Cape Town - Captain Reniel Hugo scored a brace of tries as the Cheetahs beat the Bulls 28-10 in a pre-season match in Harare on Saturday.
According to the SA Rugby mag website, Hugo scored twice in the first half as the Cheetahs opened up a handy 14-3 lead at half-time.
After the break, Bulls coach Nollis Marais made a
number of substitutions, which helped inject energy into
their game, and there was some reward when Tian Schoeman went over for a
try.
However,
after a number of scrum infringements, the Cheetahs were then awarded
two penalty tries by referee Jaco Peyper, which not only sealed the result, but gave the Bulls
coaches an obvious point of concern ahead of the Super Rugby season.
The Bulls will open their 2016 Super Rugby campaign against the Stormers on Saturday, February 27 at Newlands, while the Cheetahs kick off their season against the Jaguares the day before in Bloemfontein.
Scorers:
Bulls
Tries: Tian Schoeman
Conversion: Schoeman
Penalty: Schoeman
Cheetahs
Tries: Reniel Hugo (2), penalty try (2)
Conversions: Niel Marais (4)
Teams:
Bulls
15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Kefentse Mahlo, 13 Dries Swanepoel, 12 Dan Kriel, 11 Jade Stighling, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, 6 Freddy Ngoza, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Lizo Gqoboka
Substitutes: 16
Jaco Visagie, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Nqoba Mxoli, 19 Irne Herbst, 20
Riekert Hattingh, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Francois Brummer, 23 JT Jackson,
24 Jamba Ulengo
Cheetahs
15 Gerrie Labuschagne, 14 Ruan van Rensburg, 13 Reinhardt Erwee, 12 Michael van der Spuy, 11 Clayton Blommetjies, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Tian Meyer, 8 Henco Venter, 7 Tienie Burger, 6 Paul Schoeman, 5 Reniel Hugo (captain), 4 Armandt Koster, Luan de Bruin, 2 Jacques du Toit, 1 Danie Mienie