Good sides manage to win even when they are not playing so well. The Lions started off this match like a house on fire and contrived to win almost by default as the Cheetahs missed kicks at goal. We give some statistics.

Result

B&I Lions vs Cheetahs, 26-24

Sanctions

There was a card for the first time on the tour. Stephen Ferris was sent to the sin bin for killing the ball at a tackle with the  Cheetahs on the attack.

While Ferris was in the sin bin, the Cheetahs scored 14 points.

Possession

B&I Lions vs Cheetahs

Penalties conceded: 19

B&I Lions: 10
Cheetahs: 9

Reasons for the penalties:

B&I Lions:
Tackle: 5 (Worsley 2, Ferris, Fitzgerald, D'Arcy)
Offside: 2 (Halfpenny, Ellis)
Discipline: 3 (Ford - collapsing maul; Halfpenny* - air tackle; Ferris - man without the ball)

Cheetahs:
Tackle: 4 (De Villiers 2, Bosman*, François Uys)
Scrum: 4 (Calldo* 2, Du Preez*, Nel)
Discipline: 1 (François Uys - not 10)

The Cheetahs missed three penalty kicks at goal.

Free kicks conceded

B&I Lions: 4 (2 scrums, 2 marks)
Cheetahs: 2 (2 scrums)

Line-outs

B&I Lions: 12 (2 skew, 1 quick)
Cheetahs: 8 (4 lost)

Scrums

B&I Lions: 12 (6 resets, 8 collapses, 3 penalties, 1 free kick)
Cheetahs: 14 (5 resets, 8 collapses, 1 penalty, 2 free kicks)

The scrums were a mess, as the stats show.

Drop-outs

B&I Lions: 4
Cheetahs: 0

Stoppages: 85

Tries: 5

B&I Lions: 2
Cheetahs: 3