{"id":19485,"date":"2013-04-29T12:20:37","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T10:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/toyota-cheetahs-26-15-southern-kings-12-9\/"},"modified":"2013-04-29T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T10:20:37","slug":"toyota-cheetahs-26-15-southern-kings-12-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/toyota-cheetahs-26-15-southern-kings-12-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Cheetahs 26 (15) Southern Kings 12 (9)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Southern Kings<\/a> denied the Toyota Cheetahs a great opportunity to go top of the South African Conference when they held the Cheetahs to three tries in their 26-12 win over the Southern Kings<\/a> at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

Despite creating a number of scoring opportunities, a combination of good defence by the Kings and over-eagerness by the Toyota Cheetahs cost the home team a valuable bonus point.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Toyota Cheetahs had 35 minutes to get that fourth try after Willie le Roux scored their third shortly after the break. In the first half, Raymond Rhule and Lappies Labuschagne both rounded off long-range movements as it looked like the team from Central South Africa might run riot.<\/p>\n

But the Kings\u2019 defence has been solid all season and they kept the Toyota Cheetahs out. Unfortunately the visitors were also not able to score, thanks to very good defence by the home team. They created one or two chances, but simply could not get through.<\/p>\n

Demetri Catrakilis\u2019 boot kept the visitors in the game for the first 40 minutes though, but in the second half they simply had too much defending to do to really threaten.<\/p>\n

Director of Rugby, Alan Solomons said the team had showed great improvement on their poor performance the week before against the Vodacom Bulls, attributed to travel fatigue following the team\u2019s first Australasian tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot to take anything away from the Bulls, who probably put on their best performance to date against the Kings last week, but the players definitely did not play like they usually did in that game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Solomons said despite the loss against the Cheetahs, the Kings had put on a very positive performance and had, to some extent, set the record straight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no comparison between this game and the game we played last week (against the Bulls), we held onto the ball, had much better possession and territory and were unfortunate to come away with the result that we did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Solomons said there had been a few lapses in concentration, which had resulted in two tries being scored in the first half, that he felt could have been avoided.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first try came from deep within the Cheetah\u2019s territory, while the second was due to a defensive lapse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have to work on converting territory and possession into points; we need to be more composed in the opposition\u2019s 22,\u201d said Solomons.<\/p>\n

Solomons said none of the Kings players had signs of significant injury, aside from the usual bumps and bruises, although a more comprehensive evaluation would be done once the team had returned to Nelson Mandela Bay.<\/p>\n

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