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LIVE: DHL WP v Toyota Cheetahs

PUBLISHED: March 16, 2022


DHL Western Province get their Carling Currie Cup campaign back underway with a clash with the Toyota Cheetahs in Bloemfontein tonight.

There are a number of changes to the DHL Western Province side. Fullback Tristan Leyds and hooker JJ Kotze make their return from injury. There is a new halfback pairing of Thomas Bursey and Kade Wolhuter.

Conditions are good in Bloemfontein, so we should be set for an exciting game.

0 – Action underway in Bloemfontein, Kade Wolhuter kicks off to the home side.

2 – Frans Steyn looks for the 50-22, but it goes touch in-goal so DHL WP have an early attacking scrum. Cheetahs awarded the scrum penalty.

4 – Breakdown penalty won by Ben-Jason Dixon so Wolhuter sets up a line-out. Both teams kick as they look for territory.

7 – Great rugby on the attack from DHL WP as they move into the 22. A cross-kick from Petersen but Davids knocks on in-goal.

10 – DHL WP stray offside as they look to apply pressure, so the Cheetahs can clear.

13 – DHL WP keeping the home side pinned back in their half, still no score.

16 – Interception from Marcel Theunissen and Cheetahs give away a breakdown penalty. Wolhuter has a shot at goal from his own half and it is over to put DHL WP 3-0 up.

19 – Cheetahs win a breakdown penalty this time and they kick to the corner. Good maul defence forces them into touch.

22 – DHL WP defence under pressure in the 22 and they force another error as a pass goes into touch. Bursey’s clearance is dropped cold, so DHL WP have a scrum on halfway.

25 – A poor pass is knocked on, so Cheetahs have a scrum this time, 10 metres inside their own half. Scrum penalty so they can kick into the 22.

27 – Good maul defence again wins the ball back and Bursey clears it once more.

29 – DHL WP win a scrum penalty this time, so Wolhuter finds touch in the 22. Forward pass from the line-out move so Cheetahs have a scrum on their 22.

32 – High tackle on Angelo Davids as DHL WP go wide. Wolhuter sets up a line-out in the Cheetahs half. Tristan Leyds goes for the 50-22, but the ball bounces touch in-goal.

36 – Turnover by Morabe, Bursey kicks into the 22 and the Cheetahs scramble it into touch. Clever kick from Wolhuter into the 22 bounces up and Jaer is forced into touch.

38 – Breakdown penalty for the Cheetahs, so they get one more chance to score before the break.

40 – DHL WP shut them down again. Great defensive effort in the first half to take a 3-0 lead into the break.

41 – Two changes at half-time for DHL WP, Rikus Pretorius and Godlen Masimla on.

42 – Early scrum for DHL WP on halfway. Scrum penalty awarded so Wolhuter has another shot at goal but pushes it wide.

45 – Scrum penalty for the Cheetahs this time and they kick quickly. Steyn runs it back after it is returned and a breakdown penalty this time. Cheetahs kick to the corner. Maul try gives the Cheetahs the lead.

50 – DHL WP with a counter-ruck and Petersen is away, but the pass to him was forward so they come back.

52 – Another breakdown penalty, so Cheetahs kick to the corner again. Maul try from Gideon van der Merwe makes it 14-3.

56 – DHL WP force a knock-on near halfway so they have a scrum. They win a penalty and kick into the corner.

60 – Maul collapsed by the Cheetahs so they kick into the corner again. Another maul and this time it is lost forward so the Cheetahs have a scrum.

65 – After a few resets the Cheetahs clear it, so DHL WP have to come from 40 metres out. Knocked on in midfield and Cheetahs kick it deep.

67 – Incredible rugby from DHL WP as they run it from their own 22. Some fantastic interplay between forwards and backs and it is finished in the corner by Angelo Davids to put them back within striking distance. Game-on.

70 – Yellow card for Nama Xaba for a cynical infringement in front of the poles. Cheetahs kick the penalty to make it 17-10.

73 – Cheetahs with a big scrum and they charge into the 22 with advantage and replacement Reinhardt Fortuin scores to make it 24-10.

75 – DHL WP throwing the ball around as they look for another try. Davids penalised so Cheetahs have a go at another try.

78 – DHL WP force a knock-on, so they have one more chance from a scrum on halfway.

80 – They move into the 22 and win another penalty. Swiel kicks it into the corner as they look to salvage a bonus point.

82 – DHL WP keep pushing after the hooter and it is Roelof Smit who forces his way over for the try. The conversion from Kade Wolhuter means they take a bonus point from Bloemfontein as the Toyota Cheetahs win 24-17. Great effort against an unbeaten team.