Corne: It's unbelievable Province are in the final.(Sports)

BYLINE: Ashfak Mohamed

THE last Western Province captain to hold aloft the Currie Cup trophy, Corne Krige, says it is "unbelievable" that his beloved former team are in a final again.

And he thinks that the individual brilliance of Province's star Springbok backs could be the difference in the Currie Cup final against the Sharks in Durban on October 30.

Krige raised the Currie Cup for the last time in 2001, when his WP side triumphed over the self-same Sharks at Newlands. Ironically enough, WP's 2000 Currie Cup title success also came against the Sharks, but the final was played in Durban.

It has been a dreadful nine years since, with WP failing to even reach a final, let alone win any silverware. They also missed out on the Currie Cup semi-finals in 2002, 2007 …