This comes as the Crinums beat the Golden Fireballs 38-37 in their division one semi-final played at the Mangaung Indoor Sports Centre yesterday.

Earlier in the day, the defending champions, the Jaguares beat the Southern Stings 42-36 in the first semi-final.

To date, the Crinums and the Jaguares are the only two teams to have won the netball league. Both teams have three titles apiece.

Crinums vice-captain, Sne Mdletshe, told OFM Sport that it was special to reach the final after failing to do so last year.

“We were just more intense overall. We called the semi-final round three.

“We believed that the semi-final was a different phase of the tournament. In the semi-final, we went there and treated it like a final.

“The girls really pushed through. We were all there to support one another and back one another both on and off the court.

“We’re excited about what lies ahead.”

The final will be played at 19:00 on Tuesday night.

@MorganPiek OFM Sport