Farhat restarts for the Spartans Bakkum claims it He is dragged down by Blunder A ruck is formed Harding retains possession Harding feeds to Logan Logan passes out to King Good strong run from King He dodges past JRE Luffman He gets the ball out to Clough Half break by Clough Tackle by Cribb is good A ruck is formed The forwards get the ball to Harding Good pass to Masters He passes to Bakkum Bakkum slips a tackle and makes ground He offloads to King He passes to Logan Powerful run from Logan He passes to Harding Good pass by King taken on the run King fumbles, but recovers He weaves past Orr Brilliant run from King! Blunder gets the tackle in A ruck is formed The Spartans get the penalty Offside
Izett throws in for the Spartans Stolen by McDougal Ball back to Harding King receives the ball from Harding Quick pass to Bakkum Lovely break from Bakkum Short pass to Clough as Orr nails Bakkum Nice offload to Devonshire Good play from the Cheetahs Fumbled by Devonshire – Knock On Spartans have the scrum
Scrum to Spartans They need a good defensive scrimmage Cribb feeds the ball Messy scrimmaging from the Spartans They lose control of the ball and Sweetman hooks it Harding gets the ball out to King He offloads to Clough BOOM! Clough’s head almost came off with that huge hit from Deane! Penalty to the Cheetahs High tackle That was dangerous play The ref wants a word with Deane YELLOW CARD Dangerous play The Cheetahs will have the advantage now
Harding takes a quick tap penalty He makes ground He flicks it to King He will score under the posts TRY for the Cheetahs
Graham will try the conversion from 17 metres A good chance to add points He’s got all his kicks today A nice kick from Graham – Through the posts The score is 29-17 after 65 minutes Can the Spartans hold on?
Farhat restarts for the Spartans Good lifting by Verigotta McDougal has taken it well A maul forms Good work by Chung – TURNOVER Denton has the ball He slips it to Ritchie Ritchie pounds on Short pass to Eggman He offloads to Izett Fumbled by Izett Knock-On
The match moves into the final 10 minutes Sweetman throws for the Cheetahs Bad throw – Laing steals it Spartans set up the maul Denton takes it from the maul Denton is dragged down by King A ruck is formed Lovely from Verigotta – TURNOVER Harding has the ball Passed to King He does well to hold on Good run from King He passes to Bakkum He is taken down A ruck is formed Harding passes to King Deane returns from the Sin Bin Harding passes to Logan He offloads back to Harding He passes to Graham Clough receives the ball from Graham A dummy opens up some space TRY for the Cheetahs
Graham with the conversion A good chance to add points Good kick by Graham The score is 29-24 with 6 minutes remaining
