Lions 27 v Cheetahs 25

February 25, 2012
Posted by Morné

We close off the weekend’s SupeRugby action where the two feline opponents will start a cat-fight in Johannesburg.

Recent results:
2011: Cheetahs won 53-19 in Johannesburg
2011: Lions won 25-20 in Bloemfontein
2010: Cheetahs won 59-10 in Welkom
2009: Lions won 34-28 in Johannesburg
2008: Lions won 23-22 in Bloemfontein

Lions: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Doppies le Grange, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 James Kamana, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (captain), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden/ Hendrik Roodt, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Hendrik Roodt/Stephan Greeff, 19 Warren Whiteley, 20 Tian Meyer, 21 Butch James, 22 Michael Killian.

Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Dusty Noble, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Rocco Jansen, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Davon Raubenheimer, 7 Philip van der Walt, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: 16 Lourens Adriaanse, 17 Hercu Liebenberg, 18 Waltie Vermeulen, 19 Ashley Johnson, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Willie le Roux.

Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Sindile Mayende (South Africa), Stefan Breytenbach (South Africa)
TMO: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa
Kick-off: 19:10 CAT

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36 Comments

  1. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 5:31 pm Reply to this comment

    Op Ellis saam Shields.
    as die Leeus wen moer my dogtertjie hom want sy het vanoggend haar eerste Krav Maga klas gehad en dit sal goeie oefening vir haar wees.
    As die Leeus verloor dan moer ek hom sodat ek nie my vroutjie byy die huis hoef te moer nie…

  2. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 5:32 pm Reply to this comment

    Ellispark is papnat met reen en dis bewolk orals om.

  3. bok_in_oz bryce_in_oz says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 6:23 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to DavidS @ 5:31 pm:

    People asking for his auto-graph yet?

  4. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 6:28 pm Reply to this comment

    He is. Acting incognito, with huge rayban sunglasses and a big hoodie

  5. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 6:30 pm Reply to this comment

    Still raining cats and dogs by the way

    As expected all the kickers are out doing Gary Owens and team mates catching.

  6. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 6:49 pm Reply to this comment

    Bryce it must be early Sunday in Aus..
    WTF Dude… when do you sleep?

  7. Methos The French Stormer Methos The French Stormer says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 6:59 pm Reply to this comment

    DavidS
    Doen my ñ guns. Gee vir shields ñ p-slot-klap. Miskien kom hy dan agter dat slofte en voorspelers die hart van enige span is.

  8. Deon Deon says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 7:00 pm Reply to this comment

    Good luck Cheetahs

    Now to bed or I will be asleep in church later.

    :cheers:

  9. Aldo Aldo says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 7:11 pm Reply to this comment

    Go the Lions, make it 7 please.

    David, pasop dat julle nie die yellow valiant opstart vanaand en daar weer skote geskiet word by die venster uit nie!

  10. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 7:30 pm Reply to this comment

    28 min
    7-6 Cheetahs
    Cheetahs awarded YC for tip tackle on Wikus V Heerden whose off on a stretcher.

  11. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 7:31 pm Reply to this comment

    Sorry it’s 12 miin

  12. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 7:33 pm Reply to this comment

    10-6 Cheetahs 15 min

  13. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 7:35 pm Reply to this comment

    10-9 Cheetahs
    18 min

  14. Methos The French Stormer Methos The French Stormer says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 8:04 pm Reply to this comment

    What a kick!!! If we can only incorporate the sheer joy and pace the new zealanders bring to their game, combined with our natural flar we will be unbeatable in rugby for the next 100 Years.

    Cheers

  15. Boertjie Boertjie says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 8:19 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to Methos The French Stormer @ 8:04 pm:

    our natural flair
    ——
    :what:

  16. Boertjie Boertjie says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 8:20 pm Reply to this comment

    365 says 19-12 to Cheetahs HT.

  17. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 8:58 pm Reply to this comment

    enjoyable game this! imo 2nd best of the S15 week 1 :support:

  18. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 9:00 pm Reply to this comment

    Goosen must be on HM’s short list of future bok 10′s!! :wave:

  19. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 9:08 pm Reply to this comment

    hard luck cheetahs but damn good fight! Will be interesting who wins this conference :twisted:

  20. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 9:27 pm Reply to this comment

    BTW: Mauritz Botha was sooooo close to a try today v Wales but just short of the line :respek:

  21. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 25th, 2012 at 10:01 pm Reply to this comment

    Liewe jirre my hart…
    SHIELDS het net halftyd een of ander poster in my gesig gesit en toe so 2 min voor die einde gewaai …
    WAS seker skytbang my meisietjie Krav Maga hom…
    Sorrie Methos…
    Drol het nie eers ‘n Vrystaat jersey gedra nie…

  22. Oranje Orakel - BlackbeRRy is so 2011 Oranje Orakel says:
    February 26th, 2012 at 7:55 am Reply to this comment

    Congrats to the Lions and their suPPorters.

    ChEEtahs have the skiLLs to compete, but it sEEms the nous to close tight games out, are stiLL sadly lacking.

    ALL S 15 will be tight games for them, unleSS they are on the recieving end. Solid defensive eFFort though.

    Havent studied the “new”rules( maybe more the NEW implementation thereof) enough to bitch about the ref.

    It is a given that gOOsen is a Special one- but it sEEms injury prone – Jantjies played very weLL, not just the kicking.

    ChEEtashs locks were competitive but did not have the same impact on denying MiNNie Access to the baLL at the breakdown as the way that the Lions neutralised BruSSow. Barfighter Coenie was surely missed.

    The BloemBeast also played a leKker game. With two years experience he wiLL be a handfuLL. AdriAAn StrauSS was solid but not as influential as most games last year.

    All in All- away game to a must win team- pity to take home only one point – especiaLLy as they were not outplayed but could not manage to kEEp the lead to the final whistle.

  23. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 26th, 2012 at 8:33 am Reply to this comment

    Reply to Oranje Orakel @ 7:55 am:

    OO

    Ref was maar super kak geweess…

    Starting to think if it’s endemic to Lawrences…

    He was struggling you see because he just could not figure out who to penalize seeing as he’s such a big Sharks / WP supporter and neither was on the field…

    Neither side could get their backline moving at all and he was clueless at the breakdowns.

  24. Americano Americano says:
    February 26th, 2012 at 10:20 am Reply to this comment

    Cheetahs look really different without Pretorious.
    Its just the 1st game hopefully they’ll gel in a game or two.
    That leg on the Goose is freakin’ bionic.
    May be the gameplan for Cheetahs to line up the Goose at halfway everytime and give him a shot while playing cynical “win ugly” defense the entire game.
    Worth a shot Mr. Drotske if your reading this ( and I assume you are).

  25. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 26th, 2012 at 9:03 pm Reply to this comment

    JT

    Goosen got beaten for pace by Jantjes on two linebreaks, outscored by Jantjes, cost his team a YC, and left injured after a tackle attempt on Jantjes and HM should be looking at Goosen as a Bok…

    Dude seriously…

    :shake:

  26. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 26th, 2012 at 11:04 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to DavidS @ 9:03 pm:

    now all of a sudden the ref was right?? seriously? oh and who made the breaks for the Cheetahs past the messiah Jantjes?
    Goosen is a kid and Jantjes a “seasoned” campaigner but Goosen showed a lot of potential. add Lambie to that group we have some serious seriousoptions!

  27. JT_BOKBEFOK! JT_BOKBEFOK! says:
    February 26th, 2012 at 11:05 pm Reply to this comment

    both had good games – not like van arsewagon

  28. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 1:50 am Reply to this comment

    Jantjes is 21 in only his second S15 campaign… hardly seasoned.

    Jantjes did not miss Goosen in a single tackle I could see. In ONE tackle one of the Cheetah forwards ran over him but not Goosen.

  29. Timeo Timeo says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 2:25 am Reply to this comment

    Reply to DavidS @ 1:50 am:

    The difference is that Goosen is new and looked impressive.

    Jantjes we’ve all seen flopped before. Just give it a few games .

  30. bok_in_oz bryce_in_oz says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 2:54 am Reply to this comment

    Reply to Timeo @ 2:25 am:

    Jantjes has most certainly looked more impressive than not at every level…

  31. Kat Kat says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 8:21 am Reply to this comment

    Reply to Timeo @ 2:25 am: I’m hearing this often here in CT: Jantjies that is not good enough; Jantjies that will soon implode; Jantjies that cannot tackle; etc; and the more I hear it the more Jantjies proves these people wrong. Man of the Match in the CC final. Man of the Match on Saturday. 9/11 kicks over. New record.

    It seems like whatever the Lions get right it will never be good enough. Really pathetic how people can be so full of hate.

  32. Kat Kat says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 8:23 am Reply to this comment

    If Jantjies is so poor then Rassie must have been out of his mind to have tried so damn hard to lure him with massive offers to WP.

  33. bok_in_oz bryce_in_oz says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 8:45 am Reply to this comment

    Reply to Kat @ 8:23 am:

    Quite simple really… he’s keeping a Bok/Bath 10 (that many were touting would be first choice Bok 10 over Morne in the RWC)… on the bench…

  34. DavidS Champion Supporter DavidS says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 10:29 am Reply to this comment

    Jantjes played poorly in the beginning of Super 15 2011.

    That is at age 20, having been selected for the Boks EOYT in 2010 just when his coach said he was too young to be selected and should be given chance to mature. Poephol Piet, ever the more wise and intelligent, however ignored the advice and ALMOST ruined Jantjes.

    It is a measure of his growth in Super 15 2011 that by the end of the season he was selected as the the best ten in the final round of games of Super 15 2011 having not been able to hold his place down at the start of the season… over Morne Steyn, Quade Cooper and Dan Carter.

    Jantjes had a few bad games, but he has NEVER imploded… NEVER. That is pure fantasy Timeo and you know it… you should take your little blue tinged sunglasses off occasionally.

    That said I DO think that Hollenbach is a CC player and that even last year the Lions looked better with Butch at 12 than Hollenbach.

  35. Kat Kat says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 11:53 am Reply to this comment

    Considering how young Jantjies is and how well he’s doing already imagine how he will play three years from now under the continued mentoring of Mitchell and Spencer. Biggest problem for the Lions will be to hold on to him (already becoming an issue as the offers flood in).

  36. Cosa die BLOUBOK Cosa die BLOUBOK says:
    February 27th, 2012 at 12:17 pm Reply to this comment

    Jantjes is a great talent, and in two years time will be the no 1 flyhalf in the country.

    One of the things I like most about him is his “soft hands” n handlingh and distribution, then he also has the boot and eye for a gap.