Cardiff will journey to South Africa to face Stormers within the United Rugby Championship (URC) play-offs.
Corniel van Zyl’s facet booked their URC quarter-final spot with a 22-16 victory over Stormers on the Arms Park within the remaining common league match on Friday evening.
The Welsh facet needed to await the ultimate spherical of video games to complete to seek out out the place they might be travelling and they’re going to face a rematch towards Stormers in Cape City on Saturday, 30 Could.
Cardiff face the logistical problem of attempting to get the squad out to South Africa subsequent weekend to start out getting ready for the match.
“We had been delighted to succeed in the play-offs however there’s the subsequent job to take action we’ll hopefully push on after which see how lengthy this season can go,” stated van Zyl.
Cardiff outscored Stormers 4 tries to at least one and produced a dynamic defensive effort however had been outmuscled within the scrum.
Van Zyl is aware of John Dobson’s Stormers facet will probably be out for revenge.
“The set-piece [scrum] was in all probability a little bit of a priority, however Stormers are actually good at it,” stated van Zyl.
“So that’s positively one thing we’ll have to take a look at going into the play-offs.
“There’s a number of people of their staff which can be nice gamers, so it is about getting over the limitations and likewise taking part in away from house and producing the identical stage of efficiency as we did right here [in Cardiff].
“That is the most important problem. Knockout rugby is the final word factor, something can occur.”
