The Cheetahs snatched a last-minute victory against Zebre in a dramatic EPCR Challenge Cup match in Amsterdam, keeping their playoff hopes alive.
Replacement fullback Cohen Jasper scored a try after the siren as the Cheetah s overhauled Zebre in a thrilling EPCR Challenge Cup clash in Amsterdam on Sunday. The lead changed hands seven times in a match that featured a 35-minute dry spell in the second half, but Jasper’s try in the 81st minute sealed a 22-18 victory that keeps the Cheetah s in the running for a place in the playoffs with one round of pool matches to go.
Zebre led 18-17 for the final 35 minutes of the match, and looked like they had done enough to win when – despite the Cheetahs building phases 30 metres from the tryline – flyhalf Ethan Wentzel opted for a mindless, low-percentage chip into the Zebre 22. Fortunately for him, replacement scrumhalf Jandre Nel raced after the kick and somehow won it back inside the five-metre line, from where it was sent through the hands and Jasper scored for the win. The tourists fought to a 17-11 lead at the break, tries from fullback Michael Annies and No 8 Jeandre Rudolph converted by flyhalf Ethan Wentzel who also kicked a penalty to negate Zebre’s scoring via a Simone Gesi try and a penalty each from flyhalf Giovanni Montemauri and scrumhalf Thomas Dominguez. Hooker Tommaso di Bartolomeo crashed over four minutes after the restart, Dominguez adding the extras to put the hosts into a one-point lead that they held beyond regulation time when Jasper turned hero
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