1988 Lion Cup

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1988 Lion Cup
Countries South Africa
Date26 March – 30 July 1988
Champions Western Province (2nd title)
Runners-up Northern Transvaal
Matches played25
  1987
1989  

The 1989 Lion Cup was the premier domestic rugby union knock-out competition in South Africa. This was the sixth edition of the Lion Cup.

Contents

Teams

All 26 South African provincial teams took part in this competition. They were ranked as follows: [1]

1988 Lion Cup teams
RankingTeam
1 Transvaal
2 Northern Transvaal
3 Western Province
4 Free State
5 Eastern Province
6 Northern Free State
7 Far North
8 Boland
9 Western Province League
10 South Western Districts
11 Vaal Triangle
12 Western Transvaal
13 Northern Natal
14 South West Africa
15 North Eastern Cape
16 Natal
17 Eastern Free State
18 Border
19 North Western Cape
20 Stellaland
21 Eastern Transvaal
22 South Eastern Transvaal
23 Griqualand West
24 Lowveld
25 SARU
26 Winelands

Competition

This competition was a knock-out competition. The four teams ranked 23 to 26 played each other in the qualifying round with the two winners advancing to Round One, where they joined the teams ranked 9 to 22. These 16 teams played in eight matches, with the winners advancing to Round Two, where the top 8 ranked teams will join. In Round Two, the 16 remaining teams would be reduced to eight and would be followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the Final.

Fixtures and results

The draw for round one and round two were made on 25 February, [1] [2] [3] The quarter final draw was made on 3 May [4] and the semi-final draw on 28 May. [5]

Qualifying round

12 March 1988 SARU 19–24 Lowveld Port Elizabeth  
Report [6]
19 March 1988 Winelands 15–38 Griqualand West Kimberley  
Report [7] [8]

Round one

26 March 1988 Border 10–16 Vaal Triangle  
Report [9]
26 March 1988 Eastern Free State 12–55 Natal Bethlehem  
Report [9]
26 March 1988 Eastern Transvaal 15–7 North Eastern Cape  
Report [9]
26 March 1988 Griqualand West 10–13 South West Africa Kimberley  
Report [9]
26 March 1988 Lowveld 31–24 Northern Natal  
Report [9]
26 March 1988 North Western Cape 15–25 South Western Districts Upington  
Report [10]
[9]
26 March 1988 South Eastern Transvaal 18–3 Western Province League Witbank  
Report [9]
26 March 1988 Stellaland 9–49 Western Transvaal Lichtenburg  
Report [9]
Bye/s: Boland, Eastern Province, Far North, Free State, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province

Round two

23 April 1988 Eastern Transvaal 15–49 Northern Transvaal Spring  
Report [11]
23 April 1988 Lowveld 12–24 Far North Nelspruit  
Report [11]
23 April 1988 Natal 29–16 Free State Durban  
Report [11]
23 April 1988 South Eastern Transvaal 12–37 Transvaal Witbank  
Report [11]
23 April 1988 South West Africa 21–24 Western Province Windhoek  
[12]
23 April 1988 South Western Districts 15–20 Boland Riversdale  
Report [13]
23 April 1988 Vaal Triangle 9–12 Northern Free State Sasolburg  
Report [11]
23 April 1988 Western Transvaal 33–13 Eastern Province Potchefstroom  
Report [11] [14]

Quarter-finals

28 May 1988 Far North 13–19 Northern Transvaal Pietersburg  
Report [15]
28 May 1988 Natal 17–13 Transvaal Durban  
Report [16]
28 May 1988 Western Province 40–12 Boland Newlands Stadium, Cape Town  
Report [17]
28 May 1988 Western Transvaal 18–15 Northern Free State Potchefstroom  
Report [18]

Semi-finals

9 July 1988 Northern Transvaal 50–0 Natal Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  
Report [19]
9 July 1988 Western Province 54–3 Western Transvaal Newlands Stadium, Cape Town  
Report [20]

Final

30 July 1988 Northern Transvaal 12–24 Western Province Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  
Report [21]

See also

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