Heartbreaker ... Kyle Godwin tries to stop Raymond Rhule's progress. Source: Faith Moran / News Limited
The Cheetahs spoiled the Western Force's first home match of the season with a come from behind 19-10 win in Perth on Saturday night.
The nine-point Cheetahs victory ends the Bloemfontein-based franchise's best ever tour of Australasia in which they enjoyed victories over NSW Waratahs, Highlanders and the Force.
| 1 Tries 1 | |
|---|---|
| Winston Stanley 27' | Willie le Roux 77' |
| 1 Conversions1 | |
| Sias Ebersohn 29' | Riaan Smit 79' |
| 1 Penalties4 | |
| Jayden Hayward 59' | Riaan Smit 25' |
| Riaan Smit 34' | |
| Riaan Smit 70' | |
| Riaan Smit 73' | |
It was the Force's first home game of the season after losses away to the Melbourne Rebels, Southern Kings and Bulls before last week's stirring win over the Queensland Reds.
It also marked the opening of nib Stadium's new $95-million eastern grandstand that seats almost 10,000 taking the ground's capacity to 20,500.
The home fans went home disappointed though.
The Force looked relatively comfortable after dominating play in the first half and scoring a try through Winston Stanley, but the Cheetahs kept coming and eventually a late try to Willie Le Roux sealed the result.
The Force completely dominated the opening 20 minutes in terms of territory and possession, but could not put the score on the board with the Cheetahs defending grimly and Sias Ebersohn missing two penalty attempts for the home side.
As so often happens, the Cheetahs earned a penalty on their first foray into their 22 and Riaan Smit had no trouble slotting the goal.
The Force continued to attack, though, and were rewarded with a lucky try to Stanley after Toby Lynn earlier caused the turnover that led to the try when clearly offside.
Watch the Cheetahs snatch victory from Western Force in our Super Rugby Match Centre, featuring video highlights.
The home side wasn't about to complain and took a 7-3 lead when Ebersohn converted, but that was cut to just one by halftime when Smit scored another late penalty for the visitors.
The game opened up in the second half but it took almost 20 minutes for the first points to be put on the board when the Force's replacement kicker Jayden Hayward converted a penalty.
He missed another minutes later with the Force clinging to a 10-6 lead and that was cut to one with 10 minutes to go via another Cheetahs penalty goal.
Smit then nailed a long-range penalty minutes later from almost halfway to give the visitors a two-point advantage before Force forward Ben McCalman coughed up possession, allowing second-rower Francois Uys to set up Le Roux for the match-sealing try.
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