The Currie Cup has been given a new window and a new format in a makeover that will allow all 14 unions to play for the coveted gold trophy from 2025 onwards as well as more provincial rugby action to be broadcast by SuperSport, having received unanimous approval from SA Rugby’s members at Friday’s General Council meeting in Cape Town.
The Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions will be moved to a new window next year, to avoid clashing with European competitions, following feedback from member unions, broadcast, and commercial partners.
As a result, the Currie Cup...
New player welfare model confirms Carling Currie Cup kick off
The Carling Currie Cup will kick off as scheduled, as one of the results of a ground-breaking alignment between employers and players to maximise player welfare, while facilitating a 12-month-long South African season.
The new deal – that is scheduled for final sign off on Thursday – acknowledges that a compulsory, industry-wide eight-week shutdown is impossible to accommodate in a South African playing calendar that straddles the hemispheres (the international franchises play through the SA summer in the...
Can Suzuki Griquas, the Hollywoodbets Sharks XV and DHL Western Province bounce back and gain their first Carling Currie Cup Premier Division victories this coming weekend, and are the NovaVit Griffons capable of causing an early-season upset?
Carling Currie Cup
The Hollywoodbets Sharks play their third match of the 2024 Carling Currie Cup on Friday when they host the Airlink Pumas at Hollyoodbets Kings Park.
The Hollywoodbets Sharks hit the road for the last time in the pool stages of the Carling Currie Cup competition when they head to Cape Town on Saturday to take on DHL Western Province in a highly-anticipated coastal derby.
The Hollywoodbets Sharks hit the road for the last time in the pool stages of the Carling Currie Cup competition when they head to Cape Town on Saturday to take on DHL Western Province in a highly-anticipated coastal derby.
