Rhino Cup

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Rhino Cup Club Challenge
Current season or competition:
Rugby football current event.svg 2021–22 South African Rugby League season
Sport Rugby league
Instituted2011
Inaugural season 2011-12
Number of teams8
Country Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Holders Eastern Suburbs colours.svg TUKS Reds (2021-22)
Most titles Eastern Suburbs colours.svg TUKS Reds (7 titles)
Related competition Protea Cup

The Rhino Cup (named the Kobus Botha Rhino Cup after the South African Rugby League Hall of Famer, formerly the Rhino Club Challenge) is a semi-professional rugby league competition in South Africa and is the national first division competition. The competition currently consists of eight teams. The current holders are the TUKS Reds, based in the University of Pretoria, who beat the St Helens Vultures 30-22 in the 2021-22 Grand Final. [1]

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Current teams

Team [2] StadiumCity-AreaFoundation
Castleford colours.svg Brits BulldogsUnknownUnknown2010s
Quinscolours.svg GrizzliesUnknownUnknown2010s
Canterbury colours.svg Pretoria RLC University of Pretoria Pretoria, Gauteng 2015
Giantscolours.svg SpartansUnknownUnknown2010s
Saintscolours.svg St Helens VulturesUnknownUnknown2010s
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg TUKS Reds University of Pretoria Pretoria, Gauteng 2011
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg TUKS Blues University of Pretoria Pretoria, Gauteng 2007
Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Witbank Knights Puma Park Witbank, Mpumalanga 2013

Former teams

TeamStadiumCity-AreaFoundation
Quinscolours.svg Bloemfontein RoostersUnknown Bloemfontein, Free State 2013
Cronulla colours.svg Huskies Rugby League 1 HS Birchleigh Birchleigh, Gauteng 2013
Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Middelburg Tigers 1 Kees Taljaard Stadium Middelburg, Mpumalanga 2005

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References

  1. "Kobus Botha Rhino Cup". South African Rugby League. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. "Clubs". South African Rugby League. Retrieved 23 November 2022.