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CHEETAHS Coach: Naka Drotske Captain: Juan Smith Major Sponsor: Vodacom Best Finish: 11th – 2006, 2007 Home Ground: Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein Capacity, 48,000 Official Colours: White, turquoise, orange, purple Website: www.vodacomcheetahs.co.za
2009 Top Point Scorer: 59 points – Jacque-Louis Potgieter Top Try Scorer: 6 tries – Jongi Nokwe Biggest Win: 31–6 v Sharks, Bloemfontein (Week 9) Biggest Defeat: 46–12 v Blues, Albany (Week 5) 1996–2009 Played: 63 Won: 17 Lost: 45 Drawn: 1 Points For: 1306 Points Against: 1805 Biggest win: 49–18 v Highlanders, Invercargill, 1997 Most Caps: 49 – Meyer Bosman (2006–2009) Most Tries: 13 – Jongi Nokwe Most Points: 152 – Meyer Bosman (2006–2009) Most Points in a Season: 86 – Jannie de Beer (1997) Most Tries in a Season: 7 – Jongi Nokwe Most Tries in a Match: 2 – Chris Badenhorst, Naka Drotske, Giscard Pieters, Bevin Fortuin, Darron Nell, Jongi Nokwe Most Points in a Match: 26 – Meyer Bosman (v Stormers, 2006) Leading CA Brumbies Point Scorer Against Cheetahs: 28 – Mark Gerrard Leading CA Brumbies Try Scorer Against Cheetahs: 2 – Mark Chisholm, Jeremy Paul, Joe Roff
Coaches 2006–2007 2008–present
Rassie Erasmus Naka Drotske
Captains 2006–present
Juan Smith
2010 squad
2010 2010 ACTTAB Premiership Odds: $101 Head to Head: V CA Brumbies Pld
Total
W
5
Home
2
Away
D
1
0
4
0
3
1
3
L
1
F
A
0
131
192
0
66
132
65
60
Ryno Barnes, Bjorn Basson, Meyer Bosman, Nico Breedt, Heinrich Brüssouw, Hennie Daniller, Tewis de Bruyn, Danwel Demas, David de Villiers, Boela du Preez, Wian du Preez, Robert Ebersohn, Kabamba Floors, Rocco Jansen, Ashley Johnson, Lionel Mapoe, WP Nel, Jongi Nokwe, Naas Olivier, Coenraad Oosthuizen, Sarel Pretorius, Davon Raubenheimer, Hendro Scholtz, Juan Smith, Adriaan Strauss, Louis Strydom, Corne Uys, Francois Uys, Frans Viljoen, Riaan Viljoen Gains Boela du Preez, Robert Ebersohn, Rocco Jansen, Ashley Johnson, Lionel Mapoe, WP Nel, Naas Olivier, Davon Raubenheimer, Louis Strydom, Francois Uys, Riaan Viljoen Losses Kobus Calldo, Tertius Carse, Hanno Coetzee, Bevin Fortuin, Trompe Nontshinga, Jacques Louis-Potgieter, Bees Roux, Richardt Strauss, Flip van der Merwe, Wayne van Heerden, Piet van Zyl
Season’s Standings Year
Pos
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
+/–
BP
1997
7th
11
5
0
6
301
327
–26
5
Points v CA Brumbies 25 CA Brumbies won 50–23
Canberra
Venue
Week 6
2006
10th
13
5
0
8
272
367
–95
7
27 CA Brumbies won 53–20
Canberra
9
2007
11th
13
4
1
8
265
342
–77
4
22 Cheetahs won 38–20
Bloemfontein
7
2008
13th
13
1
0
12
255
428
–173
9
13 CA Brumbies won 29–23
Canberra
6
2009
14th
13
2
0
11
213
341
–128
4
12 CA Brumbies 40–27
Bloemfontein
8
ACTTAB odds as at 6 January, 2010
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