PIC: Gaston Sirino is one of two players to score for two different clubs in Nedbank Cup finals

Players for both Durban City and TS Galaxy will be hoping to go down in local football folklore by scoring a Nedbank Cup final winner when the teams meet in the decider of this year’s competition on May 2 (kick-off 18h00).
It will be a chance not only to earn their team silverware, but also to be remembered for years to come, with cup final heroes living long in the memory.
Kermit Erasmus has three Nedbank Cup final goals to his name, the only player to have managed that number in the decider of South Africa’s most prestigious knockout trophy since 2008.
He is also one of only two players to have scored for two different clubs in the final, once for SuperSport United in their 2012 victory over Mamelodi Sundowns, before grabbing a brace for Pirates in their 3-1 success against BidVest Wits two years later.

That feat was matched by Gaston Sirino last season when he followed up his 2020 final winner for Sundowns against Bloemfontein Celtic with a penalty for Kaizer Chiefs as they defeated Pirates 2-1 in the 2025 decider.
There is no player in either the Durban City or Galaxy squad who has scored a Nedbank Cup final goal before.

There have been 32 separate Nedbank Cup final goalscorers down the years, but only six of those have managed more than one strike, while there have also been two unfortunate own goals.
Aside from Erasmus’ three goals, there are five more scorers on two goals, though only two are still active in the domestic game.
Sifiso Vilakazi netted a brace for Wits as they lifted the title in 2010, while a year later Thulasizwe Mbuyane scored twice for Pirates as they beat Black Leopards 3-1.
Jeremy Brockie and Bradley Grobler both scored twice for SuperSport United in successive final wins over Pirates in 2016 and 2017. Sirino is the fifth player with more than one Nedbank Cup final goal.
The two own goals, thankfully, did not result in defeats, as former Pirates defender Rooi Mahamutsa put the ball into his own net in 2011, but his side still won 3-1 against Leopards, and Clayton Daniels did likewise in the colours of SuperSport against Pirates in 2016. Matsatsantsa claimed a 3-2 victory.
Among the other scorers, notable winners have come from Lerato Chabangu (Sundowns) in 2008 and Goodman Dlamini (Free State Stars) in 2018.

NEDBANK CUP FINAL GOALSCORERS (since 2008)
3 goals – Kermit Erasmus (SuperSport United 1, Orlando Pirates 2)
2 – Jeremy Brockie (SuperSport United), Bradley Grobler (SuperSport United), Thulasizwe Mbuyane (Orlando Pirates), Gaston Sirino (Mamelodi Sundowns 1/Kaizer Chiefs 1), Sifiso Vilakazi (BidVest Wits)
1 – Michael Boxall (SuperSport United), Lerato Chabangu (Mamelodi Sundowns), Isaac Chansa (Orlando Pirates), Vinicius Da Silva (Moroka Swallows), Sede Dion (Marumo Gallants), Terrence Dzvukamanja (Orlando Pirates), Goodman Dlamini (Free State Stars), Zakhele Lepasa (TS Galaxy), Yusuf Maart (Kaizer Chiefs), Evidence Makgopa (Orlando Pirates), Oupa Manyisa (Orlando Pirates), Patrick Maswanganyi (Orlando Pirates), Luvuyo Memela (Orlando Pirates), Relebohile Mofokeng (Orlando Pirates), Thapelo Morena (Mamelodi Sundowns), Sifiso Myeni (Orlando Pirates), Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo (TTM), Kingston Nkhatha (SuperSport United), Bernard Parker (Kaizer Chiefs), Fabricio Rodrigues (BidVest Wits), Thabo September (SuperSport United), Peter Shalulile (Mamelodi Sundowns), Jabulani Shongwe (BidVest Wits), Sibusiso Vilakazi (Sekhukhune United), Tapelo Xoki (Orlando Pirates), Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Own goals – Clayton Daniels (SuperSport United), Rooi Mahamutsa (Orlando Pirates)