Free State Cheetahs flyhalf Neil Marais joined the likes of Naas Botha, Derick Hougaard, Elton Jantjies and Patrick Lambie in the penthouse where pivots who have led their teams to Currie Cup success reside, writes Sibusiso Mjikeliso.Marais scored 21 points with the boot as he lorded it over his opposite number, Tian Schoeman, and the rest of the luckless Blue Bulls.He was deputised excellently by speedster Sergeal Petersen, who scored the try that brought tears to the Blue Bulls in Saturday’s final in Bloemfontein.Petersen might have had a hat-trick but handling errors deprived him of an opportunity to enter his name into folklore.The Cheetahs, which went unbeaten like the Golden Lions in 2015, etched their names in the history books when they defeated the Bulls 36-16 at the Free State Stadium.The Cheetahs went into the final carrying the weight of the favourites tag but they wore it with pride and dominated the contest from start to finish.The seven penalties Marais slotted over b...
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