Cheetahs head coach Hawies Fourie achieved a lifelong ambition when his team won the Currie Cup for a seventh time with victory over the Pumas in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
They were part of the Pro16 before being jettisoned, but they were belatedly handed a chance to prove themselves in the Challenge Cup this season before dropping out at the hands of eventual winners Toulon.
He is hoping their Currie Cup win advances their case for continued Challenge Cup inclusion with two yet to be allocated spots available for next season. To make a more compelling case they had to win the final and the bounce of the ball certainly went their way. Crucially though, they put themselves in a position to capitalise. Their destroyer-in-chief was 39-year-old flyhalf Ruan Pienaar who pulled all the right strings.
“That what you get from Ruan,” said Fourie. “When we played Pro Rugby he was asked when we were abroad about his BMT and that was three years ago. He's still going.
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