This weekend the actions starts in Bloemfontein, where the Valke visit the Cheetahs.
Will the Valke utilise their new found innovative backline to rip the Cheetahs apart?
Or Will the Cheetahs have enough to get a bonus point win over the Valke and go clear at the top of the log?
Kick off in Bloemfontein at 19:00 SA time.
Referee: Gareth Lloyd-Jones
Touch judges: Theuns Jonker, Peter de Bruin
TMO: Willie Roos
Cheetahs: 15 Bevin Fortuin, 14 Eddie Fredericks, 13 JW Jonker, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Chris Rossouw, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Schalk van der Merwe, 7 Kabamba Floors, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Barend Pieterse (captain), 4 David de Villiers, 3 Kobus Calldo, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Phillip Lemmer, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Duanne Vermeulen, 20 Neil Powell, 21 Wilton Pietersen, 22 Fabian Juries.
Falcons: 15 Riaan Smit, 14 Dewald Pretorius, 13 Rouan Cloete, 12 Hanno Coetzee (captain), 11 Nicky Kritzinger, 10 Len Olivier, 9 Gerrie Odendaal, 8 Sean Plaatjies, 7 Warren Perkins, 6 Reg Muller, 5 Marius Coetzer, 4 Wouter Moore, 3 Nico Pretorius, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Gavin Whittingham.
Replacements: 16 Jody Jeneker, 17 Frik Venter, 18 Reggie Perkins, 19 Emile Verster, 20 Freddie van Zyl, 21 Johan Jackson, 22 Jeff Perkins.
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Picked the Cheetahs on SB but GO VALKE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t know what I did
You drank to much and then lost an article 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 3) : only one? That’s good, considering
@robdylan (Comment 4) :
You just getting home or just getting up? 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 5) : just getting up. Got home about 5 hours ago. Well, back to the hotel. You know…
@robdylan (Comment 6) :
Dude it’s 10:30 am you may be a little late for work 😆
okay the restaurant are messing with my timing now 👿
Ordered my curry, 30min ago hoping to finish before kick-off.
Stomach Full
bring it on
GO VALKE!!!!!!!!!!!
interviewing the coaches, they sound like they are in hosepipes 😳
The bloem Dancers look about 12 years old 😳
Some bloem boys wearing foam road cones on their heads. “CAUTION, Designated Drunk”
Kabamba comes out on his own to mark his 1/2 century.
Impressed with the attendance.
looks nice and busy.
Time On
Cheetahs play lovely and direct and get across the advantage line on every run.
Valke get penalised on their 10 and cheetahs go at goal
Chris Rossouw Puts it over
3 – 0 Cheetahs
2min
Valke under pressure in their 22 and then Cheetahs get penalised for not rolling away.
Len olivier clears and sets up a Valke LO
FK to Valke at the LO for Cheetahs jumping early. (good to see that enforced for a change)
valkke opt for scrum
and win PK for Cheetahs #3 not binding
go Valke 😉
scrum from the LO as Pieterse knocks it on.
After 3 resets Cheetahs get a PK and set up the LO 15m out from Valke tryline
Cheetahs with an Awesome Maul from the LO and Brussouw Scores!!!!!!
@H.O. (Comment 19) :
I second that
Rossouw misses the conversion
8 – 0 Cheetahs
9min
valke charge down a Fortuin clearance but the ball only just beats them over the dead ball line.
22 drop out Cheetahs
Cheetahs Forwards are all over the valke in the loose.
Scrum Valkeon the half way for an unplayable ruck.
Go VALKE!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 22) :
I know my dear
anyway I feel a lot of fondness for Vrystaat too.
And also Mpumalanga, Luiperds and Griffons.
Of course if you pay me I am ready to write I am a Guppies supporters, too hehehehehehehe!!!!!!
Go Griffons for tomorrow clash at Boet Erasmus Stadium: after 20 yeras it’s time to bring home a victory from Port Elizabeth!
This year’s kicking coach for the Griffons 1st XV is the one and only Eric Herbert…last year he was with us at WP…
@robdylan (Comment 26) :
yip robdylan yip!
gooooooo Valke and go magic Rudi Joubert! 😯
Cheetahs get away with murder twice.
brussouw breaks early at the scrum and catches the Valke scrumhalf who knocks. Ref awards knock and doesn’t do anything about the early break.
Then at the quicktap and go one of the retreating Cheetahs comes inthe wrong side at the ruck and win the ball for his team.
Cheetahs almost score but whiteline fever sees them knock it 3m out.
No Arm tackle by the Cheetahs. Advantage to the Valke.
PK Valke
Rossouw of the attempted no arm tackle drops like a stick (to small to drop like a log) as he bangs his head in the tackle.
seems a bit stunned
he is going off
Brussow! Yeah baby
Dewald pretorius bounces two guys and then loses the ball in the atckel
Nokwe Try!!!!!!!!!!!
Fortuin Kicking in Rossouws place
Kick over
15 – 0 Cheetahs
18min
Since when does fortuin kick at goal?
Go nokwe!
two FL tries for me!
Nokwe with a run from his 22
chips in his own half and the Cheetahs chase to pressure the Valke in their own 22.
Valke do well to clear for a Cheetah LO
@wpw (Comment 39) :
About 5min ago 😆
TJ report
5 White not using arm entering ruck from the side.
PK Valke
PK valke for Cheetahs not being 10.
Valke going at goal from the 15m line about 30m out
Not Over
22 Cheetahs
23min
15 – 0 Cheetahs
valke take it into their 22 and then punt a HUGE kick but it’s out on the full.
LO Cheetahs on the valke 22
throw anything but straight, but ref leaves it
Okay no wait now he calls it. 😆
Valke choose scrum
#1 Cheetahs penalised for dropping the scrum
Flooors TRY
after a Quick tap and go by Powell
Awesome quick hands
Conversion missed by Fortuin
20 – 0 Cheetahs
30min
valke need to score at least something, they’re messing with my SB PD 👿
Strauss stopped 2m out from scoring a certain try.
PK Valke
Plaaitjies takes a quicktap and knocks it.
Ref blows for the knock and all you hear is “PO$S!!!!” from Plaaitjies 😳
@KSA Sharkette (Comment 53) :
hey bokkie!!!!!!!!
you didn’t pick WP I see 😆
Ebersohn TRY!!!!!!!!
Fortuin gets the conversion for the BP TRY
27 – 0 Cheetahs
34min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 55) : no that 👿 😕 😥 ….team have messed up my SB too many times, won’t back them again, win or lose 👿
valke with some loose play on Cheetahs line and Nokwe intercepts but gets caught
@KSA Sharkette (Comment 58) :
😆 Yeah NOTHING is a sure thing with that team 🙄
@KSA Sharkette (Comment 60) :
Hope it is a game of two different halves as brosnihan says.
3rd reset of scrum on the middle.
Can’t believe the Cheetahs are getting killed in the scrums
FK Valke
Valke #11 BREAKS the line like i haven’t seen in years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fortuin takes him in the cheetahs 22
Half Time
Cheetahs 27 – 0 Valke
score plez?
Spectacular Valke. 😉
It is a great pleasure to have the “mean commentating team” back in action. You constantly beat the “LIVE” score at Sarfu.
@robdylan (Comment 66) :
look up. 🙂
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 67) :
😆 😳
@Silver Fox (Comment 68) :
Pleasure to be of service 😉
looks like the Cheetahs rush defense is working very well to shut the valke down
@KSA Shark © (Comment 70) : I have the Cheetahs by 12, so those Valke better get their act together in the 2nd half.
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 73) :
I Have them by 11 🙁
Should be 41 rather.
Valke #2 gets penalised for hands in at the ruck in the cheetahs 22.
Cheetahs clear and set up LO
Go Valke!
Fortuin BOOOOOTS from his 22 to well inside the Valke 22 and they send it back.
Cheetahs run at them but turn it over
Jackson TRY !!!!!!!!!!!
27 – 5 Cheetahs
yeeeha
Conversion Over by Len Olivier
27 – 7 Cheetahs
44min
who’s Jackson?
valke break throught the Cheetahs again and the Ref Penalises the Cheetahs.
Brossouw swears at the ref and gets a YELLOW
GO Valke!!!!!!!!!!!
kids have the tv and my dial-up connection s&^%s 👿
whats happening KSA ?
@robdylan (Comment 80) :
Johan Jackson
That’s all I know
#2 and #8 Cheetahs Subbed off
@robdylan (Comment 78) : Rhymes with cheeta!! 😀
Yellow for swearing? 😯
Valke of the last few weeks have suddenly arrived on the field it seems.
Why didn’t Plaatjies get a yellow earlier for saying p*€$?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 62) : seems bros is a bit of a fortune teller
😉
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 86) :
AT the ref though
@KSA Sharkette (Comment 89) :
Hope it stays that way. 😆
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 88) :
He called himself a PO&S not the Ref. 😉
valke slowing down a bit now
@KSA Shark © (Comment 90) : Oh right. Big difference.
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 88) : depends on the situation, had the ref already spoken and then was the swearing AT the ref……..simple rule – don’t piss the guy off thats calling the shots
Cheetahs get a PK for valke coming in at the side on the valke 22 and they go for touch.
Silly IMO.
Go for the poles and waste time while you are a man short.
Cheetahs lookin very good. Go vermuelen (Future WP 8th man) 😀
Later. Chinese has arrived. 😀
Cheetah try from the LO
Kabamba Floors credited with it.
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 98) :
Enjoy 👿
I remember Kaplan in the Sharks-Valke game asking Plate to stop swearing on at least 3 occasions…
Conversion Over by Fortuin
34 – 7 Cheetahs
52min
Kabamba s 2nd try! fortuin skop nogal kwaai… 34 – 7 to the Mielie boere
@robdylan (Comment 101) :
remember that.
Juries on 4 Fredericks
Cheetahs scrum killing the Valke now as they scrum in the valke 22
valke try and run it from their in-goal
Cheetahs take it and get held up in goal.
valke turn it over and RUN it out only to be put in touch 5m out
Cheetahs LO
Cheetahs doe for obstruction at the maul from the LO.
Quicktap and go by Valke.
There is gonna be fisticuffs SOON.
Brussouw back on
Jeneker and Lemmer on
Scrum to Valke under their poles and they win PK for Cheetahs illegal scrumming.
Set up LO only for Cheetahs to steal their LO
PK Cheetahs on the Valke 22 and they set up LO 5m out
sadly must go, kids to get into bed and all that parent stuff 😕
KSA let me know the final score please my sweetboy
GO The Sharks ❗ ❗ ❗
Vermeulen takes and the Cheetahs Maul. but it goes down and the Valke get the put in at the scrum
@KSA Sharkette (Comment 112) :
Night. Sleep tight.
PK Valke for Cheetahs illegal scrumming again.
Ref tells Luftwaffe to speak to the front row as he is losing patience with them
PK valke again for Cheetahs not staying on their feet at ruck.
Would love to see the PK for and against here.
Wilton peterson’s first touch of the ball and he gives a great pass to the outside
Valke LO on the Cheetahs 22 and stolen by the Cheetahs again.
valke knocked it on.
scrum Cheetahs in their 22
Cheetahs run from their 22 and are now well inside the Valke half.
PK against valke for High tackle.
Cheetahs going at touch and set up LO 10m out.
Cheetahs have PK advantage from the LO
Cheetahs have gone short 4 times without success now.
Valke holding them well
Ebersohn Shrugs off a tacklein midfield and SCORES!!!!!!!!
De bruin Kicing at goal gets it over.
41 – 7 Cheetahs
68min
Cheetahs run from their own half and almost score.
great running their, but Valke win PK under their own poles and clear to set up a LO
Valke PK and they set up LO on the Cheetahs 5m with a great touch kick
Valke win the LO
Len Olivier grubber through and Nokwe has to kick it touch in goal from just outside his tryline.
5m scrum valke put in
the Ebersohn midget any good?
Ref warns the cheetahs about extreme discipline at the 5m scrum while the Valke attend to an injured player.
scrum pops and is reset
@robdylan (Comment 127) :
Very IMO
PK valke for nding by the Cheetahs
Another PK for Cheetahs offside.
Tap and go
VALKE SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice reaching try and the crowd boo coz it is awarded.
Conversion by Olivier is Over
41 – 14 Cheetahs
73min
Wlton Pieterson TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Valke try was by Johan Jackson BTW
Conversion by De Bruin Over
48 – 14 Cheetahs
76min
Brussouw seems to have done his ankle pretty badly as it is examined on the side of the field
Wilton Pietersen 2nd TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
being refered to the TMO though
@KSA Shark © (Comment 136) :
Oops sorry foul play being refered to the TMO
TMO says “stick with the try nothing wrong”
@KSA Shark © (Comment 137) : Hey, did that tiger had it’s meal now???
De bruin puts the conversion over
55 – 14 Cheetahs
78min
“LIVE” scores have proceeded to 48 – 14 at long last 🙁
Full Time
Cheetahs 55 – 14 Valke
Log Updated
Cheetahs go top
Cheetahs Scorers
Tries
Brüssow (8th min), Nokwe (17tn min), Floors (29th min, 51st min), Ebersohn (35th min, 67th min), Pietersen (75th min, 77th min)
Pens
Rossouw (2nd min)
Conv
Fortuin (18th min, 35th min, 52nd min), De Bruyn (67th min, 75th min, 77th min)
Valke Scorers
Tries
Jackson (44th min, 73rd min)
Conv
Olivier (44th min), Perkns (73rd min)
@Silver Fox (Comment 141) :
Hehehhe
@Silver Fox (Comment 139) :
you talking about my avatar? 😆
The pic there now is one of the sunsets while in Swaziland when we were on vacation.
Picture credit to Kette.
Busy watching Mikey and Vinnie having their backs waxed on OCC. Only thing is Mikey backs out 😆
Vinnie is not very happy
@ra-cheltjie de’ be-er (Comment 73) :
I Have them by 11
Should be 41 rather.
Comment 74, posted at 25.07.08 20:07:22 by KSA Shark ©
If Only i HAD gone for 41. 🙁
there is literally no-one around at this time of night.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 147) :
Addictive viewing… I don’t even like bikes…
@bryce_in_oz (Comment 150) :
I like both American hotrod and American Chopper. That is my “Sunday” (Real world friday) night viewing for bed time every week.