The Cheetahs (née Orange Free State) have played the Blue Bulls (née Northern Transvaal) seven times in finals. The score is 6-1 to the Blue Bulls.
The first Currie Cup Final was played in 1939, at Newlands when Transvaal beat Western Province. That was the last time Western Province lost a final at Newlands.
Tension does not abate this weekend as a great Currie Cup season goes into the semi-finals. Semi-finals have not always been with us - not by a long chalk. In fact they are not even 40 years old.
The Blue Bulls and the Cheetahs, a.k.a. Northern Transvaal and Orange Free State, have met in five finals. The Blue Bulls have won them all.
The Cheetahs and Western Province have met three times in semi-finals, each time at Newlands where they meet this week for the fourth time in semi-finals.
Northern Transvaal, as the Blue Bulls were before they changed their name, were born out of the Transvaal, as the Golden Lions were before their name-change, in 1938.
It was the biggest semi-final shock in Currie Cup history - September 29, 1984 in hot and humid Durban.
The Currie Cup has been in competition since 1892. For nearly 50 years there were no finals. For nearly 80 years there were no semi-finals. Now they are a part of our lives.
This weekend sees a relaxation in tension as the semi-finalists are decided and so are, barring a miracle of the Lazarus kind, the home venues. Semi-finals have not always been with us - not by a long chalk. In fact they are not even 40 years old.
It was the first final of the Lions Cup and Free Sate were the first winners, beating Transvaal at the brand new Ellis Park 24-12.
It was just the third year of the Lion Cup and Free State's third final but Naas Botha was lying in wait.
When Western Province go to Loftus Versfeld, fur is sure to fly. Certainly emotions will not be muted. It is a day to pick sides and do it with all your strength.