Coach Frans Steyn’s Cheetahs suffered a 45-29 defeat to the Boland Cavaliers in the opening round of the SA Cup in Wellington on Saturday.
Boland scored three tries to lead 19-0 after 23 minutes and while the Cheetahs fought back well to go 29-25 ahead in the second half, winger Lunathi Nxele’s hat-trick try with 13 minutes to go helped the hosts claim an ultimately convincing victory.
The match was former Springbok Steyn’s first in charge of the Free Staters after taking over from Izak van der Westhuizen, while ex-Cheetahs coach Hawies Fourie is in charge at Boland.
The 10-team SA Cup serves as a qualifier for this year’s Currie Cup Premier Division, with the top four teams set to join the four Vodacom URC unions.
SA Cup round 1 results:
Pumas 75 SWD Eagles 7
Boland 45 Cheetahs 29
Border Bulldogs 32 Griffons 55
Valke 41 Eastern Province 30
Leopards 7 Griquas 64
Photo: Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images
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Coach Frans Steyn’s Cheetahs suffered a 45-29 defeat to the Boland Cavaliers in the opening round of the SA Cup in Wellington on Saturday.
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