Cheetahs' woeful PRO14 season ... gets worse

Cape Town - The Cheetahs slumped to a 31-14 defeat against the Ospreys in their PRO14 clash Bloemfontein on Saturday. 

The Cheetahs, who have only managed six wins in 19 matches, remained sixth - out of seven teams - in Conference A, with no chance of making the playoffs.

The Cheetahs' next match is against the Dragons on Saturday, April 13 at 19:35.

Scorers:

Cheetahs

Tries: Dries Swanepoel, Reinach Venter

Conversions: Tian Schoeman (2)

Ospreys

Tries: Dan Evans, Olly Cracknell, Justin Tipuric, Cory Allen

Conversions: Luke Price (3), Sam Davies

Penalty: Davies

Teams:

Cheetahs

15 Malcolm Jaer, 14 William Small-Smith, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 Dries Swanepoel, 11 Rabz Maxwane, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Shaun Venter (captain), 8 Henco Venter, 7 Abongile Nonkontwana, 6 Gerhard Olivier, 5 Walt Steenkamp, 4 Sintu Manjezi, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Charles Marais

Substitutes: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Aranos Coetzee, 18 Reinach Venter, 19 JP du Preez, 20 Jasper Wiese, 21 Justin Basson, 22 Rudy Paige, 23 Louis Fouché

Ospreys

15 Dan Evans, 14 Hanno Dirksen, 13 Cory Allen, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Keenan Giles, 10 Luke Price, 9 Aled Davies, 8 James King, 7 Justin Tipuric (captain), 6 Olly Cracknell, 5 Bradley Davies, 4 Adam Beard, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Nicky Smith

Substitutes: 16 Scott Otten, 17 Rhodri Jones, 18 Ma’afu Fia, 19 Dan Lydia, 20 Sam Cross, 21 Matthew Aubrey, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Luke Morgan