The Cheetahs left it to late at the Toyota Stadium to claim a bonus point 26-21 win over Province after trailing the 14-21 at the half time break.

Rynhardt Fortuin, Ruan Pienaar, Daniel Maartens and Munier Hartzenberg all scored tries for the Cheetahs for the valuable bonus point to taking them up to 36 points on the log.

Pienaar managed to convert three of the Cheetahs tries.

Province’s tries were scored by Damian Markus, Jarrod Taylor and Luke Burger, while the former Cheetahs fullback, Clayton Blommetjies converted all three tries.

The Cheetahs will face the Lions in Bloemfontein on Saturday in their next Currie Cup game. This game at the Toyota Stadium kicks off at 17:05.

Scorers:

Cheetahs: Tries – Rynhardt Fortuin, Ruan Pienaar, Daniel Maartens, Munier Hartzenberg Conv. – Ruan Pienaar 3

Western Province: Tries – Damian Markus, Jarrod Taylor, Luke Burger Conv. – Clayton Blommetjies 3

Cheetahs - 15 Cohen Jaspers, 14 Daniel Kasende, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Reinhardt Fortuin, 11 Munier Hartzenberg, 10 Siya Masuku, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 7 Sibabalo Qoma, 6 Gideon van der Merwe, 5 Victor Sekekete (captain), 4 Rynier Bernardo, 3 Hencus van Wyk, 2 Marko Janse van Rensburg, 1 Schalk Ferreira.

Replacements - 16 Chucky van der Westhuizen, 17 Mox Mxoli, 18 Lawrence Victor, 19 Mzwanele Zito, 20 Friedle Olivier, 21 Daniel Maartens, 22 Rewan Kruger, 23 David Brits.

Western Province - 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Lloyd Koster, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Damian Markus, 11 Luke Burger, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis (captain), 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Jarrod Taylor, 6 Junior Pokomela, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Dylan de Leeuw, 3 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Kwenzo Blose.

Replacements - 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Corne Weilbach, 19 Adré Smith, 20 Louw Nel, 21 Thomas Bursey, 22 Jurie Matthee, 23 Duncan Saal.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport