As a beleaguered cattle farmer waiting for rain‚ Daan Human knows the futility of basking in past glories. #SuperRugby kicked off with a bang! Here's what's coming up - see you at the game! https://t.co/z2HIVP0mrspic.twitter.com/PtwK1Eid6z— Super Rugby (@SuperRugbyNZ) February 28, 2016junkLike when a few drops last fell on his Verkeerdevlei farm three weeks ago‚ the Cheetahs scrum coach knows it may be a while before they dominate the set piece as convincingly as they did against the much-vaunted Jaguares last week.A repeat isn’t in the medium-term forecast as the burgeoning Stormers pack roll into town next and the former Springbok loose-head concedes this is “a totally different challenge”.“They delivered a near-perfect performance last week‚” Human said of the Stormers performance against the Bulls. “That was certainly the best forward performance I’ve seen from the Stormers.“They found their feet after about 25 minutes and by the 60th they were dominating. That driving maul try was something else and their scrum was dead honest‚” said the man with one of the firmest handshakes in rugby.“They have world-class tight-heads in Frans Malherbe and that white-haired bloke‚ Vincent Koch. Mind you‚ their loose-heads Oliver Kebble and JC Janse van Rensburg are world class too.”Of course‚ if reputation translated into actual delivery‚ the Jaguares would have scrummed the Cheetahs into oblivion last week.That is especially so when you consider the previous time the Cheetahs scrum was seen in a competitive environment it was digging up the turf under duress from the Golden Lions.“We had our shortcomings‚” Human acknowledged. “Look at how we performed in last year’s Currie Cup semifinal. We practised really hard but perhaps more importantly we got the guys to believe in themselves. If you do that you are over the first hurdle.”Instilling belief‚ however‚ has to be accompanied by the requisite strength and technique.“Physically the guys are in better shape. They were tested in the gym at the end of last October and they are stronger now.“They have started to get to know each other through long practices. If you sweat together it bonds you as a pack. You support and carry each other and that is all part of a learning process‚” he explained.Despite the strides taken in the off-season the Cheetahs are some distance off where Human thinks they should be eventually.“If you take everything into account we are probably at 60% of our capability. We have made some small technical adjustments. It’s not perfect yet.”One could forgive Human if rugby from time to time recedes from front of mind.“We had 28mm of rain three weeks ago‚” he said about his farm around 80km north of Bloemfontein.“That’s gone now. The neighbouring town had a bit of rain in the last week‚ 40mm.”You get the sense he wakes up to each sunny morning waiting for tomorrow to come.“The guys deserve a pat on the back but at Toulouse where I played for some time we used to put the game behind us on a Sunday. You have to quickly forget‚ then look ahead.”..