Boland Cavaliers

Boland Cavaliers
Full nameBoland Cavaliers
UnionBoland Rugby Union
Founded1939; 87 years ago (1939)
RegionCape Winelands and West Coast districts of Western Cape Province
GroundBoland Stadium (Capacity: 12 000)
PresidentBennie van Rooi
CoachHawies Fourie
CaptainThurlow Marsh
League(s)Currie Cup
SA Cup
2026 CC
2026 SA
6th overall
Semi-finalist
4th overall
Team kit
Official website
bolandrugby.co.za
Current season

The Boland Cavaliers (Afrikaans: Boland Kavaliers) are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual SA Cup and Currie Cup tournament. They draw players from the Cape Winelands and West Coast districts of Western Cape Province, and play out of Wellington at Boland Stadium.

In October 2023 Boland announced a partnership with the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport and a consortium comprising companies controlled by South African billionaires Patrice Motsepe and Johann Rupert.

The partnership sees the Motsepe consortium and SAS own 74% of the Boland rugby professional arm with the Boland Rugby Union retaining 26%.

On the 10th of May 2025 The Sanlam Boland Cavaliers qualified for the semifinal of the SA Cup after beating Eastern Province Elephants 36-22 in a Round Nine SA Cup clash at the Nelson Mandela University stadium in Gqeberha. The victory meant that the Cavaliers finished in the top 4 of the SA Cup and by doing that they qualified for the Currie Cup Premier Division and ended a nine-year wait to play in the Currie Cup Premier Division. They last had the honour of taking on the country's best provincial sides in 2016 before being relegated to the Currie Cup First Division.

Honours

Currie Cup First Division

Vodacom Cup

Vodacom Shield

Bankfin Nite Series

Current squad

The Boland Cavaliers squad for the 2026 season is:

2026 Boland Cavaliers squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain.
Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for South Africa on residency or dual nationality.
  1. ↑ Addition for 2026 Currie Cup
  2. ↑ Addition for 2026 Currie Cup
  3. ↑ Addition for 2026 Currie Cup
Source:

References

  1. ↑ Tshwaku, Khanyiso. "CURRIE CUP PREVIEW - Tournament fights for relevance as big guns withdraw URC stars". News24. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ground-breaking equity deal for Boland". rugby365.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sanlam Boland Kavaliers". Boland Cavaliers. Retrieved 1 July 2026.