking well… and pinning the Rebels back well
Am I being forced to eat my words about Burton?
Staat penalty, Rubble well offside, in front of the back feet of the ruck
Staat looking lus but the last pass or movement just going astray at the moment.
Giraffe going for goal.. slots it.
Cheethas 3 / 0 Rebels
And Francis hasn’t put a foot wrong so far….
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