2009 Currie Cup First Division

The 2009 Absa Currie Cup First Division season was contested from 11 July through to 16 October. The Currie Cup is an annual domestic competition for provincial rugby union teams in South Africa.

The Currie Cup tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup for sponsorship reasons) is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.

The 2008 Champions The Griffons won their first Currie Cup First Division trophy by winning the Currie Cup First Division Final, against the Platinum Leopards in Potchefstroom on 10 October 2008, by 31 – 26.

The 2009 Champions The Pumas won their second Currie Cup First Division trophy by winning the Currie Cup First Division Final, against the SWD Eagles in Witbank on 16 October 2009, by 47 - 19.


Current Standings

Updated 6 October 2009:

Points Breakdown

  • Four points for a win
  • Two points for a draw
  • One bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • One bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Table Notes

  • P = Played
  • W = Won
  • D = Drawn
  • L = Lost
  • PF = points for
  • PA = Points Against
  • PD = Points Difference (PF - PA)
  • TF = Tries For
  • TA = Tries Against
  • BP = Bonus points
  • Pts = Total Points

Teams

Fixtures and results

  • Fixtures are subject to change.
  • All times are South African (GMT+2).

Compulsory Friendlies

15:00 2009-06-26
Valke20 – 67Griquas
Scoreboard
Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
19:00 2009-06-26
SWD Eagles15 – 42Free State Cheetahs
Scoreboard
Outeniqua Park, George
19:05 2009-07-01
Border Bulldogs0 – 58Blue Bulls
Scoreboard
Border Rugby Stadium, East London
15:00 2009-07-03
Griffons7 – 54Golden Lions
Scoreboard
North West Stadium, Welkom

July 2009

15:00 2009-07-11
Mighty Elephants16 – 10Border Bulldogs
Scoreboard
Central Grounds, Uitenhage
Referee: Jason Jaftha
15:00 2009-07-11
Valke27 – 39Griffons
Scoreboard
Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan

17:05 2009-07-17
Border Bulldogs10 – 11SWD Eagles
Scoreboard
Border Rugby Stadium, East London
15:00 2009-07-18
Pumas79 – 24Valke
Scoreboard
Puma Stadium, Witbank
15:00 2009-07-18
Griffons36 – 25Mighty Elephants
Scoreboard
North West Stadium, Welkom

19:00 2009-07-24
SWD Eagles13 – 3Griffons
Scoreboard
Outeniqua Park, George
14:00 2009-07-25
Mighty Elephants25 – 27Pumas
Scoreboard
Central Grounds, Uitenhage

August 2009

2009-08-07
18:00
Pumas44 - 26SWD Eagles
Scoreboard
Puma Stadium, Witbank
Referee: Mark Lawrence
2009-08-08
15:00
Valke30 - 36Mighty Elephants
Scoreboard
Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Jason Jaftha
2009-08-08
15:00
Griffons63 - 45Border Bulldogs
Scoreboard
North West Stadium, Welkom
Attendance: 600
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
15:00 2009-08-15
SWD Eagles47 - 15Valke
Outeniqua Park, George
2009-08-15
Border Bulldogs12 - 47Pumas
Border Rugby Stadium
2009-08-22
Pumas43 - 7Griffons
Stadium tbc
2009-08-22
Mighty Elephants6 - 15SWD Eagles
Stadium tbc
2009-08-28
Border Bulldogs28 - 37Mighty Elephants
Border Rugby Stadium

September 2009

2009-09-18
Border Bulldogs25 - 35Griffons
Border Rugby Stadium
15:00 2009-09-19
SWD Eagles16 - 32Pumas
Outeniqua Park, George

October 2009

Knock Out Stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2009-10-09 17:05 -
Puma Stadium, Witbank
 
 
Pumas31
 
2009-10-16 - Puma Stadium, Witbank
 
Mighty Elephants18
 
Pumas47
 
2009-10-09 19:10 -
Outeniqua Park, George
 
SWD Eagles19
 
SWD Eagles31
 
 
Griffons18
 

Semi finals

Final

Promotion/relegation Matches

Round 1

15:30 2009-10-24
Boland Cavaliers36 – 35Pumas
Scoreboard
Boland Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
17:30 2009-10-24
Platinum Leopards47 – 42SWD Eagles
Scoreboard
Olën Park, Potchefstroom
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marius Jonker

Round 2

16:00 2009-10-30
SWD Eagles18 – 17Platinum Leopards
Scoreboard
Outeniqua Park, George
18:00 2009-10-30
Pumas40 – 3Boland Cavaliers
Scoreboard
Puma Stadium, Witbank

The Pumas are promoted to the Premier Division while the Boland Cavaliers are relegated to the First Division. The Platinum Leopards retain their place in the Premier Division while the SWD Eagles remain in the First Division.

References

Uses material from the Wikipedia article 2009 Currie Cup First Division, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.