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Cheetahs run riot in Brakpan

September 26 2008

The Cheetahs were in rampant form as they despatched the Falcons 78-7 in what was a Currie Cup breeze in Brakpan on Friday.

The twelve-try win has extra meaning also as the Cheetahs are now back in the semi-final mix after overtaking Western Province into fourth place.

It only took the visitors just 28 minutes to claim their try bonus point as they went into half-time with a healthy 31-0 cushion.

And the defending Currie Cup champions scored a further 47 points after the break, highlighted by Springbok finisher Jongi Nokwe scoring up a hat-trick.

Although seriously one-sided, the contest was an entertaining one with fellow wing JW Jonker starring and unfortunate not to pick up his own treble, which was ruled a penalty try.

Yellow cards didn't help the Falcons, however, who struggled to keep pace with their heavyweight opponents as gaps became very regular.

Another man who stood out, albeit behind a pack going forward at a rate of knots, was fly-half Jacques-Louis Potgieter.

The Cheetahs' ten demonstrated a cutting edge with pace and vision to go with a sound boot and was rewarded with his own scorer in the second period.

The scorers:

For the Falcons:

Tries: Barnes

Con: Perkins

For the Cheetahs:

Tries: Jonker 2, Vermeulen, Nokwe 3, Floors, De Bruyn 2, Penalty, Brussow, Potgeiter

Con: Potgeiter 8, De Bruyn

Yellow card: Gert Lubbe (Falcons) - Killing the ball on 19 minutes, Perkins (Falcons) - Early tackle on 56 minutes.

Falcons: 15 Johan Jackson, 14 Dewald Pretorius, 13 Rouan Cloete, 12 Franco Booysen, 11 Frank Wagenström, 10 Hanno Coetzee (c), 9 Gerrie Odendaal, 8 Thabo Mamojele, 7 Daan-Roux van Coller, 6 Uwe Sauer, 5 Nico Luus, 4 Wouter Moore, 3 Dewald Coetzee, 2 Jody Jeneker, 1 Zane Killian.

Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Gavin Whittingham, 18 Nico Pretorius, 19 Marius Coetzer, 20 Gert Lubbe, 21 Freddie van Zyl, 22 Jeff Perkins.

Cheetahs: 15 Bevin Fortuin, 14 JW Jonker, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Duanne Vermeulen, 7 Kabamba Floors, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Barend Pieterse (c), 4 David de Villiers, 3 Kobus Calldo, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Wian du Preez.

Replacements: 16 Richardt Strauss, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Nico Breedt, 19 Schalk van der Merwe, 20 Jandre Blom, 21 Hennie Daniller, 22 Eddie Fredericks.

Referee: Deon van Blommestein

Touch judges: Silulami Pityoi, Lappies Labuschagne

TMO: Michael Cupido