“I’m positive a number of you guys wrote us off earlier than the sport however we’re sitting right here as champions. So it reveals that with the need and starvation that we confirmed to attempt to win the sport, you need to give all the pieces in each sport you play. Each sport is a brand new alternative to show your self and that’s what we attempt to do as a crew, to be extra constant and enhance.”

That is Pirates’ third trophy in two season’s after they lifted final season’s MTN8 and Nedbank Cup.

Erasmus added: “Sure, we weren’t that fluid in our … play however in some moments, we had good attacking performs. I feel with somewhat little bit of composure, we might have created higher possibilities however finals are all the time a distinct ball sport. It’s about who needs it extra and I feel we confirmed that at present.

“Total, it was an ideal efficiency from our crew and I feel we deserved to win at present. We deserved to be champions and we confirmed it in each facet of the sport.”