Cheetahs coach Fourie only ‘partially happy’ with bonus-point win, Smal disappointed with Bulls’ second half

Cape Town – It’s not often that modern-day professional rugby teams take a bus home on the same day that they played a match, but at least for the Cheetahs, they could travel to Bloemfontein on Wednesday night with a smile on their face.

They had pulled off a 38-25 Currie Cup bonus-point victory over the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld, which doesn’t happen often to the defending champions, especially in Pretoria.

Cheetahs coach Hawies Fourie confirmed in the post-match press conference that his team had opted to travel back to Bloemfontein immediately after the match so that the players can start their recovery at home in the morning.

But with their next match only on February 19 against the Pumas in Mbombela, perhaps they just wanted to get out of the capital city.

Despite seeing his team scoring six tries, Fourie wasn’t too happy with the performance. “We had really good patches on defence and then a few lapses, especially in the last 10 minutes, where we conceded two or three line-breaks… maybe even more. So, I’m partially happy with what we did,” the former Boland flyhalf said.