The Cheetahs won their second game in three days as their Super Rugby pre-season preparations gathered momentum, when they mauled the hapless Griffons 38-7 in Welkom.

As was the case in their 33-20 win over a motivated Bulldogs/Eagles combination at the weekend, the Cheetahs' second stringers failed to convince.

However, the six tries to one margin shows that there is certainly some back-up personnel putting their hands up for a regular starting place.

The Cheetahs again lost too much possession, especially at the breakdown, but the match provided valuable game time for the Bloemfontein-based franchise.

Players who put their hands up[ include midfielders like Riaan Smit, Barry Geel and Matthew Rosslee.

The scorers:

For the Griffons:
Try: Griesel
Con: Van Wyk

For the Cheetahs:
Tries: Snyman, Benjamin, Stemmet, Liebenberg, S Ebersohn 2
Cons: S Ebersohn 4

Teams:

Griffons: 15 Tertius Maarman, 14 Shuaib Samaai, 13 Werner Griesel, 12 Thabang Molefe, 11 Shane Hancke, 10 Tiaan van Wyk, 9 Andries Mahoney, 8 Nicky Steyn, 7 Martin Sithole, 6 Boetie Groenewaldt, 5 Chris Ehlers, 4 Johan van Heerden, 3 Sarel Louw, 2 Hannes Snyman, 1 Kevin Stevens.
Replacements - from: Derick van Heerden, Heinrich Roelofse, Kewan Voicey, Leon Grobbelaar, Arno Visagie, Oshwill Nortje, Japie Nel, Jaco Meyer, Virgil Russell.

Cheetahs: 15 Riaan Smit, 14 Philip Burger, 13 Jean Stemmet, 12 Philip Snyman, 11 Rayno Benjamin, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Marnus Hugo, 8 Leon Karemaker, 7 Justin Downey, 6 Johan Wessels, 5 Waltie Vermeulen, 4 Ockie van Zyl, 3 Eugene Butterworth, 2 Ryno Barnes, 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements - from: Hercu Liebenberg, Janro van Niekerk, George Earl, Davon Raubenheimer, Jacques Coetzee, Matt Rosslee, Barry Geel, Marnitz Boshoff.