1990 Lion Cup

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1990 Lion Cup
Countries South Africa
Date31 March – 28 July 1990
Champions Northern Transvaal (2nd title)
Runners-up Western Province
Matches played24
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The 1990 Lion Cup was the eighth edition of the Lion Cup, the premier domestic rugby union knock-out competition in South Africa.

Contents

Teams

All 25 South African provincial teams took part in this competition. They were ranked as follows: [1]

1990 Lion Cup teams
GroupRankingTeam
Group A1 Northern Transvaal
2 Western Province
3 Free State
4 Transvaal
Group B5 Natal
6 Northern Free State
7 Eastern Province
8 Western Transvaal
Group C9 Griqualand West
10 Eastern Transvaal
11 Vaal Triangle
12 South Eastern Transvaal
Group D13 Boland
14 Eastern Free State
15 Far North
16 Western Province League
Group E17 Border
18 North Eastern Cape
19 South Western Districts
20 Northern Natal
Group F21 Stellaland
22 Lowveld
23 Winelands
24 North Western Cape
25 SARU

Competition

This competition was a knock-out competition. The 25 teams were divided into six groups of four teams (with a fifth team in Group F). The teams ranked 24 and 25 played each other in the Qualifying Round with the winner advancing to Round One. In Round One, the teams from Group C played against the teams in Group E, while the teams in Group D played against the teams in Group F. In Round Two, the winners of the eight Round One ties played against each other for a place in Round Three. The winners of the four Round Two matches then joined teams in Group B for Round Three, with the winning teams progressing to the quarter-finals (where they were joined by the teams from Group A), followed by Semi-finals and the Final. [2]

Fixtures and results

The fixtures were as follows: [3] [4] [5] [6]

Qualifying round

20 March 1990 SARU 24–7 North Western Cape Welkom  
Report [7]

Round one

31 March 1990 Border 9–18 Eastern Transvaal East London  
Report [8]
31 March 1990 Lowveld 18–40 Boland Nelspruit  
Report [9]
31 March 1990 North Eastern Cape 22–4 Vaal Triangle Cradock  
Report [8]
31 March 1990 Northern Natal 19–12 South Eastern Transvaal Newcastle  
Report [8]
31 March 1990 South Western Districts 19–37 Griqualand West Mossel Bay  
Report [9]
31 March 1990 Stellaland 16–50 Western Province League Lichtenburg  
Report [9]
31 March 1990 Winelands 15–20 Far North Wellington  
Report [9]
2 April 1990 Eastern Free State 15–21 SARU Welkom  
Report [10]
Bye/s: Eastern Province, Free State, Natal, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province, Western Transvaal

Round two

6 April 1990 Boland 19–22 Eastern Transvaal Wellington  
Report [11]
6 April 1990 North Eastern Cape 22–34 Far North Cradock  
Report [12]
6 April 1990 Northern Natal 13–33 Western Province League Newcastle  
Report [13]
9 April 1990 Griqualand West 31–0 SARU Kimberley  
Report [14]
Bye/s: Eastern Province, Free State, Natal, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province, Western Transvaal

Round three

21 April 1990 Eastern Transvaal 15–49 Western Transvaal Springs  
Report [15]
21 April 1990 Far North 13–9 Northern Free State Pietersburg  
Report [15]
21 April 1990 Griqualand West 9–45 Natal Kimberley  
Report [15]
21 April 1990 Western Province League 10–15 Eastern Province Paarl  
Report [16]
Bye/s: Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province

Quarter-finals

30 June 1990 Natal 43–6 Free State Durban  
Report [17]
30 June 1990 Northern Transvaal 37–12 Far North Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  
Report [18]
30 June 1990 Transvaal 20–6 Eastern Province Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
Report [19]
30 June 1990 Western Transvaal 10–31 Western Province Potchefstroom  
Report [20]

Semi-finals

7 July 1990 Northern Transvaal 15–10 Transvaal Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  
Report [21]
7 July 1990 Western Province 27–21 Natal Newlands Stadium, Cape Town  
Report [22]

Final

28 July 1990 Northern Transvaal 25–12 Western Province Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  
Report [23]

See also

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