The Toyota Cheetahs travelled to Cape Town and claimed the top spot on the Currie Cup standings with a 26-17 win over DHL Western Province.
In a scrappy match, the Toyota Cheetahs left it late but a penalty try was awarded to them in the dying minutes of the match to win and deny Western Province a bonus point.
DHL Western Province made a strong start and set up camp in the visitors' territory before the pressure eventually resulted in the opening try, with hooker Andre-Hugo Venter scoring from a maul.
The Bloemfontein side got on the scoreboard when flank Gideon van der Merwe scored in the corner, however, DHL Western Province replied with a second try after enterprising backline play, with Angelo Davids finishing in the corner.
The Toyota Cheetahs added a Reinhardt Fortuin try after great work by Ruan Pienaar, but it was DHL Western Province that took a slender 14-12 lead into the break.
Kade Wolhuter added a penalty early in the second half to stretch DHL Western Province's lead to 17-12.
The Toyota Cheetahs took control through their bruising pack and Louis van der Westhuizen scored their third try to take the lead the first time in the match.
A penalty try awarded to the Toyota Cheetahs in the final minutes of the match sealed the 26-17 win.
Scorers:
DHL Western Province: Tries: Andre-Hugo Venter, Angelo Davids. Conversions: Kade Wolhuter (2). Penalties: Kade Wolhuter.
Toyota Cheetahs: Tries: Gideon van der Merwe, Reinhardt Fortuin, Louis Van der Westhuizen, Penalty try. Conversions: Ruan Pienaar (2).
Teams
DHL Western Province: 15 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 14 Duncan Saal, 13 Juan de Jongh (c), 12 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Thomas Bursey, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Jarrod Taylor, 6 Junior Pokomela, 5 Gary Porter, 4 Connor Evans, 3 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Leon Lyons. Replacements: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Corne Weilbach, 19 Dylan de Leeuw, 20 Louw Nel, 21 Labib Kannemeyer, 22 Cornel Smit, 23 Luke Burger.
Toyota Cheetahs: 15 Cohen Jasper, 14 Daniel Kasende, 13 Evardi Boshoff, 12 David Brits, 11 Munier Hartzenberg, 10 Reinhardt Fortuin, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Andisa Ntsila, 7 Sibabalo Qomo, 6 Gideon van der Merwe, 5 Victor Sekekete (c), 4 Mzwanele Zito, 3 Arnanos Coetzee, 2 Marko Janse van Rensburg, 1 Schalk Ferreira. Replacements: 16 Louis van der Westhuizen, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Rynier Bernardo, 20 Daniel Maartens, 21 Rewan Kruger, 22 Siyamthanda Masuku, 23 Tapiwa Mafura.