Cheetahs inflict further pain on winless Blues

The Blues have made their worst start to a Super Rugby season after conceding a controversial late penalty to lose 25-24 to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.



Cheetahs five-eighth Joe Pietersen slotted the winning penalty with two minutes remaining.

Blues counterpart Ihaia West narrowly missed a dropped goal attempt after the final hooter to send the visitors crashing to their third successive loss.

vThe Blues, who had never lost their first three games of a campaign, will curse an inability to finish off a game in which the lead changed hands nine times.



The desperate Cheetahs made it tw…