Heartbreaker ... Waratahs players react after the loss. Source: Tim Hunter / News Limited
Wallabies playmaker Berrick Barnes suffered a suspected broken wrist as the New South Wales Waratahs' Super Rugby woes continued on Friday night.
The Waratahs slumped to a 27-26 loss to their South African bogey side the Cheetahs and Barnes' latest setback only compounded their misery at Allianz Stadium.
| 2 Tries 3 | |
|---|---|
| Peter Betham 26' | Robert Ebersohn 1' |
| Adam Ashley-Cooper 40' | Raymond Rhule 17' |
| Raymond Rhule 69' | |
| 2 Conversions3 | |
| Brendan McKibbin 27' | Johan Goosen 3' |
| Brendan McKibbin 40' | Johan Goosen 19' |
| Johan Goosen 70' | |
| 4 Penalties2 | |
| Brendan McKibbin 4' | Johan Goosen 33' |
| Brendan McKibbin 14' | Johan Goosen 50' |
| Brendan McKibbin 62' | |
| Brendan McKibbin 73' | |
Making his first appearance of the season after missing the opening month of the competition with a knee injury, Barnes appeared to get hurt while making a try-saving tackle on giant Cheetahs lock Lodewyk de Jager in the 17th minute.
With Barnes off contract at the end of the season and weighing up his future amid rumours he will take up a big-money deal in Japan, the 26-year-old might even have played his last game in Waratahs colours if the injury proves serious.
NSW's defeat was their third straight and the 'Tahs also take a dubious place in the Super Rugby history books as the first team to lose three times in a row to the Cheetahs.
Adding insult to injury, former Waratahs halfback Sarel Pretorius was the architect behind the South Africans' triumph, putting lively winger Raymond Rule over for the match-winning try 10 minutes from fulltime.
A 40th-minute try to centre Adam Ashley-Cooper had given NSW an unlikely 20-17 lead at the break and the Tahs continued to hold sway for most of the second half.
But after dominating possession and territory for the bulk of the match, the Cheetahs eventually broke through to back up their win last week on the road against the Highlanders.
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Things looked ominous for the Waratahs from the moment Pretorius dummied and broke clear in the opening seconds of the match.
Centre Robert Ebersohn benefited from a lovely chip and regather from winger Willie Le Roux to score the opening try after just 54 seconds.
The Cheetahs were in again in the 17th minute when Rhule stepped his way over for the first of his two tries and five-eighth Johan Goosen again converted.
Two penalty goals from halfback Brendan McKibbin kept the Waratahs in touch at 14-6 before winger Peter Betham ran a nice line from a lineout win and took a short ball from McKibbin and beat two defenders to score under the posts.
McKibbin's conversion left NSW trailing by a point but, after Goosen added a penalty to nudge the Cheetahs four points ahead, the Waratahs snatched the halftime lead when Ashley-Cooper touched down on the stroke of halftime.
Goosen and McKibbin traded second-half penalty goals before Goosen's conversion of Rule's second five-pointer restored the Cheetahs' advantage.
Another McKibbin penalty in the 73rd minute reduced the deficit to one point but the Waratahs were unable to bridge it.
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