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Cheetahs 2019–20 rugby season

In the 2019–20 rugby union season, the Cheetahs participated in the 2019–20 Pro14 competition, their third appearance since joining the competition in 2017–18. They remained in Conference A of the competition, which in 2019–20 featured Irish sides Leinster and Ulster, Italian side Zebre, Scottish side Glasgow Warriors and Welsh sides Dragons and Ospreys.

Personnel[edit]

Coaches and management[edit]

The Cheetahs coaching and management staff for the 2019–20 Pro14 season are:

2019–20 Cheetahs coaches and management
Position Name
Head coach Franco Smith (until 14 October 2019)
Hawies Fourie (from 14 October 2019)
Lineout coach Corniel van Zyl
Defence coach Charl Strydom
Assistant coach Melusi Mthethwa
Skills and kicking coach Albert Keuris
Conditioning coach Quintin Kruger
Team manager Ashwell Rafferty
Performance analyst Renaldo Meyer

Squad[edit]

The Cheetahs squad for the 2019–20 Pro14 is:[1]

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Player movements[edit]

Player movements between the 2018–19 Pro14 season and the end 2019–20 Pro14 season are as follows:

Standings[edit]

The final Conference A log standings were:[44]

  1. ^ Ulster deducted 1 point for an administration error regarding Ian Madigan.[45]

Round-by-round[edit]

The table below shows the Cheetahs’ progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the conference position:

Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 QF SF Final
Opposition GLA ULS MUN CON SCA CAR OSP ZEB KIN KIN LEI ULS DRA LEI EDI OSP GLA ZEB DRA BEN KIN — — —
Cumulative Points 5 10 15 16 17 17 21 21 26 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 — — —
Position 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th — — —
Key: win draw loss bye

Matches[edit]

The fixtures for the 2019–20 Pro14 were:[46]

Following round 13 the league was suspended until 22 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however due to travel difficulties surrounding the pandemic, the Cheetahs were unable to complete their fixtures.

Player statistics[edit]

The Pro14 appearance record for players that represented the Cheetahs in 2019–20 is as follows:

2019–20 Cheetahs player statistics
Player name GLA ULS MUN CON SCA CAR OSP ZEB KIN KIN LEI ULS DRA LEI EDI OSP GLA ZEB DRA BEN KIN App Try Con Pen DG Pts
Ox Nché 1 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — 4 1 0 0 0 5
Joseph Dweba 2 2 2 2 2 2 16 upward-facing green arrow 2 2 2 16 upward-facing green arrow 16 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 12 7 0 0 0 35
Erich de Jager 3 3 18 upward-facing green arrow 18 18 17 upward-facing green arrow 17 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 5 0 0 0 0 0
Sintu Manjezi 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 — — — — — — — — 11 2 0 0 0 10
Walt Steenkamp 5 5 5 5 19 upward-facing green arrow 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 — — — — — — — — 13 0 0 0 0 0
Gerhard Olivier 6 6 6 6 20 upward-facing green arrow 6 20 upward-facing green arrow 21 upward-facing green arrow 8 20 upward-facing green arrow 6 — — — — — — — — 11 0 0 0 0 0
Junior Pokomela 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 — — — — — — — — 13 3 0 0 0 15
Henco Venter 8 8 8 — — — — — — — — 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ruan Pienaar 9 9 9 9 21 upward-facing green arrow 9 9 22 upward-facing green arrow 21 upward-facing green arrow 9 9 9 — — — — — — — — 12 1 25 6 0 73
Tian Schoeman 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 23 upward-facing green arrow 10 10 10 10 10 — — — — — — — — 12 0 8 3 0 25
Anthony Volmink 11 11 11 11 23 11 11 — — — — — — — — 6 3 0 0 0 15
Dries Swanepoel 12 12 13 — — — — — — — — 3 0 0 0 0 0
Benhard Janse van Rensburg 13 13 13 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 — — — — — — — — 13 0 0 0 0 0
William Small-Smith 14 14 14 23 upward-facing green arrow 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 — — — — — — — — 13 2 0 0 0 10
Rhyno Smith 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 — — — — — — — — 13 10 0 0 0 50
Reinach Venter 16 upward-facing green arrow 16 upward-facing green arrow 16 upward-facing green arrow 17 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 4 1 0 0 0 5
Boan Venter 17 upward-facing green arrow 17 upward-facing green arrow 17 upward-facing green arrow 17 upward-facing green arrow 1 17 upward-facing green arrow 1 1 1 17 upward-facing green arrow 17 upward-facing green arrow 1 1 — — — — — — — — 13 0 0 0 0 0
Luan de Bruin 18 upward-facing green arrow 3 18 upward-facing green arrow 17 upward-facing green arrow 1 3 18 upward-facing green arrow 18 upward-facing green arrow 18 upward-facing green arrow 18 upward-facing green arrow 3 3 — — — — — — — — 12 1 0 0 0 5
JP du Preez 19 upward-facing green arrow 19 upward-facing green arrow 19 upward-facing green arrow 19 upward-facing green arrow 5 19 19 upward-facing green arrow 19 upward-facing green arrow 19 upward-facing green arrow 5 5 19 upward-facing green arrow 19 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 12 0 0 0 0 0
Sias Koen 20 upward-facing green arrow 20 upward-facing green arrow 20 upward-facing green arrow 20 upward-facing green arrow 6 20 upward-facing green arrow 20 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 7 1 0 0 0 5
Jasper Wiese 21 upward-facing green arrow 21 upward-facing green arrow 21 upward-facing green arrow 8 8 8 8 8 8 — — — — — — — — 9 2 0 0 0 10
Tian Meyer 22 upward-facing green arrow 22 upward-facing green arrow 22 upward-facing green arrow 21 9 21 upward-facing green arrow 21 upward-facing green arrow 9 9 21 upward-facing green arrow 21 upward-facing green arrow 21 upward-facing green arrow 9 — — — — — — — — 12 2 0 0 0 10
Louis Fouché 23 upward-facing green arrow 23 upward-facing green arrow 12 12 23 upward-facing green arrow 22 upward-facing green arrow 22 upward-facing green arrow 22 upward-facing green arrow 22 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 9 2 2 0 0 14
Neethling Fouché 18 upward-facing green arrow 18 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 2 0 0 0 0 0
Clayton Blommetjies 23 upward-facing green arrow 14 11 14 11 14 14 14 15 15 — — — — — — — — 10 4 0 0 0 20
Aranos Coetzee 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 upward-facing green arrow 18 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 9 0 0 0 0 0
Wilmar Arnoldi 16 upward-facing green arrow 16 upward-facing green arrow 16 upward-facing green arrow 2 2 16 upward-facing green arrow 16 upward-facing green arrow 16 upward-facing green arrow 2 2 — — — — — — — — 10 3 0 0 0 15
George Whitehead 22 22 upward-facing green arrow 22 upward-facing green arrow 22 10 22 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 4 0 0 1 0 3
Chris Massyn 6 6 6 6 6 6 — — — — — — — — 6 1 0 0 0 5
Aidon Davis 8 8 20 upward-facing green arrow 19 upward-facing green arrow 19 upward-facing green arrow 20 upward-facing green arrow 8 — — — — — — — — 7 1 0 0 0 5
Craig Barry 14 14 11 11 — — — — — — — — 4 0 0 0 0 0
Marnus van der Merwe 16 upward-facing green arrow 20 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 2 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Smit 23 upward-facing green arrow 23 upward-facing green arrow 23 upward-facing green arrow 23 23 upward-facing green arrow 23 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 5 0 0 0 0 0
Rabz Maxwane 11 11 11 21 — — — — — — — — 3 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Marais 1 1 17 upward-facing green arrow 17 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 4 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Maartens 20 upward-facing green arrow — — — — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0 0
penalty try – 1 – – – 7
Total 13 48 35 10 0 342
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player’s squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by upward-facing green arrow. “App” refers to the number of appearances made by the player, “Try” to the number of tries scored by the player, “Con” to the number of conversions kicked, “Pen” to the number of penalties kicked, “DG” to the number of drop goals kicked and “Pts” refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

Dian Badenhorst, Justin Basson, Adriaan Carelse, Carel-Jan Coetzee, Ruben de Haas, Malcolm Jaer, Günther Janse van Vuuren, Rewan Kruger, Tapiwa Mafura, Oupa Mohojé, Khwezi Mona, Abongile Nonkontwana and Duncan Saal were named in the squad for the season, but never included in a matchday squad.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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