Lions run riot in Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein - The Golden Lions have convincingly beaten the Free State Cheetahs 73-31 in their Currie Cup match in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

Courtnal Skosan and skipper Jaco Kriel both bagged doubles as the Lions - who are still unbeaten this year - collected their sixth bonus point from eight games.

Cheetahs flank Vincent Jobo scored a hat-trick of tries as just reward for his team's positive attitude.

The Free Staters four-try bonus point means they are still very much in the hunt for a playoff berth.

Scorers:

Free State Cheetahs

Tries: Sergeal Petersen, Vincent Jobo (3), Francois Venter

Conversions: Sias Ebersohn (2), Fred Zeilinga

Golden Lions

Tries: Courtnall Skosan (2), Steph de Wit, Jaco Kriel (2), Howard Mnisi, Warren Whiteley, Jaco van der Walt, Kwagga Smith, Anthony Volmink

Conversions: Marnitz Boshoff (10)

Penalty: Boshoff

Teams:

Free State Cheetahs

15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Tertius Kruger, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Zee Mkhabela, 8 Gerhard Olivier, 7 Niell Jordaan, 6 Vincent Jobo, 5 Reniel Hugo, 4 Freddy Ngoza, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Jacques du Toit, 1 Teunis Nieuwoudt

Substitutes: 16 Neil Rautenbach, 17 BG Uys, 18 Willem Serfontein, 19 De Wet Kruger, 20 Rayno Benjamin, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 Fred Zeilinga

Golden Lions

15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Stokkies Hanekom, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Courtnal Skosan, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Ross Cronjé, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Steph de Wit, 6 Jaco Kriel (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Lourens Erasmus, 3 Julian Redelinghuys, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Jacques van Rooyen

Substitutes: 16 Mark Pretorius, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Fabian Booysen, 19 Kwagga Smith, 20 Jako van der Walt, 21 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 22 Anthony Volmink