Cheetahs down errant Griquas
16 Jul 2010
Coenie Oosthuizen scored a hat-trick as the Cheetahs secured a 33-26 victory against Griquas in Bloemfontein.
It was an improved performance after a lacklustre display in their 25-11 defeat against Western Province a week ago. The Cheetahs boasted greater physicality, especially on defence, while they also converted most of their try-scoring opportunities – something they failed to do against Province last Saturday.
Conversely, Griquas were weak on defence while they weren’t much better on attack. They showed signs of promise with ball in hand but they lacked the composure to turn their scoring opportunities into points.
The Cheetahs opened their tally in the eighth minute through centre Robert Ebersohn after capitalising on Sarel Pretorius’s mistake. The Griquas scrumhalf tracked back to cover a kick but his inside pass was intercepted by wing Philip Snyman. The speedster offloaded to Ebersohn and he ran in at the corner. Flyhalf Louis Strydom added the extras.
Griquas skipper Naas Olivier and fullback Riaan Viljoen kicked a penalty each but loosehead prop Coenie Oosthuizen crossed the chalk as he burst through two defenders to secure a 14-6 lead for the Cheetahs at half-time.
Oosthuizen scored again shortly after the restart as he bumped off three tackle attempts to give the hosts a 15-point cushion. Griquas hit back through in-form wing Bjorn Basson after good backline interplay but the Cheetahs continued to build momentum and scored two more tries through wing Jongi Nokwe and Oosthuizen to seal a four-try bonus point and the win.
In the closing stages, Ashley Johnson spoilt his impressive outing by picking up a yellow card as he elbowed Basson off the ball and in the air. With a one-man advantage, Pretorius managed to score a consolation try for the visitors, which allowed Olivier to gift Griquas a losing bonus point as he slotted a last-minute penalty.
By Gareth Duncan
12 Comments
16 Jul 2010, 21:06 pm
Juan looks fat
16 Jul 2010, 21:17 pm
Not happy with the result
But I will take the bonus point away from home.
16 Jul 2010, 21:22 pm
Jeez the Griquas forwards are fat, useless c.u.n.t.s. I thought the Griq backline played pretty well. I love Sarel and Viljoen. Griquas could have won if they defended well.
I took note of how useless the Cheetahs scrum was when WP Nel went off. He’s an awesome player is WP Nel. Much better then Steenkamp or Jannie du Plessis.
How’s the commentator say “Great finish” when Nokwe scored that try. He caught the ball and walked over the line! He’s f*#king useless man!
16 Jul 2010, 21:48 pm
@quotas_sux(quota_conrad_jantjies_is_jorrie_muller)-1:
Perhaps cause he’s not played a full match in a while genius.
Not great and the coach is still a joke, but 5 points so it’ll do I guess.
16 Jul 2010, 21:49 pm
I think it’ll be a repeat of the S14 final at the end of the season, but get up there Cheetahs as you never know. Last season showed exactly that.
16 Jul 2010, 21:58 pm
@rugbywriter(rugbywriter)-3:
Nokwe has great pace, but he’s pretty useless otherwise.
How ******* shite are saffa commentators?!?! Jump of a bridge Brosnihan or whatever your surname is. Hugh Bladen is a politically-correct, careful not to offend, blabbering drunk and he’s our best commentator…
Toks is ok, but Paulse is so bad I feel like cutting my ears off. Ja-broer if ever there was one. It’s so bad I’m beginning to love the NZ and Oz blokes. On the bright side, at least that fairy from Ireland isn’t commentating our games. Everyone is so careful not to offend it makes me sick, but it is required to become a eunuch if you want to work for SS.
16 Jul 2010, 22:01 pm
So perfectly normal afrikaans words like m u n t is bad, but shite isn’t?
16 Jul 2010, 22:04 pm
@Die_Valk(Die_Valk)-6: jeez D-V you angry or what? We’ve rarely had decent commentators. Afrikaans commentators of past years being the best by far. Bladen has always been a ‘draadsitter’.
16 Jul 2010, 22:20 pm
@TASSIES(TASSIES)-8:
Just can’t take it anymore. Fed up with the rubbish being served week-in week-out.
Ja those old-school guys had passion, my dad told me many stories about them when I was a kid. I’d give an arm to hear Nicky from RSG commentate again.
Everything is in african crab mode. If we can’t get where you are we’ll pull you back.
16 Jul 2010, 22:57 pm
Cheetahs beat Griquas and Griquas beat Sharks = Sharks in shite…
16 Jul 2010, 23:05 pm
@foreverrugga(foreverrugga)-10:
On that logic I’ll prove that Bradford FC is better than those ***** Barcelona.
The Sharks are in shite though.
17 Jul 2010, 07:22 am
@Die_Valk(Die_Valk)-7:
That “afrikaans” word is actually the old Rhodesian equivalent of the K word.
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