Currie Cup

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Currie Cup
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Sport Rugby union
Instituted1891
Inaugural season 1892
Number of teamsPremier Division: 8
First Division: 9
CountryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Holders Free State Cheetahs (2023)
Most titles Western Province (34) Four shared (4)
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Related competition Rugby Challenge

The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition 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.

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Steeped in history and tradition, the Currie Cup dates back to 1891. The tournament is regarded as the cornerstone of South Africa's rugby heritage, and the coveted gold trophy remains the most prestigious prize in South African domestic rugby. [1]

History

The Currie Cup is one of the oldest rugby competitions, [2] with the first games played in 1889 but it was only in 1892 that it became officially known as the Currie Cup. The competition had its humble beginnings as an inter-province competition in 1884, but when the South African Rugby Board was founded in 1889 it decided to organize a national competition that would involve representative teams from all the major unions. The original participating unions were Western Province, Griqualand West, Transvaal and Eastern Province. The first tournament was held in Kimberley and was won by Western Province. For a prize they received a silver cup donated by the South African Rugby Board, now displayed at the SA Rugby Museum in Cape Town. The story of how the Currie Cup came to be comes from the first overseas rugby team to tour South Africa in 1891, The British Isles, who carried with them a particularly precious bit of cargo. Among the bags, boots and balls was a golden cup given to them by Sir Donald Currie, owner of Union-Castle Lines, the shipping company that transported them to the southern tip of Africa. Sir Donald was clear with his instructions – hand this trophy over to the team in South Africa that gives the best game; and after a spirited display where the unbeaten British Lions narrowly won 3–0, Griqualand West became the first ever holders of the Currie Cup. They then handed the trophy over to the South African rugby board and it became the floating trophy for the Currie Cup competition. The inaugural Currie Cup tournament was thus held in 1892 with Western Province earning the honour of holding it aloft as the first official winners.

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The Currie Cup trophy

The competition missed a few years here and there for reasons such as war and the like, but in 1968 it became a fully fledged annual showpiece. Western Province dominated the competition's early years, and by 1920 the team from Cape Town had already secured the trophy 10 times. Only Griqualand West could halt the rampant WP side and win the trophy in 1899 and 1911. In 1922 the Transvaal won the competition for the first time, however Western Province would continue to dominate the Currie Cup throughout the 1920s and 1930s, winning the trophy a further 4 times and sharing it twice with Border. In 1939 the trophy returned to Johannesburg for only the second time after Transvaal defeated Western Province in Cape Town. This was the first time WP had lost a final at their home ground Newlands. The Currie Cup went into hiatus during the Second World War but resumed in 1946 when Northern Transvaal claimed their first ever trophy by beating Western Province 11–9 in the final at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The late 1940s and early 1950s were dominated by Transvaal who would win the trophy in 1950 and 1952, however in 1954 the Currie Cup would finally return south following Western Province's narrow 11–8 victory over Northern Transvaal in the final at Newlands in Cape Town.

At the end of the apartheid 1980s, South African rugby supporters were treated to two of the most memorable Currie Cup finals. In 1989 winger Carel du Plessis scored a last-minute try as WP managed to draw with Northern Transvaal 16-all, Riaan Gouws missed the conversion which would have given WP its 6th title of the decade a feat which has never been achieved. The following year the Blue Bulls slipped up, though, and Natal sneaked home 18–12, inspired by fly-half Joel Stransky. The 1990s saw further improvement by Natal and the rise of Francois Pienaar's Transvaal. Since the end of apartheid in 1990–4, and the age of professionalism in rugby union in the early 1990s, the Currie Cup has become much more competitive with no team able to carve out an era of dominance like that of WP in the early years or Northern Transvaal in the 1970s and 1980s. Whilst these days the competition lags behind the United Rugby Championship and The Rugby Championship (previously the Tri-Nations) in the order of importance, the Currie Cup still holds a special place amongst South African rugby supporters and players, with the trophy very much still the holy grail of the South African domestic rugby. [3]

In order to adjust to the European competition calendar, from the 2024 season the Currie Cup will take place in a new window. It is to be played between July and late September. [4]

Teams

From 1996 to 2015, the following 14 provincial unions participated in the Currie Cup:

Map of South Africa displaying the borders of the 14 teams in the Currie Cup Provincial rugby unions of South Africa.svg
Map of South Africa displaying the borders of the 14 teams in the Currie Cup
Currie Cup teams
TeamHome baseRegionPreviously in Premier Division
Blue Bulls Pretoria The Pretoria metropolitan area and the entire Limpopo province 2022
Boland Cavaliers Wellington Northern and central districts of the Western Cape province 2016
Border Bulldogs East London Eastern districts of the Eastern Cape province 1999
Eastern Province Elephants Gqeberha Western districts of the Eastern Cape province 2016
Falcons Kempton Park The East Rand and other municipalities to the east and south of Johannesburg 2008
Free State Cheetahs Bloemfontein Central and western districts of the Free State province 2022
Golden Lions Johannesburg Johannesburg and the West Rand 2022
Griffons Welkom Northern and eastern districts of the Free State province 2023
Griquas Kimberley The entire Northern Cape province 2022
Leopards Potchefstroom The entire North West province 2011
Pumas Mbombela The entire Mpumalanga province 2022
Sharks Durban The entire KwaZulu-Natal province 2022
SWD Eagles George Eastern districts of the Western Cape province 2004
Western Province Cape Town Cape Town metropolitan area 2022
Other Currie Cup teams (from 2023 in order to compete for Mzanzi Challenge)
TeamHome baseCountryYears competed
Welwitschias Windhoek Namibia 2016 − 2017, 2023 −
Jaguares XV only away matches Argentina 2019
Black Lion only away matches Georgia 2022
Simbas Nairobi Kenya 2022 −
Zimbabwe Goshawks only away matches Zimbabwe 2022 −
San Clemente Rhinos TBD United States 2023 −

Champions and Finals

Between 1892 and 1920, the competition was held as a centralised tournament, with the team with the best record crowned as the winner. Between 1922 and 1936 (as well as in three tournaments between 1957 and 1966), the winner was the team with the best record following a round-robin competition. In all the other seasons, a final was played to determine the champion.

Currie Cup

Currie Cup Champions and Finals Results
SeasonChampionsRunner-UpScoreFinal Venue
1892 Western Province ———
1894 Western Province ———
1895 Western Province ———
1897 Western Province ———
1898 Western Province ———
1899 1 Griqualand West ———
1904 Western Province ———
1906 Western Province ———
1908 Western Province ———
1911 Griqualand West ———
1914 Western Province ———
1920 Western Province ———
1922 Transvaal ———
1925 Western Province ———
1927 Western Province ———
1929 Western Province ———
1932 Border & Western Province (shared)———
1934 Border & Western Province (shared)———
1936 Western Province ———
1939 Transvaal Western Province 17–6 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1946 Northern Transvaal Western Province 11–9 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1947 Western Province Transvaal 16–12 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1950 Transvaal Western Province 22–11 Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg
1952 Transvaal Boland 11–9 Wellington
1954 Western Province Northern Transvaal 11–8 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1956 Northern Transvaal Natal 9–8 Kings Park Stadium , Durban
1957–1959 2 Western Province ———
1964 Western Province ———
1966 Western Province ———
1968 Northern Transvaal Transvaal 16–3 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1969 Northern Transvaal Western Province 28–13 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1970 Griqualand West Northern Transvaal 11–9De Beers, Kimberley
1971 Northern Transvaal & Transvaal (shared)—14–14 Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg
1972 Transvaal Eastern Transvaal 25–19 Pam Brink Stadium , Springs
1973 Northern Transvaal Free State 30–22 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1974 Northern Transvaal Transvaal 17–15 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1975 Northern Transvaal Free State 12–6 Free State Stadium , Bloemfontein
1976 Free State Western Province 33–16 Free State Stadium , Bloemfontein
1977 Northern Transvaal Free State 27–12 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1978 Northern Transvaal Free State 13–9 Free State Stadium , Bloemfontein
1979 Northern Transvaal & Western Province (shared)—15–15 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1980 Northern Transvaal Western Province 39–9 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1981 Northern Transvaal Free State 23–6 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1982 Western Province Northern Transvaal 24–7 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1983 Western Province Northern Transvaal 9–3 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1984 Western Province Natal 19–9 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1985 Western Province Northern Transvaal 22–15 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1986 Western Province Transvaal 22–9 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1987 Northern Transvaal Transvaal 24–18 Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg
1988 Northern Transvaal Western Province 19–18 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1989 Northern Transvaal & Western Province (shared)—16–16 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1990 Natal Northern Transvaal 18–12 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1991 Northern Transvaal Transvaal 27–15 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1992 Natal Transvaal 14–13 Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg
1993 Transvaal Natal 21–15 Kings Park Stadium , Durban
1994 Transvaal Free State 56–33 Springbok Park, Bloemfontein
1995 Natal Western Province 25–17 Kings Park Stadium , Durban
1996 Sharks 6 Golden Lions 333–15 Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg
1997 Western Province Free State Cheetahs 414–12 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
1998 Blue Bulls 5 Western Province 24–20 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
1999 Golden Lions Sharks 32–9 Kings Park Stadium , Durban
2000 Western Province Sharks 25–15 Kings Park Stadium , Durban
2001 Western Province Sharks 29–24 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
2002 Blue Bulls Golden Lions 31–7 Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg
2003 Blue Bulls Sharks 40–19 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
2004 Blue Bulls Free State Cheetahs 42–33 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
2005 Free State Cheetahs Blue Bulls 29–25 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
2006 Blue Bulls & Free State Cheetahs (shared)—28–28 Free State Stadium , Bloemfontein
2007 Free State Cheetahs Golden Lions 20–18 Free State Stadium , Bloemfontein
2008 Sharks Blue Bulls 14–9 Kings Park Stadium , Durban
2009 Blue Bulls Free State Cheetahs 36–24 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
2010 Sharks Western Province 30–10 Kings Park Stadium , Durban
2011 Golden Lions Sharks 42–16 Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg
2012 Western Province Sharks 25–18 Kings Park Stadium , Durban
2013 Sharks Western Province 33–19 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
2014 Western Province Golden Lions 19–16 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
2015 Golden Lions Western Province 32–24 Ellis Park Stadium , Johannesburg
2016 Free State Cheetahs Blue Bulls 36–16 Free State Stadium , Bloemfontein
2017 Western Province Sharks 33–21 Kings Park Stadium , Durban
2018 Sharks Western Province 17–12 Newlands Stadium , Cape Town
2019 Free State Cheetahs Golden Lions 31–28 [5] Free State Stadium , Bloemfontein
2020–21 7 Blue Bulls Sharks 26–198 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
2021 Blue Bulls Sharks 44–10 Loftus Versfeld , Pretoria
2022 Pumas Griquas 26–19 Griqua Park , Kimberley
2023 Free State Cheetahs Pumas 25–17 Free State Stadium , Bloemfontein

In addition to the winners above, Western Province also won the South African Rugby Board Trophy in 1889. This tournament was effectively the precursor to the Currie Cup, which started in 1892.

1 Western Province and Transvaal did not compete.
2 Contested over two seasons.
3 Transvaal were renamed the Gauteng Lions; now known as Golden Lions.
4 Orange Free State were renamed the Free State Cheetahs.
5 Northern Transvaal were renamed the Blue Bulls.
6 Natal were renamed the Sharks.
7 Contested between November and January due to COVID-19 pandemic.
8 Final went to extra-time.

Currie Cup First Division

Currie Cup First Division Champions and Finals Results
SeasonChampionsRunner-UpScoreFinal Venue
2000 Blue Bulls Mighty Elephants 41–20 Telkom Park, Port Elizabeth
2001 Boland Cavaliers Leopards 41–27 Boland Stadium , Wellington
2002 SWD Eagles Border Bulldogs 29–20 Outeniqua Park , George
2003 Boland Cavaliers Leopards 27–25 Olën Park , Potchefstroom
2004 Boland Cavaliers Border Bulldogs 23–22 Boland Stadium , Wellington
2005 Pumas Falcons 25–16 Barnard Stadium , Kempton Park
2006 Boland Cavaliers Leopards 37–13 Olën Park , Potchefstroom
2007 SWD Eagles Mighty Elephants 38–3 Outeniqua Park , George
2008 Griffons Leopards 31–26 Olën Park , Potchefstroom
2009 Pumas SWD Eagles 47–19 Puma Stadium , Witbank
2010 Eastern Province Kings SWD Eagles 16–12 Outeniqua Park , George
2011 Boland Cavaliers Eastern Province Kings 43–12 Boland Stadium , Wellington
2012 Eastern Province Kings Pumas 26–25 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium , Port Elizabeth
2013 Pumas Eastern Province Kings 53–30 Mbombela Stadium , Mbombela
2014 Griffons Falcons 23–21 North West Stadium , Welkom
2015 Leopards SWD Eagles 44–20 Olën Park , Potchefstroom
2016 Griffons Leopards 44–25 Olën Park , Potchefstroom
2017 Griffons Leopards 60–36 North West Stadium , Welkom
2018 SWD Eagles Falcons 36–27 Outeniqua Park , George
2019 Jaguares XV Griffons 49–5 Mbombela Stadium , Mbombela
20201————
2021 Leopards Griffons 19–18 Olën Park , Potchefstroom
2022 Griffons Eastern Province Elephants 45–16 HT Pelatona Projects Stadium , Welkom
2023 Boland Cavaliers Falcons 43–21 Boland Stadium , Wellington

1 The 2020 Currie Cup First Division was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mzansi Challenge

Mzansi Challenge Champions and Finals Results
SeasonChampionsRunner-UpScoreFinal Venue
2023 Falcons SWD Eagles 55–38 Barnard Stadium , Kempton Park

Champions Match

South African Rugby Union announced that fans would get a chance to vote and select their own Currie Cup Select XV. Two matches were played in 2021 and 2022.

Champions Match Results
SeasonWinnerRunner-UpScoreFinal Venue
2021 Champions match Currie Cup Select XVFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 85–17 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
2022 Champions match Carling Champions team Italy A 31–27 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Gqeberha

Overall winners

Currie Cup Premier Division

Overall record in the Currie Cup Premier Division
TeamNumber of titlesRunner-upSemi-FinalistsNotesMost recent title
Western Province 341311Four titles shared2017
Northern Transvaal/Blue Bulls 25910Four titles shared2021
Transvaal/Gauteng Lions/Golden Lions 111211One title shared2015
Natal/Sharks 812142018
Orange Free State/Free State Cheetahs 7913One title shared 2023
Griqualand West/Griquas 3141970
Border/Border Bulldogs 200Two titles shared1934
South Eastern Transvaal/Pumas 1112022
Eastern Transvaal/Falcons 012
Boland 011
Northern Free State/Griffons 004
Eastern Province 003
South West Africa 001
SWD Eagles 001
Rhodesia 001
Western Transvaal/Leopards 001

Since the competition became established as an annual competition in 1968 (see History above).

TeamNumber of winsNumber sharedNumber runners-upYears wonYears sharedYear runner-up
Northern Transvaal/Blue Bulls 19481968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2020–21, 20211971, 1979, 1989, 20061970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2005, 2008, 2016
Western Province 112101982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2012, 2014, 20171979, 19891969, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1995, 1998, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018
Natal/Sharks 80111990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2010, 2013, 20181984, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2020–21, 2021
Transvaal/Gauteng Lions/Golden Lions 61111972, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2011, 201519711968, 1974, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2007, 2014, 2019
Orange Free State/Free State Cheetahs 6191976, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2019, 2023 20061973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1994, 1997, 2004, 2009
Griqualand West/Griquas 10119702022
Pumas 1012022 2023
Eastern Transvaal/Falcons 0011972

Currie Cup First Division

Overall winners in the Currie Cup First Division
TeamNumber of winsRunners-upYears wonYear Runner-upSecondary titles
Boland Cavaliers 602001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2023
Griffons 522008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 20222019, 2021
SWD Eagles 332002, 2007, 20182009, 2010, 2015
Pumas 312005, 2009, 20132012
Leopards 262015, 20212001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2017
Eastern Province Kings/Eastern Province Elephants 252010, 20122000, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2022
Blue Bulls 102000
Jaguares XV 102019
Falcons 042005, 2014, 2018, 2023 2023 Mzansi Challenge
Border 022002, 2004

Records and statistics

NameTeam/sSeasonsGames
Hugh Reece-Edwards Natal1982–1995
165
Jacques Botes Pumas/Sharks2002–2014
156
Helgard Müller Free State Cheetahs1983–1998
142
Rudi Visagie Free State/Natal/Mpumalanga1980–1996
141
Chris Badenhorst Free State Cheetahs1987–1999
136
Burger Geldenhuys Blue Bulls1977–1989
128
André Joubert Free State/Natal1986–1999
126

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