Super Rugby - Bloemfontein, 27 February 2015, 19:10 local, 17:10 GMT
Cheetahs (12) 25 - 24 (14) Blues (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Cheetahs  Score  Blues
0 start of first half start of first half
18 Hendricks - try
Britz - sub off
Prinsloo - sub on		 5 - 0
19 Pietersen - conversion 7 - 0
24 7 - 5 Braid - try
25 7 - 7 West - conversion
32 Hendricks - try 12 - 7
36 12 - 12 Faumuina - try
37 12 - 14 West - conversion
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
49 Northcott - sub off
Saili - sub on
53 Pretorius - try 17 - 14
54 Pietersen - conversion 19 - 14
60 van der Spuy - sub off
Sadie - sub on		 Cowan - sub off
Gibson-Park - sub on
Luatua - sub on
O'Connor - sub off
62 Tu'ungafasi - sub on
Woodcock - sub off
63 19 - 19 Kaino - try
64 19 - 21 West - conversion
65 Burger - sub on
Cook - sub off
66 Meyer - sub on
Pretorius - sub off
67 Faumuina - sub off
Prattley - sub on
70 Pietersen - penalty goal 22 - 21
73 22 - 24 West - penalty goal
Tuipulotu - sub off
Ioane - sub on
76 B Uys - sub on
Mienie - sub off
78 Pietersen - penalty goal 25 - 24
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Cheetahs won by a margin of 1 point
 
Ground name Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Teams

Cheetahs Blues
Tries Hendricks (18, 32), Pretorius (53) Tries Braid (24), Faumuina (36), Kaino (63)
Cons Pietersen (19, 54) Cons West (25, 37, 64)
Pens Pietersen (70, 78) Pens West (73)
    Team
15 FB
Willie le Roux
14 W
Cornal Hendricks
13 C
Francois Venter
12 C
Michael van der Spuy
11 W
Raymond Rhule
10 FH
Joe Pietersen
9 SH
Sarel Pretorius
1 P
Danie Mienie
2 H
Torsten van Jaarsveld
3 P
Coenie Oosthuizen
4 L
Carl Wegner
5 L
Francois Uys
6 F
Jean Cook
7 F
Oupa Mohoje
8 N8
Willie Britz
    Replacements
16
Stephan Coetzee
17 R
BG Uys
18
Maks van Dyk
19 R
Tienie Burger
20 R
Boom Prinsloo
21 R
Tian Meyer
22
Willie du Plessis
23 R
Johann Sadie
    Team
15 FB
Lolagi Visinia
14 W
Melani Nanai Vai
13 C
Charles Piutau
12 C
Hamish Northcott
11 W
Tevita Li
10 FH
Ihaia West
9 SH
Jimmy Cowan
1 P
Tony Woodcock
2 H
James Parsons
3 P
Charlie Faumuina
4 L
Josh Bekhuis
5 L
Patrick Tuipulotu
6 F
Luke Braid
7 F
Brendon O'Connor
8 N8
Jerome Kaino
    Replacements
16
Matt Moulds
17 R
Ofa Tu'ungafasi
18 R
Sam Prattley
19 R
Steven Luatua
20 R
Akira Ioane
21 R
Jamison Gibson-Park
22
Simon Hickey
23 R
Francis Saili

Match stats

Cheetahs   Blues
3 Tries 3
2 from 3 Conversion goals 3 from 3
2 from 3 Penalty goals 1 from 2
67.0% Kick at goal success 80.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 23
59 Passes 177
53 Runs 129
246 Metres run with ball 519
Attacking
31% (39%/25%) Possession (1H/2H) 69% (61%/75%)
22% (31%/15%) Territory (1H/2H) 78% (69%/85%)
3 Clean breaks 14
8 Defenders beaten 31
7 Offloads 20
23 from 26 (88.5%) Rucks won 79 from 84 (94.0%)
7 from 7 (100.0%) Mauls won 6 from 8 (75.0%)
17 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
142/31 Tackles made/missed 43/8
82.0% Tackling success rate 84.0%
Set pieces
8 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 3 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
8 won, 3 lost (72.7%) Lineouts on own throw 17 won, 1 lost (94.4%)
Discipline
7 (0) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 11 (1)
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Cheet stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB le Roux 0/3 0 11/11/6 29 0 0 2 3 2/1 0/0 2 0/0
W Hendricks 2/0 10 0/3/3 29 1 3 1 1 5/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Venter 0/0 0 0/6/5 7 0 1 2 1 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
C van der Spuy 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 1 8/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Rhule 0/0 0 1/3/4 22 0 0 0 2 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Pietersen 0/0 10 10/6/5 60 1 0 0 2 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Pretorius 1/0 5 2/21/6 69 1 3 1 2 4/4 0/0 0 0/0
P Mienie 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/2 0/0 2 0/0
H van Jaarsveld 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 14/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Oosthuizen 0/0 0 1/1/5 0 0 0 1 1 19/3 0/0 0 0/0
L Wegner 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 11/1 1/0 0 0/0
L F Uys 0/0 0 0/2/3 2 0 1 0 0 12/0 3/0 1 0/0
F Cook 0/0 0 0/0/2 5 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Mohoje 0/0 0 1/0/2 2 0 0 0 2 14/2 4/1 1 0/0
N8 Britz 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) B Uys 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Burger 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Prinsloo 0/0 0 0/1/6 19 0 0 0 2 8/3 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Meyer 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Sadie 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Blues stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Visinia 0/1 0 4/6/17 114 1 1 1 1 0/1 2/0 0 0/0
W Nanai Vai 0/0 0 1/1/8 41 1 2 0 0 3/0 0/0 3 0/0
C Piutau 0/0 0 2/5/10 29 1 7 3 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Northcott 0/0 0 0/2/4 9 0 1 2 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Li 0/0 0 0/9/4 25 0 1 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH West 0/0 9 9/23/7 46 2 2 1 0 1/1 1/0 0 0/0
SH Cowan 0/0 0 7/48/3 17 0 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Woodcock 0/0 0 0/2/4 7 0 1 0 0 2/1 1/0 0 0/0
H Parsons 0/0 0 0/4/4 5 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Faumuina 1/0 5 0/4/10 25 1 2 0 2 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Bekhuis 0/0 0 0/3/1 0 0 0 0 1 3/0 9/0 0 0/0
L Tuipulotu 0/1 0 0/15/11 17 1 2 6 1 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Braid 1/0 5 0/8/13 44 2 4 2 3 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
F O'Connor 0/0 0 0/6/5 12 0 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Kaino 1/0 5 0/12/12 84 3 5 2 1 3/1 3/1 1 0/0
(R) Tu'ungafasi 0/0 0 0/0/4 7 1 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Prattley 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 2 0/0
(R) Luatua 0/0 0 0/1/3 10 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Ioane 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Gibson-Park 0/0 0 0/22/3 19 1 3 2 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Saili 0/0 0 0/6/4 5 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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