Jaco kriel of the lions celebrates with the trophy during the absa currie cup. Gwk griquas team vs the sharks, absa currie cup, friday 12 october 2012 at at mr price kings park, durban. In 2008 he was voted best openside flanker in the super 14 and currie cup. In an actionpacked absa currie cup first division opening day the valke host the griffons in kempton park, border take on south western districts in east london and the ep kings meet the steval pumas in port elizabeth. South africas rugbyloving public will be able to have their say for the sa rugby player, young player and team of the year awards, which will be conducted online at. The 2015 currie cup qualification tournament was a competition organised by the south african rugby union which featured seven teams and was played between 12 june and 25 july 2015.
Eben etzebeth is ready for his first absa currie cup semifinal. Western province celebrate with the trophy after winning the absa currie cup. Mar 15, 2010 jses world cup winners named by absa 15 march 2010 absa asset management, private clients you may fancy bafana bafana, brazil or england for world cup glory, but the smart money may be going instead on sabmiller, sun international and bidvest. In the only clash on saturday the regent boland cavaliers go up against the leopards in wellington. Both courtney and langvad will take part in the opening leg of the uci world cup in stellenbosch the week before the absa cape epic, which, langvad believes has played a part in the strength of the womens field. Ultimate rugby players, news, fixtures and live results gwk griquas team vs the southern kings on wednesday february nelson mandela bay stadium, port elizabeth. Natal won its first currie cup competition in 1990, the same year the union celebrated its centenary anniversary.
The lotto numbers were 10, 19, 25, 42, 47 and bonus ball 35. John smit on where currie cup final will be won cape town south africas premier domestic rugby tournament dates back some 129 years to 1889 the year in which the south african rugby board was. The winners of these semifinals played each other in the final, at the home venue of. Nkosi not included due to involvement with the south africa national team. Interestingly, ewns jeremy harris was the only respondent expecting a. The toyota free state cheetahs have picked up promising former western province under 21 and uct loose forward, vincent jobo, for their absa currie cup campaign and a good showing may even lead to a vodacom super rugby stint for the player nicknamed the animal. Not only have the lions showed a revival in form, but they have also done so by employing an enterprising game style. Eastern province kings absa currie cup promotion relegation. The sharks dominated the absa currie cup awards for october when their head coach, john plumtree, and talented scrumhalf cobus reinach were named as the absa currie cup coach and player of the month respectively. Welcome to the official supersport youtube channel. The tournament is regarded as the cornerstone of south africas rugby heritage, and the coveted gold trophy remains the most prestigious prize in south african domestic rugby. Comprehensive coverage of all your major sporting events on, including live video streaming, video highlights, results, fixtures, logs, news, tv broadcast schedules and more. The tournament is regarded as the cornerstone of south africas rugby heritage, and the coveted gold trophy remains the most prestigious prize. Steeped in history and tradition, the absa currie cup dates back to 1889 and is one of the oldest rugby competitions in the world.
To this day the trophy remains the holy grail of south african rugby. Supersport broadcasts most of the worlds major sporting events and leagues from rugby, cricket, football. It means the leopards kick off part two with a healthy eightpoint lead at the top of the log, on 25 points, with the down touch griffons leading the chasing pack. Oct 24, 2014 ewn sports editor jean smyth asked primedia personalities for their predictions of saturdays absa currie cup final result. The absa premiership award nominees have been announced. Western province stormed into the 2015 currie cup final with a 2318 win over archrivals blue bulls at loftus versfeld on friday evening, after scores. Be sure to check betxchange for up to the minute odds on all the matches, as well as a variety of other bets you can place on each game. It was played between 17 august and 27 october 2018 and featured the same seven teams as in 2017. The currie cup tournament also known as the absa currie cup for sponsorship reasons is south africas premier domestic rugby. The western province boys in blue and white will fight to better their current absa currie cup log position of third place in a match against the northern cape griquas at newlands stadium in cape town on saturday, 5 september 2015. This currie cup final was new the first to produce extra time.
The 2015 currie cup premier division was the 77th season in the competition since it started in. Jun 10, 2015 download the 2015 currie cup fixtures in outlook and ical formats, and add them to your calendar automatically. The sun thanks the sponsors of this competition for their continuous support which makes this competition a yearonyear success. The tournament known as the absa currie cup premier division for sponsorship reasons is the top tier of. Sport industry awards south africa pty ltd 8 sheldon place, 5 lonehill close lonehill sandton 011 467 3341 registered in south africa no.
The currie cup tournament is south africas premier domestic rugby union. The kings claimed the first division title with a hardfought 1612 victory over the south western districts eagles in george. By natali iverson oct 20, 2014 dhl western province stormers coach, allister coetzee, has said he hopes that looseforward, nizaam carr, will be available for the absa currie cup final game against the xerox golden lions at newlands on saturday. Leopards look to clinch absa currie cup first division title in style. The currie cup is one of the oldest rugby competitions, with the first games played in 1889 but it was only in 1892 that it became officially known as the currie cup. Kaizer chiefs were the big winners at the psl awards. Absa cape epic reigning world champion gunning for the win. The idea of a womens factory team at the absa cape epic has been in the pipeline for a while and kate was up for it.
Currie cup news newspapers books scholar jstor may 2015 learn. Cape towns boys in blue take on kimberleys crew in an exciting home game. Jul 16, 2011 the sharks are not planning to give up their absa currie cup premier division crown without a massive fight as they showed with arguably their best performance of the 2011season when they crushed the mtn golden lions by 539 at mr price kings park in durban on saturday evening. The worlds oldest domestic rugby competition will get underway on friday the 12th of july, and while the tournament doesnt carry the same prestige it used to it is still a cracking competition. The competition had its humble beginnings as an interprovince competition in 1884, but when the south african rugby board was founded in 1889 it decided to organize a national. The young sharks scrumhalf was the joint top try scorer from the five south african franchises in vodacom super rugby 2014, with six. Just click on the sport name in the top menu or country name on the left and select your competition. The absa currie cup first division will resume on friday following seven rounds of matches in june and july, which served as the qualifier for the absa currie cup premier division. Individual match tickets are available for dhl western provinces 2015 home matches at dhl newlands starting with this coming saturdays absa currie cup encounter between dhl wp and the free state cheetahs kickoff 15h00. Western province scored 18 unanswered points in the second half to stun the sharks and the kings park faithful to win the currie cup in durban on saturday.
Since then the sharks have won the currie cup in 1992, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2010, 20 and most recently in 2018. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. May 23, 2016 the nominees for the 2015 16 absa premiership end of season awards have been announced, and are unsurprisingly full of mamelodi sundowns players. Cape town springbok winger bryan habana was on thursday named south african rugby saru player of the year for the third time, while dhl western province picked up a brace of awards as their. Jacobus meyer cobus reinach grey college 1st xv rugby. Sharks currie cup wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The currie cup is an annual domestic competition for provincial rugby union teams in south africa. The eastern province kings norman nelson, who dotted down nine times in the season, was chosen as the absa currie cup first division player of the year. Wp rugby 2015 absa currie cup match tickets available. Habana named saru player of the year newsday zimbabwe. Click here to download the 2015 currie cup fixtures. Although it is the premier domestic competition, south african teams also compete in. For most of their history, the team was known simply as natal, with a nickname of the banana boys until the mid1990s.
Absa premiership kaizer chiefs psl orlando pirates mamelodi sundowns nedbank cup psl transfer news world news english premier league pitso mosimane. The tournament is regarded as the cornerstone of south africas rugby heritage, and the coveted gold trophy remains the. Absa currie cup absa currie cup dhl western province gwk griquas mtn golden lions rugby rugby15 the sharks toyota free state cheetahs vodacom blue bulls. Free state cheetahs vs western province currie cup 2015. Mar 10, 2009 absa has launched an innovative housing and sustainable energy efficiency competition. Blue bulls lose hooker visagie for currie cup season by rugby week on 6th october 2015. It promises to be another epic weekend of bone crunching tackles and last minute drama as the currie cup steadily rolls along. South african sevens star ruhan nel is eager to continue his title winning ways, when the hsbc world. The orc griquas secured their place in the 2015 absa currie cup premier division with a hardfought 41 21 victory over the swd eagles on saturday in kimberley in their final qualifier match.
The 2007 absa currie cup season was contested from june through to october. History and statistics currie cup steeped in history and tradition, the absa currie cup dates back to 1889 and is one of the oldest rugby competitions in the world. Official online home of the springboks and all things rugby in south africa. The lions powered their way into the currie cup final despite making. The currie cup trophy was donated to the rugby board and it became the prize for the currie cup competition. Competition numbers by years the number of varsity rugby players that played in the various competitions by years.
A firedup lions side broke a 12 year drought to defeat the sharks and emerge 2011 currie cup champions. To claim this massive payout, they will have to wait until lockdown is suspended. Blue bulls hooker jaco visagie has been ruled out for the remainder of the absa currie cup season with an ankle injury. Plus an additional r10 000 if the winning candidate is an absa account holder nedbank cup. Sa rugby is facing a huge financial blow due to the impending loss of absas sponsorship of the currie cup. Another one of the many promising young players to emerge in 2014, cobus has springbok rugby in his genes as his late father, jaco, represented south africa in rugby as well as track and field athletics, where he was the national 400m recordholder for. The 2015 currie cup first division was contested from 29 august to 8 october 2015. For the cricket competition originally known as the currie cup, see sunfoil series. He represented the national sevens team until 2009, when he announced he. Transvaalgauteng lionsgolden lions, 11, one shared, 2015. Round 1 of the 2019 currie cup gets underway on friday the 12th of july. The winner of the tournament would qualify for the 2015 currie cup premier division, while the remaining six teams would play in the 2015 currie cup first division. Western province reach currie cup final by rugby week on 16th october 2015. Absa u21 currie cup teams round 1 schoolboyrugby blog.
The tournament known as the absa currie cup premier division for sponsorship. Dhl wp absa currie cup team finished third on the log but made a fourth final appearance in a row and fifth in six seasons after a memorable away semifinal victory over the blue bulls. The 2018 currie cup premier division was the top tier of the 2018 currie cup, the 80th edition of the annual south african rugby union competition organised by the south african rugby union. The competition was won by the free state cheetahs after they defeated the golden lions 2018 in the final. Rugby sport24, south african and international rugby news. It was a similar scenario in 2012 when the sharks managed, again, to reach the currie cup final, hosting it again as they had successfully in 2008 and 2010. Nov 11, 2015 this season, ackermann coached the xerox golden lions to an absa currie cup title while they also had an adequate super rugby campaign as the emirates lions, winning 9 of their 16 games. The 2012 currie cup premier division was the 74th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 11 august to 27 october 2012. Sharks currie cup news newspapers books scholar jstor. This was the first extra time 10 minutes each way in a currie cup final.
Betting, tips and predictions for round 10 of the currie cup 2015 season. The golden lions annexed the 2015 absa currie championship with a welltaken victory over last seasons champions. Oct 29, 19 807 views currie cup, general news, international, national, south africa, south africa, super rugby, super rugby news shaun liddle no comments 2019 was an emotional rollercoaster for bulls. The currie cup tournament is south africas premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring june to october, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Oct 18, 2012 eben etzebeth is ready for his first absa currie cup semifinal.
For most of their history, the team was known simply as natal, with a nickname of the banana boys until the mid1990s when they were rebranded as the sharks. Currie cup 2019 scores, rugby union south africa flashscore. The currie cup tournament is south africa s premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring june to october, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Dhl stormers sa conference winners third time in five seasons and losing quarterfinalists. Although it is the premier domestic competition, south african teams al. The absa currie cup premier division will reach boiling point on saturday as the top four teams go headtohead for rewarding final berths in epic clashes. Griquas were made to work extremely hard for their win and the muchsought after 5 log points as the eagles went into the break with a 14 12 lead. The first lucky south african won r7,4 million on the 25 th of march, just hours before the national lockdown started. Take a look at the latest rugby world cup standings 2015.
Following the appointment of nollis marais as head coach of the vodacom blue bulls for the 2015 absa currie cup season the blue bulls company pty ltd. Wps nizaam carr absa currie cup premier division, the griffons boela abrahams absa currie cup first division, renaldo bothma of the pumas. Cape town south africas premier domestic rugby tournament dates back some 129 years to 1889 the year in which the south african rugby board was founded. And with matchwinning flyhalf naas botha at the helm, it was widely. Western province currie cup rugby news, log, fixtures and results. Not to be confused with the fragrant indian dish, the currie cup played between july and october is south africas foremost provincial rugby competition and the oldest of its kind in the world. The following article lists the oldest known rugby union competitions. The tournament also known as the absa currie cup first division for sponsorship reasons was the second tier of south africas premier domestic rugby union competition, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. South african lotto winners have to wait to claim their. Cape town the currie cup premier division looks set to be shortened for the 2018 season according to rugby365, sa rugby will hold a general council meeting on friday where the shortened.
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