Cheetahs too good for Griquas

Cape Town - A powerful second half performance was enough to see the Free State Cheetahs emerged victorious against neighbours Griquas in their Absa Currie Cup clash in Kimberley on Friday.

The Cheetahs won 31-9 after leading 10-9 at half-time.

Scorers:

Griquas

Penalties: Ntabeni Dukisa (3)

Free State Cheetahs

Tries: Rayno Benjamin, Fred Zeilinga, Sergeal Petersen, Gerhard Olivier

Conversions: Zeilinga (4)

Penalties: Zeilinga

Teams:

Griquas

15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Sandile Ngcobo, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Michael van der Spuy, 11 Ntabeni Dukisa, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Tian Meyer (captain), 8 Carel Greeff, 7 Hilton Lobberts, 6 Johan Wessels, 5 Jaco Nepgen, 4 Jonathan Adendorf, 3 Stephan Kotze, 2 AJ Le Roux, 1 Steph Roberts

Substitutes: 16 Danie Minnie, 17 Martin Bezuidenhout, 18 Ewald van der Westhuizen, 19 Hugo Kloppers, 19 RJ Liebenberg, 21 Rudi van Rooyen, 22 Clinton Swart

Free State Cheetahs

15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Rayno Benjamin, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Fred Zeilinga, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Niell Jordaan, 7 Henco Venter, 6 Gerhard Olivier, 5 Francois Uys (captain), 4 Armandt Koster, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Jacques du Toit, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen

Substitutes: 16 Elandré Huggett, 17 Maks van Dyk, 18 Reniel Hugo, 19 Tienie Burger, 20 Freddy Ngoza, 21 Ruan van Rensburg, 22 Sias Ebersohn