The Cheetahs beat the Southern Kings 21-11 in their pre-season friendly in Port Elizabeth on Friday night.
The visitors led just 7-6 at the break in a tightly contested encounter.
The Cheetahs open their Super Rugby campaign at home against the Jaguares on Friday, February 26, while the Kings start with a home game against the Sharks the following day.
Scorers:
- Kings – Try: Shane Gates. Penalties: Elgar Watts (2)
- Cheetahs – Tries: Boom Prinsloo, Sergeal Peterson. Conversions: Sias Ebersohn (2), Fred Zeilinga
Teams:
- Kings: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Luzuko Vulundlu, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Shane Gates, 11 Malcolm Jaer, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Ntando Kebe, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Thembelani Bholi, 6 Chris Cloete, 5 JC Astle, 4 Steven Sykes (captain), 3 Tom Botha, 2 Martin Bezuidenhout, 1 Schalk Ferreira
- Substitutes: Sithembiso Sithole, Martin Ferreira, Vukile Sofisa, Cornell Hess, CJ Velleman, Stephan Willemse, Sipato Pokomela, Leighton Eksteen, Theuns Kotze, JP du Plessis, Siyanda Grey.
- Cheetahs: 15 Sergeal Petersen, 14 Maphutha Dolo, 13 Francois Venter (captain), 12 William Small-Smith, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Niell Jordaan, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Boom Prinsloo, 5 Lodewyk de Jager, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Charles Marais
- Substitutes: Jacques du Toit, Danie Mienie, Luan de Bruin, Reniel Hugo, Hilton Lobberts, Paul Schoeman, Henco Venter, Tian Meyer, Fred Zeilinga, Michael van der Spuy, Clayton Blommetjies
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