The Toyota Cheetahs overcame a Sam Hidalgo-Clyne inspired Edinburgh Rugby as they returned to winning ways in the Guinness PRO14.

Edinburgh scrum-half Hidalgo-Clyne single-handedly racked up 13 points within six second-half minutes to hand the South Africans a test of their credentials but a five-try showing saw Franco Smith’s troops bounce back following their loss at Connacht in Round Eight with a bonus-point success.

On their first-ever visit to the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein in the Guinness PRO14, the visitors looked to turn the screw from the off, piling pressure on their opponents as they went out in search of a fourth straight victory in the championship.

The Cheetahs held firm early on and with 17 minutes on the clock, Jason Tovey missed the opportunity to kick Edinburgh into the lead, the fly-half skewing a penalty wide of the posts.

When the hosts earned their first penalty of the game six minutes later, Fred Zeilinga saw his effort ping back off the upright but the Cheetahs’ man would successfully dissect the posts shortly afterwards as he added the extras to the opening try of the game.

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Clayton Blommetjies’ superb grubber kick swerved the ball around the corner for Craig Barry to blaze over, Zeilinga making it 7-0.

The Cheetahs continued their impressive showing by doubling their lead late in the first half, with superb expansive play allowing Rynier Bernardo to crash over, Zeilinga again converting.

Hidalgo-Clyne’s penalty got the visitors on the board early in the second half and the pendulum swung back in Edinburgh’s direction shortly afterwards as the 24-year-old burst into life from the breakdown, pipping over the line for an opportunist’s try, which he converted himself to make it 14-10.

Hidalgo-Clyne’s virtuoso display continued as he kicked Richard Cockerill’s men to within a point in the 50th minute while the Cheetahs’ Carl Wegner narrowly missed out on the chance to restore some breathing space for his team as he was denied inches from the try-line.

The hosts would achieve that feat on the hour-mark though, Junior Pokomela getting the finishing touch as the hosts teased the ball across the whitewash from a scrum, Zeilinga again adding the extras.

And the Cheetahs were home and hosed five minutes from the death when Makazole Mapimpi finished off a slick passing move, the winger crashing over in the corner – there was also still time for replacement Tian Meyer to dot down to put the cherry on the cake, Zeilinga converting for the fourth time.

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