Cardiff will travel to South Africa to face Stormers in the United Rugby Championship (URC) play-offs.
Corniel van Zyl’s side booked their URC quarter-final spot with a 22-16 victory over Stormers at the Arms Park in the final regular league match on Friday night.
The Welsh side had to wait for the final round of games to finish to find out where they would be travelling and they will face a rematch against Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday, 30 May.
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 and then see how long this season can go,” said van Zyl.
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, but Stormers are really good at it,” said van Zyl.
“So that is definitely something we’ll have to look at going into the play-offs.
“There’s a few individuals in their team that are great players, so it’s about getting over the barriers and also playing away from home and producing the same level of performance as we did here [in Cardiff].
“That’s the biggest challenge. Knockout rugby is the ultimate thing, anything can happen.”
