Cape Town - The Cheetahs' second-string side beat the NMMU Madibaz 31-26 in a practice game in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
The Cheetahs were made to work hard for their win over the Varsity Cup side, who pushed for a win right up to the final whistle.
The Free Staters led 19-14 at half-time, and scored five tries to four.
The Cheetahs' first-choice side will play the Kings in PE on Saturday.
Scorers:
NMMU:
Tries: Yamkela Ngam, Michael Bernardt, André Barnard, Chris Cloete
Conversions: Gavin Hauptfleisch (2), Ruan Allerston
Cheetahs:
Tries: Boom Prinsloo, Cornal Hendricks, Caylib Oosthuizen, Rayno Benjamin, Raymond Rhule
Conversions: Riaan Smit (3)
Teams:
NMMU:
15 Jarryd Buys, 14 Yamkela Ngam, 13 Michael Bernardt, 12 Steven Hansel, 11 Tythan Adams, 10 Gavin Hauptfleisch, 9 Enrico Acker, 8 Tim Agaba, 7 Wade Elliott, 6 Marcel Groenewald, 5 Stefan Willemse, 4 Louis Fourie, 3 Dexter Fahey, 2 Martin Ferreira, 1 Roy Godfrey (captain).
Substitutes: Not known
Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Piet Lindeque, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Rayno Benjamin, 10 Riaan Smit, 9 Inus Kritzinger, 8 Johannes Prinsloo, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Carel Greeff, 5 Rynhardt Landman, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Nico van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Substitutes: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Rossouw de Klerk, 19 Francois Uys, 20 Hilton Lobberts, 21 Kevin Luiters, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 Raymond Rhule.
The Cheetahs were made to work hard for their win over the Varsity Cup side, who pushed for a win right up to the final whistle.
The Free Staters led 19-14 at half-time, and scored five tries to four.
The Cheetahs' first-choice side will play the Kings in PE on Saturday.
Scorers:
NMMU:
Tries: Yamkela Ngam, Michael Bernardt, André Barnard, Chris Cloete
Conversions: Gavin Hauptfleisch (2), Ruan Allerston
Cheetahs:
Tries: Boom Prinsloo, Cornal Hendricks, Caylib Oosthuizen, Rayno Benjamin, Raymond Rhule
Conversions: Riaan Smit (3)
Teams:
NMMU:
15 Jarryd Buys, 14 Yamkela Ngam, 13 Michael Bernardt, 12 Steven Hansel, 11 Tythan Adams, 10 Gavin Hauptfleisch, 9 Enrico Acker, 8 Tim Agaba, 7 Wade Elliott, 6 Marcel Groenewald, 5 Stefan Willemse, 4 Louis Fourie, 3 Dexter Fahey, 2 Martin Ferreira, 1 Roy Godfrey (captain).
Substitutes: Not known
Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Piet Lindeque, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Rayno Benjamin, 10 Riaan Smit, 9 Inus Kritzinger, 8 Johannes Prinsloo, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Carel Greeff, 5 Rynhardt Landman, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Nico van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Substitutes: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Rossouw de Klerk, 19 Francois Uys, 20 Hilton Lobberts, 21 Kevin Luiters, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 Raymond Rhule.