16 May 2015
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16 May 2015
FULL TIME IN BLOEMFONTEIN
Cheetahs 24 Highlanders 45
16 May 2015
80' - All over in Bloemfontein and the Highlanders have run out comfortable winners.
16 May 2015
78' - One last chance for the Cheetahs to get a 4th try and a bonus point. They have a scrum feed in the Highlanders 22m area.
16 May 2015
It's raining tries in Bloemfontein!
16 May 2015
74' - TRY to the Highlanders.
Ben Smith scores as he grubbers the ball behind the Cheetahs defence, collects and scores. Banks converts.
Cheetahs 24 Highlanders 45
16 May 2015
71' - TRY to the Cheetahs!
The try stands! Thats the third try for the home side in 7 minutes. Brummer converts.
Cheetahs 24 Highlanders 38
16 May 2015
71' - Venter is over the line but the TMO will check on the final pass to him.
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71' - The Cheetahs are straight back onto the attack...
16 May 2015
67' - TRY to the Cheetahs!
Much better from the Cheetahs! Excellent counter attack from them, all the way from their 22m. Britz and Blommetjies heavily involved which results in Wegner barging over. Brummer converts from straight in front.
Cheetahs 17 Highlanders 38
16 May 2015
65' - TRY to the Cheetahs!
Brilliant work by Cheetahs as Britz draws two defenders and offloads brilliantly to to Benjamin to score in the left hand corner. Brummer converts.
Cheetahs 10 Highlanders 38
16 May 2015
63' - Scrum penalty awarded to the Cheetahs. Blommetjies sets up a lineout 8m from the Highlanders line.
16 May 2015
61' - The pass to Blommetjies was forward, a real pity as the step he produced to beat Osborne was sublime.
16 May 2015
61' - Blommetjies has scored, but the TMO will check pass in the buildup.
16 May 2015
58' - The Highlanders are just some much more hungry than the Cheetahs. Another knock-on gifts the ball to the visitors.
16 May 2015
55' - After numerous resets, the Cheetahs are penalised on their scrum feed. Sopoaga kicks to touch, setting up a lineout on the Highlanders 22m line.
16 May 2015
52' - The Cheetahs have a rare chance to attack in the Highanders 22m area. Smith rips the ball off vd Spuy but the clearance that follows is poor and the Cheetahs have a lineout in 20m from the Highlanders line.
Rhule returns from the bin.
16 May 2015
50' - The Cheetahs have a chance to attack after they are awarded a penalty. Blommetjies inexplicably kicks the ball dead. That sums up the kind of day the Cheetahs are having.
16 May 2015
The Cheetahs just are not in this match. Still 30 minutes to go...
16 May 2015
46' - TRY by the Highlanders!
What a try that was, from their own 22m area. Fekitoa and Ben Smith both heavily involved and finally Evans gets over. Sopoaga cannot convert.
Cheetahs 3 Highlanders 38
16 May 2015
44' - TRY to the Highlanders!
Smith gets over for his second of the evening as he forces his way over from a metre out. Sopoaga makes no mistake with the conversion.
Cheetahs 3 Highlanders 33
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44' - The Highlanders are 1m from the Cheetahs line...
16 May 2015
43' - The Highlanders setup a lineout in the Cheetahs 22m area.
16 May 2015
42' - YELLOW CARD to Rhule!
Rhule got that horribly wrong and a card is justified.
16 May 2015
42' - Osborne is taken in the air by Rhule. This is going to be a card of some kind.
16 May 2015
Sopoaga gets the second half underway in Bloemfontein. The Cheetahs forwards drive the ball upfield. Much better from the home side!
16 May 2015
HALF TIME IN BLOEMFONTEIN
The Highlanders have completely dominated the first half, reflected by the score.
Cheetahs 3 Highlanders 26
16 May 2015
40' - Blommetjies kicks deep as the hooter for half-time sounds. The Highlanders collect and kick the ball into touch.
16 May 2015
39' - Sopoaga doesn't miss much but he has missed with that attempt. The Cheetahs have a 22m drop out.
16 May 2015
37' - A better period for the home side as they attack through multiple phases. The Highlanders managed to get a penalty as the Cheetahs are adjudged to have held on in the ruck. The Highlanders did have men of the ball. Sopoaga will kick at goal.
16 May 2015
34' - It's still all Highlanders. The Cheetahs just cannot get into this game at all.
16 May 2015
29' - TRY to the Highlanders!
That's the bonus point try. This could get ugly.
Again, excellent handling by the Highlanders followed by a Smith kick in behind the Cheetahs defence. Osborne runs through and falls on the ball. Sopoaga converts.
Cheetahs 3 Highlanders 26
16 May 2015
25' - TRY to the Highlanders!
Smith scores! Again excellent handling creates space on the left. Manu gallops down the touchline and when he is pulled down just short of the line he managed to get an unbelievable inside pass to Smith following up. He takes brilliantly and scores. Sopoaga misses with the conversion.
Cheetahs 3 Highlanders 19
16 May 2015
22' - The Cheetahs are still under the kosh! Brummer races back to field a kick into the 22m area and Tongia is penalised for jumping on him on the ground. Brummer sets up a lineout on their 10m line.
16 May 2015
20 ' - The defence of the Cheetahs holds firm. The Highlanders are penalised for side entry after excellent work by Britz.
16 May 2015
19' - Sopoaga places a brilliant kick into space in the Cheetahs 22m area. They can only carry the ball over the line leading to a lineout for the Highlanders.
16 May 2015
16' - TRY to the Highlanders!
Tongia has managed to ground the ball. Again the Highlanders create space with ease with some excellent, fast handling. Tongia received the ball on the right-wing, kicked ahead, collected and scored. Sopoaga converts with an excellent kick.
Cheetahs 3 Highlanders 14
16 May 2015
16' - Tongia is over the line after collecting his own kick ahead. The TMO will check the grounding however.
16 May 2015
14' - PENALTY to the Cheetahs!
Brummer makes no mistake and the home side are on the board.
Cheetahs 3 Highlanders 7
16 May 2015
13' - The Cheetahs win another penalty as the Highlanders are penalised at ruck time. Brummer will kick at goal.
16 May 2015
12' - Penalty to the Cheetahs as Smith is adjudged to be off-side as he was in front of the kick. The Cheetahs can ease some pressure as Brummer sets up a lineout in the Highlanders half.
16 May 2015
9' - The Cheetahs makes some metres, into the the half of the Highlanders, but a handling error gifts possession back to the visitors.
16 May 2015
8' - The Cheetahs can't seem to get their hand on the ball at the moment. Finally a knock-on by the Highlanders means the home side will have a scrum.
16 May 2015
4' - TRY for the Highlanders.
Tongia is the man to score! Excellent play from the Highlanders as they drew the Cheetahs defence in. Sopoaga dinked a little kick over to the debutant who was unmarked on the right-hand touchline. Sopoaga converts from the right-hand touchline.
16 May 2015
3' - The Cheetahs lose their first lineout ball gifting possession to the Highlanders.
16 May 2015
2' - Referee Stuart Berry wants to a have look at some possible foul play. It was an accidental hand through the face by a Highlanders player.
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