It’s been more than three years since the Toyota Cheetahs last lost at home against an Australian Vodacom Super Rugby team, but their visitors this weekend, the Reds, were ironically the last side from Oz to win at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein.

That happened on 26 March 2010, when the Queenslanders beat the Toyota Cheetahs by 31-10. Since that day, the team from Central South Africa have beaten the Rebels twice (2011 and 2013), Force twice (2012 and 2010), the Waratahs (2012) and the Brumbies (2011) in Bloemfontein.

The DHL Stormers will be working hard on cutting down their error rate when they finish their Australasian tour for 2013 in Melbourne’s AAMI Park against the Rebels on Friday morning (SA time).

The Rebels are still aiming for that elusive first win over a South African team in Vodacom Super Rugby – they’ve now lost 11 straight against teams from the Republic since joining the competition in 2011.

Will the Steval Pumas be crowned as the eighth Vodacom Cup champions in Nelspruit, or will the MTN Golden Lions set themselves apart as the most successful team in the 16-year history of this competition?

These questions will be answered at the Mbombela Stadium on Friday evening when the Steval Pumas host the MTN Golden Lions in the Vodacom Cup final, which kicks off at 19h10.

The Southern Kings bounced back in fine style in the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament on Saturday to score a four-try bonus point win against the Highlanders at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, beating the New Zealand team 34-27 in what saved the South African conference from being white-washed.

Earlier in the day the DHL Stormers could not hold out the Waratahs at Allianz Stadium in Sydney as they conceded a late try and penalty in a 21-15 defeat to drop their first match in Australia and second on tour in Australasia. Suspected season-ending injuries to Duane Vermeulen and Rynhardt Elstadt compounded their misery.