Currie Cup Finals History

Currie Cup Winners & Finals
(as at 31/10/2011)

Currie Cup Finals Refereed
7	André Watson
6	Steve Strydom
5	Freek Burger
3	Jimmy Smith-Belton, Gert Bezuidenhout
2	Piet Robbertse, Johan Gouws, Mark Lawrence
1	Boy Louw, Carl Basson, Albie Henkes, Eddie Hofmeyr, Chris Ackermann, Ralph Burmeister, Bowden Coombe, Bertie Strasheim, Fonnie van der Vyver, Ben Calitz, Justus Moolman, Cassie Carstens, Stef Neethling, Tappe Henning, Shaun Veldsman, Craig Joubert
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Most Titles
31	Western Province (four times shared: last 2011)
23	Blue Bulls (four times shared: last 2009)
10	Lions (once shared: last 2011)
7	The Sharks (laste 2010)
4	Cheetahs (once shared: last 2007)
3	Griquas (last 1970)
2	Border (twice shared: last 1934)
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Currie Cup winners (1891 - 2011)
1889	Western Province/Board Trophy	1892	Western Province/Currie Cup
1894	Western Province	1895	Western Province
1896	Western Province	1898	Western Province
1899	Griqualand West	1904	Western Province
1906	Western Province	1908	Western Province
1911	Griqualand West	1914	Western Province
1920	Western Province	1922	Golden Lions
1925	Western Province	1927	Western Province
1929	Western Province	1932	Western Province & Border
1934	Western Province & Border	1936	Western Province
1939	Golden Lions	1946	Blue Bulls
1947	Western Province	1950	Golden Lions
1952	Golden Lions	1954	Western Province
1956	Blue Bulls	1957-59	Western Province
1964	Western Province	1966	Western Province
1968	Blue Bulls	1969	Blue Bulls
1970	Griqualand West	1971	Blue Bulls & Golden Lions
1972	Golden Lions	1973	Blue Bulls
1974	Blue Bulls	1975	Blue Bulls
1976	Free State	1977	Blue Bulls
1978	Blue Bulls	1979	Blue Bulls & Western Province
1980	Blue Bulls	1981	Blue Bulls
1982	Western Province	1983	Western Province
1984	Western Province	1985	Western Province
1986	Western Province	1987	Blue Bulls
1988	Blue Bulls	1989	Blue Bulls & Western Province
1990	Natal	1991	Blue Bulls
1992	Natal	1993	Golden Lions
1994	Golden Lions	1995	Natal
1996	Natal	1997	Western Province
1998	Blue Bulls	1999	Lions
2000	Western Province	2001	Western Province
2002	Blue Bulls	2003	Blue Bulls
2004	Blue Bulls	2005	Cheetahs
2006	Cheetahs & Blue Bulls	2007	Cheetahs
2008	Sharks	2009	Blue Bulls
2010	Sharks	2011	Lions

Currie Cup Finals (1939-2011)
Year	Winner		Runner-up		Venue	Referee
1939	Transvaal	17	Western Province	6	Newlands, Cape Town	Boy Louw, Western Province
1946	Northern Transvaal	11	Western Province	9	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Carl Basson, Northern Transvaal
1947	Western Province	16	Transvaal	12	Newlands, Cape Town	Albie Henkes, Western Province
1950	Transvaal	22	Western Province	11	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Eddie Hofmeyr, Transvaal
1952	Transvaal	11	Boland	9	Wellington	Chris Ackermann, Boland
1954	Western Province	11	Northern Transvaal	8	Newlands, Cape Town	Ralph Burmeister, Western Province
1956	Northern Transvaal	9	Natal	8	King's Park, Durban	Bawden Coombie, Natal
1968	Northern Transvaal	16	Transvaal	3	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Bertie Strasheim, Northern Transvaal
1969	Northern Transvaal	28	Western Province	13	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Fonnie van der Vyver, Northern Transvaal
1970	Griqualand West	11	Northern Transvaal	9	De Beers, Kimberley	Ben Calitz, Griqualand West
1971	Transvaal	14	Northern Transvaal	14	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Gert Bezuidenhout, Transvaal
1972	Transvaal	25	Eastern Transvaal	19	Pam Brink, Springs	Piet Robbertse, Eastern Transvaal
1973	Northern Transvaal	30	Free State	22	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Piet Robbertse, Eastern Transvaal
1974	Northern Transvaal	17	Transvaal	15	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Steve Strydom, Free State
1975	Northern Transvaal	12	Free State	6	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Justus Moolman, Eastern Province
1976	Free State	33	Western Province	16	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Gert Bezuidenhout, Transvaal
1977	Northern Transvaal	27	Free State	12	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Jimmy Smith-Belton, Eastern Province
1978	Northern Transvaal	13	Free State	9	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Gert Bezuidenhout, Transvaal
1979	Western Province	15	Northern Transvaal	15	Newlands, Cape Town	Steve Strydom, Free State
1980	Northern Transvaal	39	Western Province	9	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Steve Strydom, Free State
1981	Northern Transvaal	23	Free State	6	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Johan Gouws, Eastern Transvaal
1982	Western Province	24	Northern Transvaal	7	Newlands, Cape Town	Steve Strydom, Free State
1983	Western Province	9	Northern Transvaal	3	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Johan Gouws, Eastern Transvaal
1984	Western Province	19	Natal	9	Newlands, Cape Town	Cassie Carstens, Northern Transvaal
1985	Western Province	22	Northern Transvaal	15	Newlands, Cape Town	Steve Strydom, Free State
1986	Western Province	22	Transvaal	9	Newlands, Cape Town	Steve Strydom, Free State
1987	Northern Transvaal	24	Transvaal	18	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Freek Burger, Western Province
1988	Northern Transvaal	19	Western Province	18	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Jimmy Smith-Belton, Eastern Province
1989	Northern Transvaal	16	Western Province	16	Newlands, Cape Town	Jimmy Smith-Belton, Eastern Province
1990	Natal	18	Northern Transvaal	12	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Freek Burger, Western Province
1991	Northern Transvaal	27	Transvaal	15	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Freek Burger, Western Province
1992	Natal	14	Transvaal	13	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Freek Burger, Western Province
1993	Transvaal	21	Natal	15	King's Park, Durban	Freek Burger, Western Province
1994	Transvaal	56	Free State	33	Springbok Park, Bloemfontein	Stef Neethling, Boland
1995	Natal	25	Western Province	17	King's Park, Durban	Tappe Henning, Northern Transvaal
1996	Natal	33	Transvaal	15	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	André Watson, Eastern Transvaal
1997	Western Province	14	Cheetahs	12	Newlands, Cape Town	André Watson, Gauteng Falcons
1998	Blue Bulls	24	Western Province	20	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	André Watson, Gauteng Falcons
1999	Golden Lions	32	Natal	9	King's Park, Durban	André Watson, Gauteng Falcons
2000	Western Province	25	Natal	15	Absa Stadium, Durban	André Watson, Falcons
2001	Western Province	29	Natal	24	Newlands, Cape Town	André Watson, Falcons
2002	Blue Bulls	31	Golden Lions	7	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Jonathan Kaplan, Sharks
2003	Blue Bulls	40	Sharks	19	Loftus, Pretoria	Shaun Veldsman, Kavaliers
2004	Blue Bulls	42	Cheetahs	33	Loftus, Pretoria	André Watson, Saru
2005	Cheetahs	29	Blue Bulls	25	Loftus, Pretoria	Jonathan Kaplan, Sharks
2006(*)	Cheetahs	28	Blue Bulls	28	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein	Jonathan Kaplan, Saru
2007	Cheetahs	20	Golden Lions	18	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein	Mark Lawrence, Saru
2008	Sharks	14	Blue Bulls	9	Absa Stadium, Durban	Jonathan Kaplan, Saru
2009	Blue Bulls	36	Cheetahs	24	Loftus, Pretoria	Jonathan Kaplan, Saru
2010	Sharks	30	Western Province	10	Absa Stadium, Durban	Craig Joubert, Saru
2011	Lions	42	The Sharks	16	Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg	Mark Lawrence, Saru
(*) - In the three draws (1971, 1979 and 1989), the trophy was shared. This Currie Cup Final was new - the first to produce extra time. This was the first extra time (10 minutes each way) in a Currie Cup Final.

Currie Cup Semi-finals (1954-2011)
Year	Winners		Losers		Venue
1954	Northern Transvaal	9	Free State	8	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
1956	Natal	11	Western Province	10	Newlands, cape Town
1969	Western Province	13	Boland	11	Newlands, Cape Town
1970	Northern Transvaal	24	Natal	8	King's Park Stadium, Durban
1971	Transvaal	23	Natal	10	Ellis Park, Johannebsurg
1973	Free State Northern Transvaal	19 20	Western Province Rhodesia	15 7	Newlands, Cape Town Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
1974	Transvaal	30	Eastern Province	6	Ellis Park, Johannesburg
1979	Northern Transvaal Western Province	16 20	Eastern Province Griqualand West	6 15	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth De Beers Stadium, Kimberley
1980	Northern Transvaal Western Province	49 21	South Eastern Transvaal Eastern Province	6 13	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
1981	Northern Transvaal Free State	36 28	Northern Free State Eastern Transvaal	12 15	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Pam Brink Stadium, Springs
1982	Western Province Northern Transvaal	47 24	Natal Northern Free State	18 21	Newlands, Cape Town North West Stadium, Welkom
1983	Western Province Northern Transvaal	7 32	Natal Northern Free State	3 15	King's Park, Durban Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
1984	Natal Western Province	26 53	Free State Eastern Transvaal	15 0	King's Park, Durban Newlands, Cape Town
1986	Transvaal	18	Natal	4	King's Park, Durban
1987	Transvaal	12	South West Africa	9	National Stadium, Windhoek
1988	Western Province	26	Northern Free State	9	North West Stadium, Welkom
1989	Western Province	71	Western Transvaal	9	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
1996	Natal Transvaal	35 31	Free State Northern Transvaal	20 21	King's Park, Durban Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
1997	Western Province Cheetahs	38 40	Lions Natal	18 22	Newlands, Cape Town King's Park, Durban
1998	Western Province Blue Bulls	27 31	Griqualand West Natal Sharks	11 17	Hoffe Park, Kimberley Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
1999	Lions Natal Sharks	81 45	South Western Districts Eagles Cheetahs	21 8	Ellis Park, Johannesburg King's Park, Durban
2000	Natal Sharks Western Province	29 43	Cheetahs Lions	15 22	Absa Stadium, Durban Newlands, Cape Town
2001	Western Province Natal Sharks	40 16	Cheetahs Lions	18 9	Newlands, Cape Town Absa Stadium, Durban
2002	Lions Blue Bulls	43 22	Cheetahs Natal Sharks	29 19	Vodacom Park, BLoemfontein Absa Stadium, Durban
2004	Blue Bulls Cheetahs	40 17	Lions Western Province	33 11	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Newlands, Cape Town
2005	Cheetahs Blue Bulls	16 31	Western Province Lions	11 23	Newlands, Cape Town Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2006	Blue Bulls Cheetahs	45 30	Western Province Natal Sharks	30 14	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
2007	Lions Cheetahs	19 11	Sharks Blue Bulls	12 6	Absa Stadium, Durban Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
2008	Sharks Blue Bulls	29 31	Lions Cheetahs	14 19	Absa Stadium, Durban Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2009	Cheetahs Blue Bulls	23 21	Sharks Western Province	21 19	Absa Stadium, Durban Newlands, Cape Town
2010	Sharks Western Province	16 31	Blue Bulls Cheetahs	12 7	Absa Stadium, Durban Newlands, Cape Town
2011	Sharks Lions	20 29	Cheetahs Western Province	13 20	Absa Stadium, Durban Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg

Performances in Currie Cup Finals
Total Finals	Province	Won	Drew	Lost
31	Blue Bulls	19	2	10
22	Western Province	11	1	10
19	Lions	9	0	10
14	Sharks	6	0	8
13	Cheetahs	3	1	9
1	Griquas	1	0	0
1	Boland	0	0	1
1	Eastern Transvaal	0	0	1
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Unbeaten in a Currie Cup season
1892	Western Province (4 wins)
1894	Western Province (3 wins 1 draw)
1895	Western Province (5 wins)
1897	Western Province (4 wins)
1898	Western Province (5 wins)
1899	Griqualand West (3 wins 1 draw) - Western Province did not participate
1904	Western Province (6 wins)
1906	Western Province (7 wins)
1908	Western Province (7 wins 1 draw)
1911	Griqualand West (6 wins 1 draw)
1914	Western Province (9 wins)
1920	None
1922	Transvaal (6 wins 1 draw)
1925	Western Province (8 wins)
1927	Western Province (9 wins)
1929-1934	None
1936	Western Province (6 wins 1 draw)
1939	None
1946	Northern Transvaal (8 wins)
1947	None
1950	Transvaal (9 wins)
1952-1969	None
1970	Griquas (7 wins)
1971	Northern Transvaal (6 wins, 1 draw)
1972	None
1973	Northern Transvaal (6 wins, 1 draw)
1974	Northern Transvaal (6 wins, 1 draw)
1975	Northern Transvaal (9 wins)
1976 - 1977	None
1978	Northern Transvaal (9 wins)
1979 - 1988	None
1989	Northern Transvaal (14 wins, 1 draw)
1990 - 1995	None
1996	Natal (15 wins)
1997 - 2011	None

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Most Consecutive matches unbeaten in the Currie Cup
48	Western Province (12/9/1892 to 26/7/1911: 46 wins 2 draws: 1002 points against 82)
29	Northern Transvaal (1988 to 1990: 28 wins, 1 draw)
27	Western Province (28/6/1925 to 27/7/1929: 27 wins)
26	Northern Transvaal (1972 to 1976: 24 wins, 2 draws)
19	Natal (1995 to 1997: 19 wins)
17	Western Province (29/7/1911 to 22/7/1920: 16 wins)
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Lost all their League matches in a season
1892	Border (3 matches)
1894	Orange Free State (4)
1897	Eastern Province (4)
1898	Orange Free State (5)
1899	Border (3)
1904	North Eastern Districts (6)
1906-1927	None
1929	South Western Districts (9)
1932-1936	None
1939	North Eastern Districts (5)
1946-1947	None
1950	North Eastern Districts (7)
1952	None
1970	South Western Districts (4), North East Cape (5), North West Cape (5)
1971	South Western Districts (6), South West Africa (4)
1972	South Western Districts (7)
1973	South Western Districts (4)
1974	South Western Districts (7 = 28 matches without a win). They also lost their first three matches in 1975 in the lower Sport Pienaar competition)
1975	Eastern Transvaal (8)
1976	Boland (10)
1977	None
1978	Western Transvaal (8)
1979	None
1980	Zimbabwe (10)
1981	None
1982	South Eastern Transvaal (10)
1983	Eastern Transvaal (10)
1984-1985	None
1986	Northern Free State (8)
1987	None
1988	Eastern Free State (12)
1989-1995	None
1996	South Western Districts (12)
1997-1998	None
1999	North West (13)
2000	Leopards (6), Griffons (6)
2001-2002	None
2003	Griffons (10)
2004-2006	None
2007	Valke (14)
2008	None
2009	Valke (10)
2010	Leopards (14)
2011	None
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Most Consecutive losses in the Currie Cup Competition
28	South West Districts (1970 to 1975)
26	North West/Leopards (29/8/1998 to 16/9/2000)
25	Valke (25/7/2008 to 14/8/2010)
23	North Eastern Districts (31/5/1952 to 16/5/1959)
20	Leopards (30/10/2009-30/7/2011)
19	Eastern Free State (19/9/1987 to 17/6/1989) Griffons (1/8/1998 to 24/7/1998)
16	Pumas (23/6/2006 to 39/5/2007)
15	Valke (30/9/2006 to 6/10/2007) Leopards (30/10/2009 to 8/10/2010)
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Currie Cup Finals: First Division (2000-2011)
Year	Winner		Runner-up		Venue	City
2000	Blue Bulls	41	E. Province	20	Loftus Versfeld	Pretoria
2001	Boland	41	Leopards	27	Boland Stadium	Wellington
2002	SWD Eagles	29	Border	20	Outeniqua Park	George
2003	Boland	27	Leopards	25	Olën Park	Potchefstroom-
2004	Boland	23	Border	22	Boland Stadium	Wellington
2005	Pumas	25	Valke	16	Barnard Stadium	Kempton Park
2006	Boland	37	Leopards	13	Olën Park	Potchefstroom
2007	SWD Eagles	38	E. Province	3	Outeniqua Park	George
2008	Griffons	31	Leopards	26	Olën Park	Potchefstroom
2009	Pumas	47	SWD Eagles	19	Puma Stadium	Witbank
2010	EP Kings	16	SWD Eagles	12	Outeniqua Park	George
2011	Boland	42	EP Kings	12	Boland Stadium	Wellington

Currie Cup Semi-finals: First Divisions (2000-2011)
Year	Winners		Losers		Venue & City
2000	E.Province Blue Bulls	39 57	Leopards Valke	21 27	EPRU, Port Elizabeth Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2001	Boland Leopards	68 43	Border E.Province	29 42	Boland Stadium, Wellington Olën Park, Potchefstroom
2002	SWD Eagles Border	59 40	Leopards E. Province	17 32	Outeniqua Park, George BRU Stadium, East London
2003	No Semi-finals	-	because of the	-	Rugby World Cup Tournament
2004	Boland Border	50 19	Valke Leopards	15 15	Boland Stadium, Wellington BRU Stadium, East London
2005	Valke Pumas	35 40	E. Province Griffons	31 27	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park Puma Stadium, Witbank
2006	Leopards Boland	63 38	E. Province SWD Eagles	13 27	Olën Park, Potchefstroom Boland Stadium, Wellington
2007	SWD Eagles E. Province	37 43	Pumas Griffons	12 30	Outeniqua Park, George EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
2008	Leopards Griffons	50 27	Pumas SWD Eagles	18 17	Olën Park, Potchefstroom North West Stadium, Welkom
2009	Pumas SWD Eagles	31 31	E. Province Griffons	18 18	Puma Stadium, Witbank Outeniqua Park, George
2010	SWD Eagles EP Kings	32 26	Griffons Boland	30 25	Outeniqua Park, George Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, PE
2011	Boland Kavaliers EP Kings	50 48	Griffons Valke	20 17	Boland Stadium, Wellington Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, PE