The second half was incredibly different to the first. In the first half both of the teams played exciting running rugby, and there was a sense of fluidity to the game with very few handling errors and stoppages. The second half was riddled with scrums and medical breaks. For 15 minutes in the second half the Kings looked to be deflated, probably because of the two yellow cards. When they found their footing again, it was too late. Final score EP Kings 22-37 Free State Cheetahs. Thanks for joining Ultimate Rugby for the coverage of this fixture.

Botes drove with tenacity, offloaded to Jenner for the try. Kings have begun to make a late surge. Too little too late though.

Kings showing great spirit as the broke down the left and got awfully close to the line. Cheetahs turned the ball over two phases later.

Rhule cut in from the wing and then linked up well with Petorius to score their bonus point try.

The match has become very "stop-start" recently due to multiple handling errors by both teams.

Nell is back on and the Kings are back to 15 men.

After some skillful passing by the Cheetahs they got over the line, but it was held up. 5m scrum.

After intentionally collapsing the maul, Darron Nell receives the second yellow card of the day.

Cheetahs began to break down the right, but the ref deemed Blommetjies's pass to be forward.

Kings patiently edge towards the line. Van Aswegen attempts a cheeky chip over the defensive line which Blommetjies caught. Cooke tackled him in the air. Due to infringement, the ref reversed the Kings advantage and gave Cheetahs a penalty, and "get out of jail free card".