1989 Lion Cup

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1989 Lion Cup
Countries South Africa
Date22 March – 29 July 1989
Champions Western Province (3rd title)
Runners-up Northern Transvaal
Matches played25
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The 1989 Lion Cup was the seventh edition of the Lion Cup, the premier domestic rugby union knock-out competition in South Africa.

Contents

Teams

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

1989 Lion Cup teams
RankingTeam
1 Western Province
2 Northern Transvaal
3 Western Transvaal
4 Natal
5 Boland
6 Far North
7 Northern Free State
8 Transvaal
9 South West Africa
10 Eastern Transvaal
11 Eastern Province
12 Free State
13 South Western Districts
14 Lowveld
15 Vaal Triangle
16 South Eastern Transvaal
17 Stellaland
18 Eastern Free State
19 Griqualand West
20 North Eastern Cape
21 North Western Cape
22 Northern Natal
23 Border
24 Western Province League
25 Winelands
26 SARU

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 sixteen teams played in eight matches, with the winners advancing to round two, where the top 8 ranked teams will join. In Round Two, the sixteen remaining teams would be reduced to eight and would be followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the Final.

Fixtures and results

The fixtures were as follows: [2] [3] [4]

Qualifying round

22 March 1989 SARU 10–12 Border Port Elizabeth  
Report [5]
5 April 1989 Winelands 6–25 Western Province League Moorreesburg  
Report [6]

Round one

31 March 1989 Eastern Free State 18–39 South Eastern Transvaal Bethlehem  
Report [7]
1 April 1989 Border 11–15 South West Africa East London  
Report [8]
1 April 1989 Griqualand West 32–23 Eastern Province Kimberley  
Report [8]
1 April 1989 North Eastern Cape 27–15 Lowveld Cradock  
Report [8]
1 April 1989 Northern Natal 20–27 Eastern Transvaal Newcastle  
Report [8]
1 April 1989 North Western Cape 10–30 Vaal Triangle Upington  
Report [8]
1 April 1989 Stellaland 9–83 Free State Lichtenburg  
Report [8]
8 April 1989 Western Province League 44–15 South Western Districts Elsie's River  
Report [9]
Bye/s: Boland, Far North, Natal, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province, Western Transvaal

Round two

22 April 1989 Eastern Transvaal 0–27 Western Province Pam Brink Stadium, Springs  
Report [10] [11]
22 April 1989 Free State 9–13 Northern Transvaal Bloemfontein  
Report [12]
22 April 1989 Griqualand West 37–6 Boland Kimberley  
Report [13]
22 April 1989 North Eastern Cape 3–26 Natal Cradock  
Report [14]
22 April 1989 South Eastern Transvaal 25–37 Western Transvaal Witbank  
Report [15]
22 April 1989 South West Africa 18–27 Transvaal Windhoek  
Report [16]
22 April 1989 Vaal Triangle 21–12 Far North Sasolburg  
Report [17]
22 April 1989 Western Province League 20–13 Northern Free State Elsie's River  
Report [18]

Quarter-finals

27 May 1989 Northern Transvaal 31–9 Griqualand West Pretoria  
Report [19]
27 May 1989 Transvaal 34–15 Natal Johannesburg  
Report [20]
27 May 1989 Western Province 55–9 Vaal Triangle Newlands Stadium, Cape Town  
Report [21] [22]
27 May 1989 Western Province League 16–30 Western Transvaal Paarl  
Report [23]

Semi-finals

24 June 1989 Northern Transvaal 63–6 Western Transvaal Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  
Report [24]
24 June 1989 Western Province 25–12 Transvaal Newlands Stadium, Cape Town  
Report [25]

Final

29 July 1989 Western Province 21–16 Northern Transvaal Newlands Stadium, Cape Town  
Report [26]

See also

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