It’s the second match in round 1, with Naka Drotske’s intrepid orange warriors heading to face the current trophy-holders.
Will the lack of a permanent coach and the ongoing back-room upheavals serve to unsettle the Lions this season, or perhaps even galvanise them? The Cheetahs, on the other hand, have lost players to overseas but are nevertheless always strong in this competition.
Kick-off in Johannesburg is at 17h05.
Golden Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 JR Esterhuizen, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Waylon Murray, 11 Anthony Volmink, 10 Butch James, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Derick Minnie, 7 Joshua Strauss, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco Van der Merwe, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 JC van Rensburg (captain).
Substitutes: 16 Francois Du Toit, 17 CJ Van der Linde, 18 Willie Britz, 19 Warren Whiteley, 20 Ross Cronje, 21 Guy Cronje, 22 Ruan Combrinck.
Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Nico Scheepers, 13 Rob Ebersohn (capt), 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Riaan Smit, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Davon Raubenheimer, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Boom Prinsloo, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Waltie Vermeulen, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Hercu Liebenberg, 1 Trevor Nyakane
Substitutes: 16 Elandre Huggett, 17 Schalk van der Merwe, 18 Francois Uys, 19 Kabamba Floors, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Philip Snyman
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If you put these two sides together;
1.JC van Rensburg
2.Callie Visagie
3.Marcel van der Merwe,
4.Hendrik Roodt
5.Franco Van der Merwe
6.Derick Minnie
7.Joshua Strauss
8.Davon Raubenheimer
9.Piet van Zyl
10.Butch James
11.Raymond Rhule
12.Andries Strauss
13.Rob Ebersohn
14.Lionel Mapoe
15.Andries Coetzee
A side that could compete in Super Rugby? Add Brussow,Ruan Botha and one or two others
Go LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kick off
@Talent (Comment 1) : SR is a bid tooooooooo long now….
Cheetahs on the attack
Hendrik Roodt in the concussion bin
Butch penalty
Lions 3
Cheetahs 0
12min
Penalty Smit
Cheetahs 3
Lions 3
15min
Roodt back on
Try Minnie!!!!!!!!!!!
Conversion over
Lions 10
Cheetahs 3
17 min
Line out lost by Lions
Lions tackles made 33 missed 2
Cheetahs made 4 missed 1
Possession
Lions 14%
Cheetahs 86%
Penalty Smit
Cheetahs 6
Lions 10
24min
From: @TheSharksZA
Half-time in the U21 game The SharksU21s lead WP U21s 12 – 8
Penalty James
Lions 13
Cheetahs 6
31 min
Try Andries Coetzee!!!!!!!!
Conversion over
Lions 20
Cheetahs 6
34 min
Possession
Lions 30%
Cheetahs 70%
2 FL tries and 15 kicks so far 😎
Penalty James
Lions 23
Cheetahs 6
39min
@JarsonX (Comment 21) : hey I have a yellow card to show so far 😉
Halftime
Lions 23
Cheetahs 6
@Franshark (Comment 23) : Willie le Roux 😆 I had him but decided on someone else at the end.
@JarsonX (Comment 25) : ya that «!&Â¥….
And I changed from Minnie to Struass very late 😯
Smit starts the 2nd half
Sarel on for van Zyl
Floors on for Raubenhymer
Minnie giving away another penalty
Whitley on for Minnie, good to see him back
What happened to Michael Rhodes?
@Franshark (Comment 26) : 😈
Kom Vrystaat! My margin is Lions by 2.
Sarel Pretorion scores from a forward pass, ref goes to the TMO and try disallowed
Lions 23 – 6 FS Cheetahs
Second Half
Lions
Try: A Coetzee, D Minnie
Conversion: B James x 2
Penalty: B James x 3
FS Cheetahs
Penalty: R Smit x 2
50 min still
Lions 23
Cheetahs 6
Rhule scores for the Cheetahs
Smit converts
Cheetahs 13
Lions 23
56min
Had Ruhle in my squad but then decided on Snyman 🙄 😈
Andries Strauss yellow for a tip tackle on Josh Strauss
Penalty James
Lions 26
Cheetahs 13
59min
@Mutley (Comment 40) : 2nd time this year if I’m not mistaken
Rhule scores his 2nd
Converted Smit
Cheetahs 20
Lions 26
62min
Lions letting this one slip? Again?
@Mutley (Comment 43) : Bummer! 😈
How much time left?
Try Roodt!!!!!!!!!!!
@JarsonX (Comment 47) : About 15mins 😳
Converted James
Lions 33
Cheetahs 20
66min
20 FL kicks
Strauss back on for Cheetahs
Penalty James
Lions 36
Cheetahs 20
72min
TMO try for Lions???
No try. Held up
Combrink scores the bonus point!!!!!
Well done Lions
Converted Guy Cronje
Lions 43
Cheetahs 20
79min
Full Time
Lions 43
Cheetahs 20
Butch James MOtM
Butch Still has it