Bench: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 SJ Kotze, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Ruan Delport, 20 Siba Qoma, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 Jarod Cairns, 23 Rynardt Jonker.

“I don’t think a lot of the guys here are over that final,” said Sibabalo Qoma, recalling the climax of last year’s Currie Cup. “So there is some degree of this being personal.

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