The Free State Cheetahs are well aware of the qualities of Blue Bulls flyhalf Morne Steyn and feel they have the right remedy to neutralise the threat posed by the Springbok match-winner when the two teams meet in Saturday's Currie Cup Final in Pretoria.

Cheetahs backline coach Hawies Fourie told iafrica.com that his team needs to win the try-scoring stakes at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, as they are unlikely to beat Steyn in a kicking duel.

Even though the Cheetahs edged the Sharks (23-21) in the semifinal earlier this month, when flyhalf Jacques Louis Potgieter slotted a sweetly-struck drop-goal two minutes from time, the men from Bloemfontein won't risk getting into a slugfest with the Bulls.

Fourie said his team is not going to change their approach, even though it is a Final and try-scoring bonus points are not at play.

"I do believe that if we want to beat the Bulls on Saturday, we will have to beat them by scoring two or three tries," Fourie told iafrica.com, as he took a break from preparations ahead of the trek to Pretoria.

The Cheetahs feel it is out wide, on the wings, where they could steal a march on the home team this Saturday.

"You won't beat Morne Steyn in a kicking contest at goal," Fourie said, adding: "His record speak for itself and everybody else came off second best against him."

He was referring to Steyn's heroics on both the international and domestic stages.

For the Springboks he produced match-winning performances against the British & Irish Lions, the All Blacks and Wallabies.

But it was his seven-from-seven in the Currie Cup semifinal against Western Province recently, including a 79th-minute penalty from near 50 metres out at an angle, which secured the Bulls their place in the Final.

"His strike rate in the Currie Cup is 90," Fourie said.

"He has missed just three kicks out of 30 at goal.

"Our strike rate stands at about 73 percent.

"So we will have to score a few more tries than they do, to give ourselves a good chance to win the game.

"Obviously we won't be running willy-nilly. We will still aim to put them under pressure, it is still about doing the right thing at the right time."

The Cheetahs backs coach felt his team has become a more rounded unit, after a stuttering start to the season - which saw them lose their first four games. They won eight of the next 10, to sneak into the play-offs, and then upstaged the Sharks in the semifinal in Durban. Ironically the Sharks opened the play-off back door for the Cheetahs by beating Griquas in the final round of league action.

"The first few games we just didn't get the balance right between attack and kicking.

"The big difference for me between how we played in the last 10 games and the first four of the season was that we managed to find that balance - knowing when to attack and when to kick, when to be more conservative and when to take risks."