Staff Reporter.
Griquas will be a force to be reckoned with in the Currie Cup play-offs after they showed off their title credentials with a 40-10 win over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday.
Pieter Bergh’s side got off to a flying start, with George Whitehead and then centre Zane Bester dotting down in the first five minutes before scrumhalf Caleb Abrahams gave the visitors a 21-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Cheetahs struck back through hooker Marko Janse van Rensburg, but Guswin Wehr’s first try and one from fullback Cameron Hufke put the Cheetah’s into a 33-5 hole at the break.
After a nervy third quarter, the game sprang back to life when Wehr secured the double and Whitehead kicked his fifth conversion to make it 40-5.
It took all of three yellow cards against Griquas – to Abrahams, lock Albert Liebenberg and replacement prop Leon Lyons – before the Cheetahs took the opportunity to send replacement flanker Daniel Maartens over for a consolation try.
Boland will have the chance to move to the top of the log when they face the struggling Sharks XV in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday evening. The Cheetahs, meanwhile, could drop as low as fourth should the Lions secure a bonus point victory over the Bulls in the earlier kick-off at Ellis Park.
SA Rugby Mag information used in this report.