Bloemfontein, 1 September 2018, 14:00 local, 12:00 GMT
Free State (15) 29 - 33 (19) Cell C Sharks (CC) (FT)

Timeline

Time Free State  Score  Cell C Sharks (CC)
0 start of first half start of first half
13 0 - 5 Mvovo - try
14 0 - 7 RJ du Preez - conversion
24 Fouche - try 5 - 7
25 Fouche - conversion 7 - 7
28 Greef - try 12 - 7
35 12 - 12 Ralepelle - try
37 Fouche - penalty goal 15 - 12
40 15 - 17 Vosloo - try
Bosch - sub off
40+2 end of first half 15 - 19 RJ du Preez - conversion
end of first half
40 15 - 17 Vosloo - try
Bosch - sub off
40 start of second half start of second half
Fassi - sub on
Vosloo - sub off
Stringer - sub on
Ward - sub off
Deysel - sub on
43 15 - 24 Ralepelle - try
45 15 - 26 RJ du Preez - conversion
50 Wright - sub on
Schreuder - sub off
51 Kotze - sub on
Stevens - sub off
Snyman - sub on
Venter - sub off
Conradie - sub off
Nonkontwana - sub on
55 Fouche - try 20 - 26
56 Fouche - conversion 22 - 26
58 Ward - sub on
Louw - sub off
60 Paige - sub off
Badenhorst - sub on
Greef - sub off
Maqina - sub on		 Meyer - sub off
Mchunu - sub on
63 van Vuuren - sub on
Ralepelle - sub off
Evans - sub on
Koegelenberg - sub off
66 RJ du Preez - sub off
Bosch - sub on
67 22 - 31 D du Preez - try
68 22 - 33 Bosch - conversion
70 Jaarsveld - sub on
Malan - sub off
77 penalty try 27 - 33
78 Mchunu - yellow card
79 Evans - sub off
Meyer - sub on
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Cell C Sharks (CC) won by a margin of 4 points
 
Ground name Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Teams

Free State Cell C Sharks (CC)
Tries Fouche (24, 55), Greef (28), Penalty try (77) Tries Mvovo (13), Ralepelle (35, 43), Vosloo (40), D du Preez (67)
Cons Fouche (25, 56) Cons RJ du Preez (14, 40, 45), Bosch (68)
Pens Fouche (37) Pens none
    Team
15 FB
Adriaan Carelse
14 W
Ali Mgijima
13 C
Carel-Jan Coetzee
12 C
Tertius Kruger
11 W
Lloyd Greef
10 FH
Louis Fouche
9 SH
Rudy Paige
1 P
Kevin Stevens
2 H
Reinach Venter
3 P
Gunther Janse Van Vuuren
4 L
Louis Conradie
5 L
Dennis Visser
6 F
Stephan Malan
7 F
Gerhardus Olivier
8 N8
Niell Jordaan
    Replacements
16 R
Jannes Snyman
17 R
Johan Kotze
18 R
Luigi van Jaarsveld
19 R
Abongile Nonkontwana
20 R
Dian Badenhorst
21 R
Vuyani Maqina
22
Reinhardt Erwee
    Team
15 FB
Curwin Bosch
14 W
Kobus van Wyk
13 C
Jeremy Ward
12 C
Marius Louw
11 W
Lwazi Mvovo
10 FH
Robert du Preez
9 SH
Louis Schreuder
1 P
Juan Schoeman
2 H
Chiliboy Ralepelle
3 P
John-Hubert Meyer
4 L
Gideon Koegelenberg
5 L
Hyron Andrews
6 F
Wian Vosloo
7 F
Tyler Paul
8 N8
Daniel du Preez
    Replacements
16 R
Kerron van Vuuren
17 R
Khuthuzani Mchunu
78
18 R
Andrew Evans
19 R
Luke Stringer
20 R
Cameron Wright
21 R
Johan Deysel
22 R
Aphelele Fassi

Match stats

Free State   Cell C Sharks (CC)
4 (1 penalty try) Tries 5
2 from 3 Conversion goals 4 from 5
1 from 2 Penalty goals 0 from 0
60.0% Kick at goal success 80.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
15 Kicks from hand 9
84 Passes 148
66 Runs 102
239 Metres run with ball 339
Attacking
44% (40%/50%) Possession (1H/2H) 56% (60%/50%)
7 Clean breaks 10
15 Defenders beaten 22
7 Offloads 6
37 from 39 (94.9%) Rucks won 59 from 62 (95.2%)
4 from 8 (50.0%) Mauls won 8 from 10 (80.0%)
15 Turnovers conceded 17
Defensive
98/22 Tackles made/missed 67/15
82.0% Tackling success rate 82.0%
Set pieces
4 won, 3 lost (57.1%) Scrums on own feed 9 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
10 won, 4 lost (71.4%) Lineouts on own throw 20 won, 2 lost (90.9%)
Discipline
15 (1) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 13 (0)
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

FS stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Carelse 0/0 0 1/5/3 16 0 3 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Mgijima 0/0 0 1/2/4 62 2 5 0 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Coetzee 0/0 0 0/2/3 3 0 1 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Kruger 0/0 0 0/5/13 42 2 3 1 2 9/3 0/0 1 0/0
W Greef 1/0 5 1/3/3 21 1 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Fouche 2/1 17 11/16/6 30 1 1 2 2 9/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Paige 0/1 0 1/24/2 2 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Stevens 0/0 0 0/1/1 2 0 1 1 0 3/0 0/1 1 0/0
H Venter 0/0 0 0/2/5 7 0 0 1 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Janse Van Vuuren 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 3 0/0
L Conradie 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 2/0 1 0/0
L Visser 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 2 4/2 2/0 5 0/0
F Malan 0/0 0 0/1/2 4 0 0 0 2 11/3 3/1 0 0/0
F Olivier 0/0 0 0/2/4 20 1 0 0 0 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Jordaan 0/0 0 0/2/3 6 0 1 1 1 11/3 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Snyman 0/0 0 0/2/4 10 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Kotze 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(R) Jaarsveld 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Nonkontwana 0/0 0 0/0/8 5 0 0 0 1 3/2 2/0 0 0/0
(R) Badenhorst 0/0 0 0/13/1 0 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Maqina 0/0 0 0/0/1 9 0 0 0 0 1/0 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

Natal stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Bosch 0/0 2 6/4/6 15 0 3 0 1 0/1 1/0 0 0/0
W van Wyk 0/0 0 0/1/5 25 2 1 0 1 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Ward 0/0 0 0/5/7 43 1 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Louw 0/1 0 0/2/8 33 2 3 1 2 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Mvovo 1/0 5 0/3/9 60 2 1 1 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH RJ du Preez 0/0 6 3/18/8 35 0 3 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Schreuder 0/0 0 0/40/3 1 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Schoeman 0/0 0 0/2/5 8 1 1 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Ralepelle 2/0 10 0/3/6 2 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Meyer 0/0 0 0/3/4 5 0 1 0 1 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Koegelenberg 0/0 0 0/0/2 15 0 1 0 0 6/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Andrews 0/0 0 0/3/3 2 0 0 0 1 5/0 6/0 0 0/0
F Vosloo 1/0 5 0/3/3 3 0 0 1 1 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
F Paul 0/0 0 0/8/7 25 1 0 1 1 7/2 10/0 0 0/0
N8 D du Preez 1/0 5 0/9/11 25 1 6 0 2 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) van Vuuren 0/0 0 0/1/2 3 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Mchunu 0/0 0 0/1/3 4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 1/0
(R) Evans 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
(R) Stringer 0/0 0 0/4/2 7 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Wright 0/1 0 0/30/1 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Deysel 0/0 0 0/4/5 17 0 1 2 2 7/3 0/0 2 0/0
(R) Fassi 0/0 0 0/3/2 10 0 0 0 1 0/1 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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