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The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier domestic competition, four South African franchises also compete in the United Rugby Championship competition, including for the 'South African Shield'. for the highest placed South African team.
The Free State Cheetahs, currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs due to sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Free State Rugby Union and are based at the 48,000 capacity Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. The Cheetahs have won the Currie Cup six times, with five of the wins coming since 2005, including winning the cup three times consecutively from 2005 to 2007. Since the advent of professionalism in rugby union, they have been considered one of South Africa's "Big 5" provincial rugby Unions.
Western Province is a South African professional rugby union team based in Newlands, Cape Town, that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup tournaments. Founded in 1883, the team has won multiple titles, a record of 34 Currie Cup titles including the inaugural competition, the Vodacom Cup, the Absa Nite Series, and the Lion Cup.
The Sharks are a South Africa rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The Sharks are the current representative team of the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union and they draw most of their players from the KwaZulu-Natal Province. For most of their history, the team was known simply as 'Natal', with a nickname of 'The Banana Boys' or Piesangboere in Afrikaans, until the mid-1990s when they were re-branded as the Sharks.
The Pumas are a South African rugby union team that competes in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup and the Northern Section of the Vodacom Cup. The team draws their players from Mpumalanga Province and plays at the Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela, having previously also played at the Puma Stadium in Witbank.
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The 1971 Currie Cup was the 33nd edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.
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The 1895 Currie Cup was the third edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.
The 1897 Currie Cup was the fourth edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.
The 1898 Currie Cup was the fifth edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.
The 1904 Currie Cup was the seventh edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.
The 1906 Currie Cup was the eighth edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.
The 1911 Currie Cup was the tenth edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.
The 1914 Currie Cup was the 11th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.
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The 2018 Currie Cup First Division was the second tier of the 2018 Currie Cup, the 80th edition of the annual South African rugby union competition organised by the South African Rugby Union. It was played between 24 August and 19 October 2018 and featured seven of the eight teams that played in 2017, following Namibian side Welwitschias' withdrawal.
References
- ↑ "Currie Cup Finals History". SuperSport. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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