If the Cheetahs had shown a little more patience in the final minutes, they could have claimed the scalp of the Lions, writes Peter Bills in the Cape Argus
"In possession, driving off the forwards and two points behind, it became clear a late drop goal could snatch the game. All it needed was patience by the forwards to keep driving forward, take the ball up to the Lions 22 and then release it.
Instead, they panicked. Replacement Louis Strydom was given the ball too far out and his attempt, from close to halfway, sailed wide. It was a golden opportunity lost by the Cheetahs, but it told us more about the Lions than the locals.
So ordinary a display by the tourists just three days after the sumptuous performance in Johannesburg reminded us the quality and class does not go very deep in this Lions squad."
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