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Cheetahs subdue Lions with perfect first half to win Currie Cup title

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The Free State Cheetahs had devastated the Golden Lions with a game that had raw power, speed and intensity at its core.

By then it was pretty evident that the retiring television match official would not be faced with a decision that may alter the result of this year’s Currie Cup final.

After absorbing initial pressure the Cheetahs simply overwhelmed the Lions and put on show elements of their game honed in the cut and thrust of the Pro 14. Prop Ox Nché and hooker Joseph Dweba proved Trojans in the tight loose and when they were put in possession in open play, they were like tag team wrestlers wrecking balling the opposition defence.

Some of the options he took were troubling, while his execution of some of flyhalf play’s basics also invited lament.The Lions’ lineout was at times wonky and their driving maul had the structural integrity of phyllo pastry.

 

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