Cheetahs, Bulls to meet Pair set up Currie Cup final clash The 2016 Currie Cup will be competed for by the Free State Cheetahs and the Blue Bulls. Free State Cheetahs and Blue Bulls took contrasting routes on Saturday to first appearances in the South African Currie Cup final for seven years.Cheetahs, who topped the regular season standings by winning all eight games, thrashed title-holders Golden Lions 56-17 in Bloemfontein with Sergeal Petersen scoring a hat-trick.
Substitute Ivan van Zyl scored with 128 seconds left in Pretoria to earn Bulls a 36-30 victory over Western Province in the other semi-final after a thriller that featured flawless goal-kicking.
Bulls defeated Cheetahs in the 2009 final, but finishing higher on the log means the Bloemfontein outfit enjoy home advantage next Saturday and are set to start as slight favourites.
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