1991 Lion Cup

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1991 Lion Cup
Countries South Africa
Date24 March – 27 July 1991
Champions Northern Transvaal (3rd title)
Runners-up Natal
Matches played24
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The 1991 Lion Cup was the ninth 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. The semi-finalists from the 1990 Lion Cup were put into Group A and the losing quarter finalists into Group B. The remaining teams were divided geographically. Groups C and D contained nine southern teams; the four southern teams with the highest ranking were put into Group C and the other five teams into Group D (where the two lowest-ranked teams, South Western Districts and North Western Cape had to play off in a qualifying game for the Group D spot in Round One). Similarly, Groups E and F contained eight northern teams; the four northern teams with the highest ranking were put into Group E and the other four teams into Group F: [1] [2]

1991 Lion Cup teams
GroupRankingTeam
Group A1 Northern Transvaal
2 Western Province
3 Transvaal
4 Natal
Group B5 Far North
6 Western Transvaal
7 Eastern Province
8 Free State
Group C9 Northern Free State
11 Western Province League
12 Griqualand West
13 North Eastern Cape
Group D14 Boland
21 Winelands
22 Border
24 South Western Districts
25 North Western Cape
Group E10 Eastern Transvaal
15 Northern Natal
16 SARU
17 Vaal Triangle
Group F18 Lowveld
19 South Eastern Transvaal
20 Eastern Free State
23 Stellaland

Competition

This competition was a knock-out competition. A qualifying round was held between the two lowest-ranked teams for the Group D place in Round One. In each of the first three rounds, the lower-ranked teams would have home advantage. In Round One, the teams from Group D hosted teams from Group D, while the teams from Group F hosted teams from 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. [1] [2]

Fixtures and results

The fixtures were as follows:

Qualifying round

24 March 1991 North Western Cape 6–21 South Western Districts Upington  
Report [3]

Round one

Northern Section6 April 1991 Eastern Free State 13–24 Eastern Transvaal Bethlehem  
Report [4]
Northern Section6 April 1991 Lowveld 12–15 Northern Natal Nelspruit  
Report [5]
Northern Section6 April 1991 South Eastern Transvaal 41–12 Vaal Triangle Witbank  
Report [6]
Northern Section6 April 1991 Stellaland 22–18 SARU Mafikeng  
Report [5]
Southern Section6 April 1991 Boland 38–24 North Eastern Cape Wellington, Western Cape  
Report [7]
Southern Section6 April 1991 Border 9–4 Western Province League East London  
Report [5]
Southern Section6 April 1991 South Western Districts 6–32 Northern Free State George  
Report [8]
Southern Section6 April 1991 Winelands 0–39 Griqualand West Malmesbury  
Report [5]
Bye/s: Eastern Province, Far North, Free State, Natal, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province, Western Transvaal

Round two

Northern Section13 April 1991 South Eastern Transvaal 18–3 Northern Natal Witbank  
Report [9]
Northern Section13 April 1991 Stellaland 32–24 Eastern Transvaal Lichtenburg  
Report [9]
Southern Section13 April 1991 Border 22–25 Northern Free State East London  
Report [10]
Southern Section13 April 1991 Boland 22–3 Griqualand West Wellington  
Report [11]
Bye/s: Eastern Province, Far North, Free State, Natal, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province, Western Transvaal

Round three

4 May 1991 Boland 21–28 Free State Wellington  
Report [12]
4 May 1991 Northern Free State 27–24 Western Transvaal Welkom  
Report [13]
4 May 1991 South Eastern Transvaal 32–19 Far North Witbank  
Report [13]
4 May 1991 Stellaland 14–67 Eastern Province Rustenburg  
Report [13]
Bye/s: Natal, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province

Quarter-finals

29 May 1991 Northern Transvaal 22–18 Free State Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  
Report [14]
31 May 1991 Northern Free State 25–32 Natal Welkom  
Report [15]
31 May 1991 Transvaal 59–22 South Eastern Transvaal Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
Report [15]
1 June 1991 Eastern Province 27–12 Western Province Port Elizabeth  
Report [16]

Semi-finals

6 July 1991 Northern Transvaal 24–12 Eastern Province Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  
Report [17]
6 July 1991 Transvaal 11–24 Natal Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
Report [18]

Final

27 July 1991 Northern Transvaal 62–6 Natal Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  
[19]

See also

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