SA Rugby confirms schedule for double-round 8-team Currie Cup

Currie Cup Premier Division

Participating teams: Pumas (defending champions), Bulls, Griquas, Sharks, Western Province, Cheetahs, Lions, Griffons.

Opening round: 10/11 March (double round of matches)

Final: 24 June

Currie Cup First Division & Mzanzi Challenge

Participating teams: Leopards, Valke, Boland Cavaliers, Eastern Province, Border Bulldogs, SWD Eagles (Currie Cup First Division); Diables (Spain), Simbas (Kenya), Windhoek Draught Welwitschias (Namibia), Tel-Aviv Heat (Israel) and Goshawks (Zimbabwe) (Mzanzi Challenge).

The highest-placed SA team will be crowned Currie Cup First Division league winners.

Opening round: 10/11 February

Mzansi Challenge Final: 17 June

Women’s Premier Division

Participating teams: Border Ladies (defending champions), Western Province, EP Queens, Boland Dames, Blue Bulls Women, Sharks Women, Mastercard Golden Lions Women

Opening round and final: TBA

Women’s First Division

Participating teams: Leopards, Valke, Limpopo, Pumas, Free State, Griffons, Griquas, SWD

Opening round and final: TBA

SA Rugby Under-20 Cup

Participating teams: Lions (defending champions), Western Province, Bulls, Cell C Sharks, Leopards, Cheetahs, Valke

Opening round: 17/18 February (single round of matches)

Final: 6 April

SA Rugby Under-21 Cup

Participating teams: Bulls, Cheetahs, Leopards, Lions, Sharks, Western Province

Opening round: 18/19 August (single round of matches)

Final: 14 October

SA Rugby Under-21 Shield

Participating teams: Boland, Border, Eastern Province, Griffons, Griquas, Limpopo, Pumas, SWD, Valke

Opening round: 4/5 August (single round of matches)

Final: 14 October

All fixtures will be confirmed in due course on
the SA Rugby website.