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Bloemfontein - It wasn't calls to Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, but to Cheetahs supporters.
That was the word from wing Rayno Benjamin about his celebrations after two of his tries in the Cheetahs' 34-44 defeat to the Stormers in the Super Rugby match here on Saturday.
South Africa discovered their own Digby Ioane in the Cheetahs' last Super Rugby game when Benjamin pretended to be making a cellphone call with the rugby ball after scoring.
The Sevens Springbok scored a hat trick of tries - the Cheetahs' third in the Super Rugby tournament. Scrumhalf Sarel Pretorius managed it against the Hurricanes and fullback Riaan Viljoen against the Lions.
But it's Benjamin's celebrations that have set the tongues wagging among supporters.
The wing picked up the ball, pulled out an imaginary aerial and pretended to dial a number and talked.
Benjamin said that it was a result of a joke between him and flyhalf SIas Ebersohn.
"Sias and I joked at training about what we would do if we scored. I said that I would pretend to phone the spectators with the ball. I then said 'Cheetahs' over the phone," he said.
Earlier in the tournament, Reds wing Ioane and his flyhalf, Quade Cooper, started the entertaining celebrations after tries.
Ioane executed a breakdance, after which Cooper celebrated with a Breyton Paulse-style somersault in a later game.
Benjamin said that he wanted to celebrate in the same manner after his third try, but could not find the ball.
His team-mates apparently wanted to know what exactly he had done.
"They wanted to know who I was phoning," said Benjamin.
His captain, Adriaan Strauss, believes the wing deserved to do something funny after his hat trick.
"I don't know why Rayno did it. The guys gave him a little stick afterwards. I think he deserves to celebrate because it's not easy to score three tries against the Stormers," said Strauss.
Benjamin said that he could not wait to get back on the field again. Prior to the Stormers game he had been suspended for two weeks because of an alleged headbutt against the Melbourne Rebels and he was sidelined for a long time due to a hamstring injury.
"I'm hungry to play again and am looking forward to the Currie Cup," he said.
Bloemfontein - It wasn't calls to Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, but to Cheetahs supporters.
That was the word from wing Rayno Benjamin about his celebrations after two of his tries in the Cheetahs' 34-44 defeat to the Stormers in the Super Rugby match here on Saturday.
South Africa discovered their own Digby Ioane in the Cheetahs' last Super Rugby game when Benjamin pretended to be making a cellphone call with the rugby ball after scoring.
The Sevens Springbok scored a hat trick of tries - the Cheetahs' third in the Super Rugby tournament. Scrumhalf Sarel Pretorius managed it against the Hurricanes and fullback Riaan Viljoen against the Lions.
But it's Benjamin's celebrations that have set the tongues wagging among supporters.
The wing picked up the ball, pulled out an imaginary aerial and pretended to dial a number and talked.
Benjamin said that it was a result of a joke between him and flyhalf SIas Ebersohn.
"Sias and I joked at training about what we would do if we scored. I said that I would pretend to phone the spectators with the ball. I then said 'Cheetahs' over the phone," he said.
Earlier in the tournament, Reds wing Ioane and his flyhalf, Quade Cooper, started the entertaining celebrations after tries.
Ioane executed a breakdance, after which Cooper celebrated with a Breyton Paulse-style somersault in a later game.
Benjamin said that he wanted to celebrate in the same manner after his third try, but could not find the ball.
His team-mates apparently wanted to know what exactly he had done.
"They wanted to know who I was phoning," said Benjamin.
His captain, Adriaan Strauss, believes the wing deserved to do something funny after his hat trick.
"I don't know why Rayno did it. The guys gave him a little stick afterwards. I think he deserves to celebrate because it's not easy to score three tries against the Stormers," said Strauss.
Benjamin said that he could not wait to get back on the field again. Prior to the Stormers game he had been suspended for two weeks because of an alleged headbutt against the Melbourne Rebels and he was sidelined for a long time due to a hamstring injury.
"I'm hungry to play again and am looking forward to the Currie Cup," he said.
