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	Currie Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.
		The inaugural Currie Cup tournament was held in 1892 with Western Province as the first winners.
		Currie Cup heroes like Faffa Knoetze, Calla Scholtz and steam-rolling wing Neil Burger insured the trophy remained in the shadow of Table Mountain for a further four years before again heading north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Currie_Cup (1203 words)

	www.scrum.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Donald Currie was born in Glasgow, the son of a barber.
		In fact the Currie Cup of 1998 was one of the great ones, a stirring competition that brought the crowds, surfeited by Super 12, Tri-Nations and other internationals, flocking back to rugby with cheerful and passionate enthusiasm.
		Normally you would expect the Currie Cup to be contested by four major unions Western Province, who have won the coveted trophy most frequently, the Blue Bulls, who have won the second most frequently, Natal, who have had a great run in the Nineties, and the Golden Lions, formerly Transvaal.
	www.scrum.com /internationals/curriecup99/history.asp (634 words)

	Schalk Burger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After playing for the U21 Springbok side that won the U21 Rugby World Cup in 2002 and then captaining it in 2003, Schalk was selected for the professional Springbok squad.
		He made his debut against Georgia in 2003 at the Rugby World Cup and has since carved out a name as one of the best flankers in the world with big performances in the Super 12, Tri-Nations and Currie Cup.
		In addition, his fitness is remarkable: Schalk is rarely rested throughout the Stormers' Super 12/14 campaigns, South African test matches or the Currie Cup, while playing a major role in forward play and seldom substituted before the final whistle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schalk_Burger (688 words)

	BT Cup News
		Currie threatened at points, the most notable of which saw winger Geoff Caldwell successfully gather stand-off Donovan Raw’s cross-field kick on the half hour mark but Nash was able to shepherd him into touch in the corner with some help from winger Carl McWilliam.
		Currie turned up the heat following the interval but Watsonians held them out once again until the maroon and whites found themselves a man down as prop Paul Tait was sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes by referee Malcolm Changleng.
		Currie’s duck was broken as the ball was shipped left to Ben Cairns who reversed the run of play before looping round to regain the ball and carve through the Watsonians defence to score.
	www.scottishrugby.org /sru/community-rugby/club-rugby/bt-cup-news.cfm?news_uuid=E6C60EE9-036A-6126-C66E-9718D6D558C7 (873 words)

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		SA Rugby Pty Ltd's board of directors agreed in principle to accept a revised proposal for the 2003 Currie Cup competition whereby two teams earlier consigned to first division rugby for the next two years have a chance of being included in a new Top Eight competition.
		The Board was unanimous in its acceptance of an adjustment, which earlier in the year had restructured the existing 14-team Currie Cup competition into a Top Six and Bottom Eight divisional split.
		None of the Springboks in the Rugby World Cup squad of 30 will participate in the Currie Cup and therefore no promotion or relegation will be applicable.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2002/12/13/sport/BCURRIE.HTM (467 words)

	IOL: Currie Cup
		Several Currie Cup coaches have been forced to delay the naming of their teams for second-round matches as they are still waiting on Jake White to announce his Springbok squad for the Tri-Nations.
		As has become the norm in South African rugby, this year's Absa Currie Cup season kicks off with the top contenders all looking significantly different to what the case may be at the end of the competition, writes Jacques van der Westhuyzen.
		Less than three weeks before the Currie Cup starts, South Africa's premier rugby competition is on the verge of being thrown into chaos by a court order set to force SA Rugby to reinstate Tony McKeever as chief executive of the Southern Spears.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=6&click_id=582 (1442 words)

	allAfrica.com: South Africa: Spears in Currie Cup Appeal (Page 1 of 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Griquas had failed initially to qualify for the Currie Cup Premier Division after the Falcons and Pumas had made the grade in the Vodacom Cup, but succeeded in forcing their way back in through the boardroom after serving legal papers on SA Rugby.
		SA Rugby then finalised the fixtures for the Currie Cup, but delayed announcing the schedule for the competition this week after McKeever lodged legal papers alleging that the Spears board had been "incapable, reckless and negligent" in their duty to Spears shareholders.
		He also said that SA Rugby had agreed on five separate occasions that the Spears would play Currie Cup and Super 14 rugby before reneging on their commitments on the grounds that the franchise was not ready for the top flight of competition.
	fr.allafrica.com /stories/200606010341.html (748 words)

	Super14.com - Super 14 rugby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Springboks players likely to be involved in the World Cup, will be exempt from playing Currie Cup rugby for the next two years.
		The 1989 tournament was held in Kimberley and was won by Western Province.
		The gold trophy was donated by Sir Donald Currie in 1891 before the arrival of the touring British Isles (British Lions) team.
	www.globalsuper14.com /curriecup (376 words)

	Currie Cup will deliver
		Johannesburg - This years Currie Cup competition promises to be as good as it has ever been, despite the fact that none of Rudolf Straeuli's World Cup Springboks are available to play.
		The Currie Cup competition has been restructured with a return to a strength versus strength format, featuring a Premier Division of Eight teams and a First Division of six teams.
		A Currie Cup Reserve League will be played during the second half of the season - starting on September 13 and ending on November 1.
	www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,6935,2-9-838_1387910,00.html (597 words)

	Rugby Channel - Internet TV - MediaZone
		Every match from the Super 14, June Tours, Tri Nations, ABSA Currie Cup, and Air New Zealand Cup is available either streaming LIVE or as an on-demand download to view whenever you want.
		South Africa's premier domestic competition since 1892, the ABSA Currie Cup returns to a strength-versus-strength format in 2006.
		The 2006 Air New Zealand Cup - formerly the National Provincial Championship - is a lightning fast competition that has undergone both a name change and a format overhaul.
	www.mediazone.com /channel/rugby/jsp/2006/subscribe.jsp (856 words)

	Welcome to the home of Currie RFC
		Currie's game against Ayr was the only fixture played this weekend with both sides looking to get the points needed to secure their Division One status.
		Currie's reward for a convincing 41-0 victory over Kelso last Saturday is a home draw, in the next round of the BT Cup, against run away league leaders Glasgow Hawks.
		Currie are into the draw for the next round of the BT Cup, after a 42-10 victory against Stewarty on Saturday.
	www.currierfc.co.uk /archive.asp (9002 words)

	SuperRugby
		The Absa Currie Cup, as the new-look competition will be known, kicks-off with a qualifying competition on May 30, but the Currie Cup proper only starts at the end of July, with the final scheduled to be played on November 1.
		Although the competition was formerly known as the Bankfin Currie Cup, Absa have been the official sponsor for the best part of a decade.
		The Currie Cup has long been regarded as the true breeding ground for the future stars of South African rugby.
	www.superrugby.co.za /?id=84733&des=article&scat= (542 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Rugby - Currie blaze way into last eight of BT Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		CURRIE coach Ally Donaldson watched his players overcome the twin handicaps of playing away from home and losing their captain early in the match - and paid tribute to the way they closed ranks to see off Dundee High, BT Cup finalists for the last two years.
		But they battled their way into the last eight of the BT Cup, with Currie's crucial score coming courtesy of former Dundee High player Gav Scott.
		Currie led through a try by Geoff Caldwell, converted by Donovan Raw, when Adam was given his marching orders.
	sport.scotsman.com /rugby.cfm?id=263312006 (693 words)

	Currie Cup Section B in 1971-72 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The visitors were restricted to 220, before Northern Transvaal, this time aided by a century from Kenneth Burrow made 279 for 7 declared, leaving Griqualand West 340 to win.
		6 for 55 from Lance saw the visitors crumble to 209 all out, a comfortable win and the 10 points that go with it for Northern Transvaal in their first Currie Cup match of the season.
		Border won the toss at Berea Park, Pretoria and elected to bat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Currie_Cup_Section_B_in_1971-72 (1765 words)

	Bulls will win Currie Cup
		The excuses, groans and moans will become harder and harder as rugby fans and scribes not supporting the Blue Bulls start to realize that the Bulls are going to win the Currie Cup for a third year in a row.
		The great thing for me is that the Currie Cup can still stir the emotions of rugby folk, even if the Springboks are playing well.
		The Currie Cup is still being polished daily and has a nice glow to it.
	news24.com /News24/Columnists/JJ_Harmse/0,,2-1630-1631_1597149,00.html (718 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Sport - Weir's spectacular finish sees Currie take cup honours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Currie took the honours against Edinburgh All Blacks in the Second Division League Cup with a brilliant acrobatic effort from Davie Weir separating the sides.
		Currie gained the upper hand on the 20th minute when Ali Dredge netted from a Kevin Lamb free-kick.
		The goal that clinched the cup came just six minutes from the end of extra time with a free header from Ian Cunningham, who pounced after Dolphin failed to clear from a corner kick.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=496242004 (583 words)

	Rugby news, fun, results, fixtures and features from Rugby365.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 2005 Canada Cup will feature three of the top nations in international women’s rugby battling for the Cup at Twin Elm Rugby Park in Ottawa, Ontario from June 26th to July 8th, with scheduling details to be announced shortly.
		Jay Johnston, Rugby Canada Treasurer and Co-Chair of the Canada Cup said, “We are very pleased to have the full support of both New Zealand and Scotland for this event, their continued support is greatly appreciated.
		The three nations competing in the 2005 Canada Cup represent the top sides in international women’s rugby and we are looking forward to some very intense and competitive rugby.
	www.rugby365.com /LATEST_NEWS/story_43839.shtml (358 words)

	SaRugby
		Absa, sponsor of the country’s premier domestic rugby competition, the Absa Currie Cup, is supporting SA Rugby’s policy of resting key Springboks in the build up to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.
		At the official launch of the 2006 Absa Currie Cup here today, Absa CEO Steve Booysen said that Absa fully understood the demands that were placed on top Springbok players and appreciated that they required recovery time, even if this meant missing out on participation in the Absa Currie Cup.
		Booysen said that whilst the participation of top Springbok players would undoubtedly enhance the Absa Currie Cup there was enough talent elsewhere to ensure that the tournament lived up to its long-standing reputation as one of the toughest tournaments of its kind in the world.
	www.sarfu.org.za /default.asp?id=181944&des=article (573 words)

	Currie Cup Champs quiz -- free game
		Which Union won the Currie Cup for the first time in their centenary year?
		Freestate played in eight Currie Cup Finals from 1970 until 2002.
		The 1980 Currie Cup Finla established a record for the biggest winning margin in a Currie Cup Final: how many points was the margin?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=136438 (195 words)

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		EAST LONDON -- The intense provincial rivalry that characterised the Currie Cup was thanks to the involvement of sponsors Bankfin, Border senior vice-president John Ncinane said yesterday at a Bankfin Currie Cup roadshow launch held at the Basil Kenyon Stadium here.
		Ncinane, also a member of the SA Rugby Football Union (Sarfu), thanked Bankfin for their continued and magnificent contribution to South African rugby, saying 1998 had been a ground-breaking season with 53 000 people attending the Bankfin Currie Cup final between the Blue Bulls and Western Province.
		Bankfin operating executive, Dolf Wright, said the roadshow concept proved successful in ex-posing the Bankfin Currie Cup to a much larger community and media audience last year.
	www.dispatch.co.za /1999/06/02/sport/BLOOD.HTM (396 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| rugby \| currie cup
		The Blue Bulls, with several of their Springboks back for Currie Cup duty, have made six changes to the team that will face the Lions in at Ellis Park on Saturday.
		Unheralded tighthead prop Brok Harris, from the Potchefstroom University Academy, is set to make his Currie Cup debut for Western Province against the Sharks at Newlands on Saturday.
		The fixtures for the next stage of the Currie Cup have been announced.
	sport.iafrica.com /rugby/currie_cup (487 words)

	New Zealand All Blacks rugby team official website, New Zealand Rugby Football Union
		He says the strength of South African rugby is anchored in the Currie Cup series.
		He says the Currie Cup series is still more important to him than the Super 12 crown.
		But it isn't just about sentimental reasons that Du Toit is asking that the Boks should be allowed to stay in the Currie Cup series.
	www.allblacks.com /index.cfm?layout=displayNews&newsArticle=648 (653 words)

	SuperRugby
		This is the opinion of a number of coaches of the smaller unions as they enter a competition that will be less about winning the Vodacom Cup than gaining a place in the Currie Cup.
		The opening matches are to be played on Friday evening, but victories against the top five teams will not be important for the other nine unions as they try to gain one of two places in the Currie Cup.
		The upshot is a muddled dual system in which results against the Big Five and log points in the Vodacom Cup proper will be irrelevant in deciding who wins a lucrative spot in the Currie Cup.
	www.superrugby.co.za /?id=170118&des=article&scat=superrugby/curriecup (540 words)

	Currie Cup news, live commentary, fun, fixtures, results and features from Planet-Rugby.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is the view of Pumas coach Chris Grobler, following the first round of Currie Cup matches in which two of the competition's so-called minor unions came within minutes of famous victories.
		The Cheetahs showed exactly why they are the Currie Cup champions, when they opened the defence of their crown as South African domestic champions with an emphatic 55-14 win over Griquas in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
		The Blue Bulls, beaten finalists in 2005, were lucky to scrape home 18-16 against a plucky Falcons outfit in their First Round Currie Cup match at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night.
	www.planet-rugby.com /Tournaments/Currie_Cup/index.shtml (313 words)

	Cheetahs win Currie Cup - Provincial - RugbyHeaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Cheetahs won only their second ever Currie Cup title when they shocked the defending champions Blue Bulls 29-25 in a pulsating final played in front of a packed Loftus Versfeld on Saturday evening.
		The Bulls led 12-9 at half-time and 25-15 with nine minutes remaining, but tries by Bevin Fortuin and Meyer Bosman in the dying minutes handed the Bloemfontein-based outfit a thrilling victory.
		That glimmer became a blinding light as the visitors snatched two tries in as many minutes from the 71st to 73rd minutes to transform a 10-point deficit into a four-point lead.
	www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au /articles/2005/10/23/1130005994457.html (622 words)

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