Cardiff beat Stormers on Friday to secure a top-eight finish
Cardiff will travel to South Africa to face Stormers in the United Rugby Championship (URC) play-offs.
Corniel van Zyl’s side booked the URC quarter-finals with a22-16 victory over Stormersat the Arms Park on Friday night.
The bonus-point win was enough to finish in sixth place in thetableafter play-off rivals Ulster. Lions both lost on the final weekend of the regular season.
It means they will face an immediate rematch against third-placed Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday, 30 May (14:30 GMT).
Cardiff face the logistical challenge of trying to get the squad out to South Africa next weekend to start preparing for the match.
"We were delighted to reach the play-offs but there's the next job to do so we will hopefully push on. then see how long this season can go," said van Zyl.
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Cardiff outscored Stormers four tries to one and produced a dynamic defensive effort but were outmuscled in the scrum.
Van Zyl knows John Dobson's Stormers side will be out for revenge.
"The set-piece [scrum] was probably a bit of a concern. Stormers are really good at so that's definitely something we'll have to look at," said van Zyl.
"There's a few individuals in their team that are great players, so it's about getting over the barriers. also playing away from home and producing the same level of performance as we did [in Cardiff].
"That's the biggest challenge. Knockout rugby is the ultimate thing, anything can happen."
Glasgow secured top spot. potentially home advantage throughout the play-offs - including the final - with victory at Ulster, who missed out on the top eight.
Leinster capitalised on Stormers' loss in Cardiff by finishing second with acomfortable win over Ospreys.
19:45 - Glasgow (1) v Connacht (8)
12:00 - Bulls (4) v Munster (5)
14:30 - Stormers (3) v Cardiff (6)
20:00 - Leinster (2) v Lions (7)
Quarter-finals:29-31 May
Semi-finals:5-7 June
Final:Saturday, 20 June
(Figures in brackets denotes seedings for play-offs)
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