WP (10) 15 / 14 (14) FS Cheetahs (Final Score)

DHL Western Province and the Toyota Free State Cheetahs did battle in the Currie Cup Premier Division at Newlands, Cape Town at 19:15 SA Time (17:15 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

WP:

• Penalties – Gary van Aswegen (1)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Michael Rhodes (1), Deon Fourie (1)
  
• Conversions – Gary van Aswegen (1)

FS Cheetahs:

• Penalties – 0
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Elgar Watts (1), Riaan Smit (1)
  
• Conversions – Riaan Smit (1), Elgar Watts (1)
  

Teams:

Western Province: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Pat Howard, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Cheslin Kolbe, 10 Gary van Aswegen, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Rynhardt Elstadt, 6 Deon Fourie (Captain), 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Michael Rhodes, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Pat Cilliers, 18 Gerbrandt Grobler, 19 Rohan Kitshoff, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Kurt Coleman, 22 Ryan Nell.

Free State Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Riaan Smit, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Johannes Prinsloo (Captain), 5 Waltie Vermeulen, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 John-Roy Jenkinson, 2 Hercu Liebenberg, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Wian du Preez, 18 Teboho Mohoje, 19 Davon Raubenheimer, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Willie du Plessis, 22 Joubert Engelbrecht.

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Assistant Referees: Jaco van Heerden, Marc van Zyl Marc
TMO: Deon van Blommestein