 Currie Cup 2012: Year in Pictures
The 2012 Absa Currie Cup started off on the back foot due to it competing with an international season which had over lapped with the local rugby competition. Read full article |
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 Ackermann replaces Mitchell as Lions coach
Former Springbok lock Johan Ackermann has been appointed head coach of the Golden Lions rugby team, with former coach John Mitchell taking up a position as a technical advisor to the side. Read full article |
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 Currie Cup attracts record TV audiences
The Absa Currie Cup season broke television broadcast records, the South African Rugby Union announced on Friday. Read full article |
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 Triumph for determination, youthful energy
There was plenty of mention of class and depth in the build-up to the Currie Cup final, but what became apparent was the role that determination, a thirst for revenge and good old fashioned guts can play. Read full article |
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 Trophy just reward for two years' work
Allister Coetzee felt their victory against the Sharks in the Currie Cup final on Saturday was “written in the stars”, saying it was the reward they had deserved after two years of hard work. Read full article |
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 Brave Province end their drought
Western Province completed one of the biggest upsets in the history of Currie Cup finals when they took charge of the second half of a high-quality final to score a 25-18 victory over the Sharks. Read full article |
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 Currie Cup final: Big-match Special
The SuperSport.com team brought you all the action as the Sharks and DHL Western Province meet in the Absa Currie Cup final in Durbanon Saturday. Read full article |
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 Cheetahs seal Kings' fate
The Toyota Free State Cheetah scored 16 unanswered second-half points against a 14-man EP Kings side to win 16-6 and keep the South African rugby status quo as it is. Read full article |
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 It’s for the Sharks to lose
For once Western Province do not start as favourites for the Absa Currie Final, not even in the eyes of the notoriously arrogant and over-expectant Cape media. Read full article |
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 Plumtree confirms selection of big guns
Sharks coach John Plumtree's integration of Springbok players back into his team is complete when he confirmed his team on Thursday for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final against Western Province at Kings Park. Read full article |
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 Kings upbeat despite deficit
The Eastern Province Kings are hoping to wipe out a severe deficit when they host the Free State Cheetahs in the return leg of the Currie Cup promotion/relegation playoff in Port Elizabeth on Friday night. Read full article |
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 JC is Lions' Player of the Year
MTN Golden Lions captain JC Janse van Rensburg capped an impressive season by beating out his more famed teammates to the Golden Lions Player of the Year award on Wednesday night. Read full article |
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 Cheetahs change three for Kings clash
Toyota Free State Cheetahs' coach Naka Drotske has made three changes to his starting line-up to face the Eastern Province Kings in Port Elizabeth on Friday. Read full article |
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 Rookie is surprise selection for WP
DHL WP coach Allister Coetzee confirmed the shock selection for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final when he announced Damian de Allende at inside centre for the clash against the Sharks. Read full article |
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 WP bringing their own monkeys to Durban
With the Absa Currie Cup final being held in the land of those little grey-haired vervets, it seems only appropriate that much of the talk ahead of Saturday's clash is centred around monkeys on the back. Read full article |
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 Sharks should aim for early hit
Sharks coach John Plumtree faces a pleasant selection dilemma ahead of Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final against Western Province, but he shouldn’t have to think too long before deciding which way to go. Read full article |
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 Steyn suspended for a week
Blue Bulls player Mornè Steyn has been suspended for one week of rugby after being found guilty by a SARU Judicial Officer on Tuesday. Read full article |
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Adaptability the key for Sharks
It will probably rain during the Absa Currie Cup final but regardless of whether it does or doesn’t, the Sharks have the players and the game-plan for the conditions. Read full article |
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 Province have plan up their sleeve
Western Province may have benefitted from the appalling conditions in which they were forced to play their last Currie Cup match against the Sharks in Durban in mid-September.< Read full article |
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 WP coach agog over classy Lambie
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer might have ended up having an interesting chat with Allister Coetzee had the current Western Province mentor agreed to his request to take up the position of national assistant. Read full article |
