Cheetahs douse Dragons in low quality PRO14 clash

Cape Town - The Cheetahs proved far too strong for the Dragons in their PRO14 clash in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

When the final whistle sounded in a low quality clash, the Cheetahs ran out 38-13 winners.

Despite the win, the Cheetahs remained sixth (out of seven teams) in Conference A, while the Dragons stayed bottom of Conference B.

The Cheetahs' next - and final - match, they will host the Kings in Bloemfontein (Saturday, April 27 at 17:30).

Scorers:

Cheetahs

Tries: Henco Venter, Shaun Venter, Tian Schoeman, Louis Fouche, Rabz Maxwane

Conversions: Schoeman (5)

Penalty: Schoeman

Dragons 

Try: Tain Basham

Conversion: Josh Lewis

Penalties: Lewis (2)

Teams:

Cheetahs

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

Substitutes: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Aranos Coetzee, 18 Reinach Venter, 19 Sintu Manjezi, 20 Jasper Wiese, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Louis Fouché, 23 Darron Adonis

Dragons

15 Jordan Williams, 14 Zane Kirchner, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Josh Lewis, 9 Rhodri Williams, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Taine Basham, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Lewis Evans, 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Leon Brown, 2 Elliot Dee (captain), 1 Ryan Bevington

Substitutes: 16 Rhys Lawrence, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 Max Williams, 20 Huw Taylor, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Jason Tovey, 23 Will Talbot-Davies