In the last match of the 2023 Toyota Challenge, the Toyota Cheetahs will take on Western Force on Saturday, 7 October in Claremont in Western Australia at the Revo Fitness Stadium at 09:00 (SA time), and the game will be live on SuperSport.
The Toyota Cheetahs were victorious in the first two rounds by beating Western Force 31-27 and 27-12 and suffered a narrow defeat of 27-30 in round 3. This significant prize money not only adds to the intensity of the competition but also recognises the outstanding efforts of the teams.
On the Round 3 match: “I felt that we didn’t start well and we fought back in the last 15 minutes before half-time. There were a few strange decisions in the second half, and we lost our cool which resulted in 15 penalties, two yellow cards, and a free kick.
It was difficult to recover from that, so this week we spoke a lot about what we can’t control, and what we can do in a similar situation.” Said, coach Hawies Fourie.
“The EPCR Challenge Cup is the big thing for us. Besides Saturday’s match, we have two more warm-up games to prepare we’ve got to use the game time we have well.”
“We had a good training week and decided to select the best available team. We want to win this one and do it well.”
Toyota Cheetahs: 15. Tapiwa Mafura, 14. Daniel Kasende, 13. Evardi Boshoff, 12. Reinhardt Fortuin, 11. Cohen Jasper, 10. Ruan Pienaar, 9. Rewan Kruger, 8. Jeandre Rudolph, 7. Friedle Olivier, 6. Gideon van der Merwe, 5. Victor Sekekete (c), 4. Rynier Bernardo, 3. Laurence Victor, 2. Marnus van der Merwe, 1. Schalk Ferreira. Replacements: 16. Marko Janse van Rensburg, 17. Alulutho Tshakweni, 18. Hencus van Wyk, 19. Carl Wegner, 20. Daniel Maartens, 21. George Lourens, 22. Abner van Reenen, 23. Robert Ebersohn.
