Cheetahs rave over Currie Cup sensation Mihlali Mosi: 'On par with Evan Roos and the likes'

When the local rugby fraternity is quizzed on who is currently the most devastating ball-carrier in South African game, the answer is likely to be the Stormers' Evan Roos and Bulls' Elrigh Louw.

Yet the wily Hawies Fourie believes another name will be in the mix very soon, even though he's still playing in the relative backwaters of the Currie Cup.

Mihlali Mosi has been a revelation in 2022 for the Cheetahs, becoming a key member of his coach's pack in such a short space of time that even Fourie admits he's been surprised.

Indeed, the 25-year-old was still completing a final year of Varsity Cup action with the Madibaz - after initially making his name as a Walter Sisulu All Black - when Fourie swooped in and gave him a short-term contract.

Needless to say, that agreement was summarily extended once Mosi settled in last season.

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Fourie clearly rated his dynamic recruit from the outset, but has been hugely impressed with how he's taken to a proper conditioning regime like a duck to water.

"I will be honest and say that I didn’t think he was going to make such rapid progress, which is an indication of what a gifted player he is. Mihlali caught the eye already at Walter Sisulu and took his game up a notch when he joined the Madibaz," said the Free State mentor "But the most remarkable thing for me has been how quickly he’s transformed his physique because he only really got exposed to high-end gym facilities last year. We actually quipped together that it was the first time he was in a proper one. He’s an unbelievably hard worker, he does extras on our off-days on Wednesdays, where you’ll always find him in the gym."

It means his ceiling is a high one.

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