SuperSport Rugby Challenge

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SuperSport Rugby Challenge
Vodacom Cup (until 2015)
Sports Rugby union
Founded 1998
Teams 15-16
countries Teams from South Africa Namibia ( Argentina ) ( Kenya ) ( Zimbabwe )
South AfricaSouth Africa 
NamibiaNamibia 
ArgentinaArgentina 
KenyaKenya 
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
Champion 2018 Cougars
Record winner Golden Lions - 5 wins

The SuperSport Rugby Challenge , until 2015 Vodacom Cup , is an annually (except 2016) tournament in rugby . It takes place between April and July (until 2016 between February and May) in South Africa and is the most important rugby competition in the country after the Currie Cup and Super Rugby . It was originally planned as a development tournament for the Super 14 and still fulfills this task today. The competition was named after the sponsor Vodacom until 2015 and has been named after the new sponsor SuperSport , a South African television station, since 2017 . The competition has been held in two regional leagues since 2005 (2005 Section X and Y, since 2007 North and South).

Since 2010, additional, foreign teams have been taking part. It concerns the Welwitschia , the national team from Namibia and temporarily the Pampas XV , a team from Argentina . In 2014, the national team of Kenya also took part under the name Simba XV , and in 2019 the Zimbabwe Academy was a selection team from Zimbabwe .

All games with the exception of the Welwitschias home games take place in South Africa.

Previous tournaments

(Number of tournament wins in brackets)

year Venue (final) final Loser semifinals
winner Result Second place Semi-finalist Semi-finalist
1998
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Kimberley Griqualand West (1) 57-0 Golden Lions SWD Eagles Natal Wildebeest
1999
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Johannesburg Golden Lions (1) 73: 7 Griqualand West Boland Natal Wildebeest
2000
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Bloemfontein Free State Cheetahs (1) 44:24 Griqualand West Falcons Western Province
2001
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Pretoria Blue Bulls (1) 42:24 Boland Cavaliers Griqualand West Free State Cheetahs
2002
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Johannesburg Golden Lions (2) 54:38 Blue Bulls Boland Cavaliers Falcons
2003
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East London Golden Lions (3) 26:17 Blue Bulls Impala leopards Free State Cheetahs
2004
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Johannesburg Golden Lions (4) 35:16 Blue Bulls Falcons Free State Cheetahs
2005
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Kimberley Impala Leopards (Section Y) (1) 27:25 Wideklawer Griquas (Section Y) Blue Bulls (Section X) Boland Cavaliers (Section X)
2006
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Brakpan Falcons (1) 25:17 Wildebeest Blue Bulls Lions
2007
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Kimberley Wideklawer Griquas (North) (2) 33:29 Blue Bulls (north) Western Province (south) Free State (south)
2008
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Pretoria Blue Bulls (North) (2) 25:21 Free State (south) Western Province (south) Wideklawer Griquas (north)
2009
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Pretoria Wideklawer Griquas (North) (3) 28:19 Blue Bulls (north) Sharks (south) Eagles (south)
2010
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Pretoria Blue Bulls (North) (3) 31:29 Free State (south) Cavaliers (south) Sharks (south)
2011
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Potchefstroom Pampas XV (south) (1) 14: 9 Blue Bulls (north) Sharks (south) GWK Griquas (north)
2012
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Kimberley Western Province (South) (1) 20:18 GWK Griquas (north) Blue Bulls (north) Pumas (north)
2013
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Nelspruit Golden Lions (North) (5) 42:28 Pumas (north) Western Province (south) Eastern Province Kings (south)
2014
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Nelspruit Griquas (North) (4) 30: 6 Golden Lions (north) Pumas (north) Blue Bulls (north)
2015
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Cape Town Pumas (North) (1) 24: 7 Western Province (south) Golden Lions (north) Blue Bulls (north)
2017
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Parov Western Province (South) (2) 28:19 Griquas (north) Blue Bulls (north) Golden Lions (north)
2018
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Oudtshoorn Pumas (North) (2) 32:30 Griquas (north) Sharks (south) Free State (south)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Argentina and Namibia to play in Vodacom Cup, SA Rugby, December 10, 2009