The top eight teams have now been confirmed for this year’s main Currie Cup competition.
The Boland Kavaliers are back in top-flight Currie Cup rugby!
The men from the Western Cape finished fourth on the SA Cup points table at the weekend to take their place in this season’s Premier Division of the Currie Cup.
The top four teams qualify, and they are log leaders the Pumas, second-placed Griquas, the third-placed Cheetahs and Boland.
They’ll join the four United Rugby Championship franchises – the Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers (Western Province) – in the eight-team Premier Division later this year.
Semi-finals
In this weekend’s SA Cup semi-finals, the Pumas will host Boland and the Griquas will host the Cheetahs.
Jimmy Stonehouse’s Pumas finished top of the log with a perfect 45 points after their nine matches, Griquas accumulated 42 points from eight wins from their nine games, the Cheetahs finished with 34 points from six wins, while Boland had five wins and 32 points.
Valke (30), Griffons (26), Eastern Province (21), Leopards (10), SWD Eagles (eight) and Border Bulldogs (three) finished in positions five down to 10.
The SA Cup semi-finals will be staged this coming weekend, with the final the following week, on 24 May.
The Premier Division of the Currie Cup will kick off on Friday 26 July, with the final on Saturday 20 September.
The last time Boland featured in the top-flight of South Africa’s Currie Cup was in 2016.
