Polokwane City coach Phuti Mohafe is delighted with the way his team is coming together after a number of injury disruptions.
Rise and Shine kicked off their 2025/26 Betway Premiership season with a 2-0 MTN8 quarter-final defeat to Orlando Pirates.
They then drew 0-0 with Magesi and lost 1-0 to Kaizer Chiefs before overcoming Siwelele 1-0.
Mohafe’s side are now unbeaten in their last four games, having also drawn 0-0 with Durban City and 1-1 with Marumo Gallants before beating Golden Arrows 2-1 on Wednesday.
Speaking after the encounter, the City coach explained the importance of welcoming a number of previously injured players back into his team, including Thabang Matuludi, Raymond Daniels, Sibusiso Tshabalala and Tlou Nkwe.
“There’s a very expensive cohesion between our full-backs. That understanding between our full-backs and our wingers, I applaud it because they understand each other so well that they know what Matuludi is doing and what should happen with the wingers,” explained the head coach.
“So, [against Arrows], we overloaded with the wingers and applied the inverted wingers, and we forced Matuludi to go into the line. I think that was a game-changer because we missed them a lot. It has been almost a year since they kicked the ball, and thank God they are back.
“We are expecting [Decide] Chauke to come back soon. I hope the team will be a full squad, no injuries, nothing, and the headache will be on us.
“You can see even how we finished the match, it was so explosive. I hope we can continue with the same temperament we showed today.”
Polokwane City will be eager to extend their unbeaten run and claim another valuable three points when they host Chippa United today.