The Toyota Cheetahs secured a 47–14 victory against Romania A at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein.
Head coach Frans Steyn made 14 changes to the starting line-up, but the Free State side maintained their unbeaten start to the Toyota Challenge tournament.
The Cheetahs raced to a 14–0 lead within the first six minutes and continued their dominance to lead 28–07 going into the half-time break.
Romania A fought back strongly at scrum time and spent lengthy periods camped on the home side’s tryline in the second half; however, winger Prince Nkabinde completed his hat-trick in the 54th minute to push the game out of reach.
The Cheetahs finished with two late tries to comfortably close out the encounter.
Scorers:
Toyota Cheetahs: Tries: De-an Ackermann, Prince Nkabinde (3), Ethan Wentzel, Thabang Mahlasi, Gideon van der Merwe. Conversions: Tiaan Swanepoel (4), Cohen Jasper (2).
Romania A: Tries: Jason Tomane, Hinckley Vaovasa. Conversions: Alin Conache, Jondré Williams.
Teams:
Toyota Cheetahs: 1 Matome Manyama, 2 Juan Smal, 3 Tebogo Nkosi, 4 Pieter Jansen Van Vuren, 5 Curtly Ambrose Thomas, 6 Siyemukela Ndlovu, 7 Thabang Mahlasi, 8 Gideon Van Der Merwe, 9 Marco Janse Van Vuren, 10 Tiaan Swanepoel, 11 Prince Nkabinde, 12 Alex-zander Du Plessis, 13 De -an Ackermann, 14 Cohen Jasper, 15 Ethan Wentzel. Replacements: 16 Marko Janse Van Rensburg, 17 Tielman Nieuwoudt, 18 Ben Pitout, 19 Victor Sekekete, 20 Daniel Maartens, 21 Erich Visser, 22 Munier Hartzenberg, 23 Litha Nkula.
Romania A: 1 Iulian Hartig, 2 Robert Irimescu, 3 Cosmin Manole, 4 David Trausan, 5 Logan Weidner, 6 Nicolaas Immelman, 7 Yanis Horvat, 8 Eduard Cioroaba, 9 Alin Conache, 10 Daniel Plai, 11 Tiqe Iliesa, 12 Mihai Graure, 13 Jason Tomane, 14 Damian Bonaparte, 15 Ovidiu Neagu. Replacements: 16 Adrian Tala, 17 Eduard Matei. 18 JP Smith, 19 Ettienne Terblanche, 20 Vlad Neculau, 21 Jondre Williams, 22 Hinckley Vaovasa, 23 Serge Le Mezec.