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Boland Cavaliers
The Boland Cavaliers () 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 District Municipality, Cape Winelands and West Coast District Municipality, West Coast districts of Western Cape Province, and play out of Wellington, Western Cape, 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Winelands District Municipality
The Cape Winelands District Municipality (; ), formerly the Boland District Municipality, is a district municipality located in the Boland region of the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011, it had a population of 787,490. The largest towns in the municipality are Paarl, Worcester, Stellenbosch and Wellington. Geography The boundaries of this municipality, which covers an area of , coincide roughly with the boundaries of the geographical area that has been known since the early days of the Cape Colony as " The Boland". In Afrikaans Boland means "up land" or "the higher land" or "the land above" (i.e. in contrast to the low coastal areas of the original Dutch settlement at the Cape). However, the term "Boland", as originally used, was a loose concept, with no defined borders (cf. the informal but not meaningless terms "The Sahara" or "The Rocky Mountains"). The Boland is generally mountainous, with range after range of beautiful and isolated sandstone peaks reachin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Currie Cup First Division
In South African rugby union in 2006, the First Division Currie Cup competition was won by the , who beat the 37–13 in the final on 6 October 2006. Results October 2006 *06-Oct-06 Impala Leopards 13 - 37 Fidentia Boland Kavaliers Olén Park September 2006 *30-Sep-06 Fidentia Boland Kavaliers 38 - 27 Eagles Boland Stadium *29-Sep-06 Impala Leopards 63 - 13 Mighty Elephants Olén Park *23-Sep-06 Impala Leopards 35 - 26 Border Bulldogs Olén Park *22-Sep-06 Mighty Elephants 17 - 36 Eagles EPRFU Stadium *22-Sep-06 Griffons 37 - 27 Fidentia Boland Kavaliers North West Stadium *16-Sep-06 Eagles 25-Oct Griffons Outeniqua Park *15-Sep-06 Border Bulldogs 36 - 57 Mighty Elephants ABSA Stadium - EL *08-Sep-06 Mighty Elephants 21 - 26 Impala Leopards EPRFU Stadium *08-Sep-06 Griffons 13 - 23 Border Bulldogs North West Stadium *08-Sep-06 Fidentia Boland Kavaliers 45 - 15 Eagles Boland Stadium *01-Sep-06 Border Bulldogs 16 - 38 Fidentia Boland Kavaliers ABSA Stadium - EL *01-Sep-06 Gri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khwezi Mafu
Khwezi Mafu (born 29 March 1998) is a South African rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup. His regular position is lock. Mafu was named in the side for the 2021 Currie Cup Premier Division. He made his Currie Cup The Currie Cup () is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier domestic competition, four South African franc ... debut for the Pumas against the in Round 3 of the 2021 Currie Cup Premier Division. Mafu was accused of violently raping an 18-year-old woman in Port Elizabeth in 2018. These allegations were later withdrawn due to lack of key witness statements. References South African rugby union players Living people Rugby union locks Pumas (Currie Cup) players 1998 births Falcons (rugby union) players Leopards (rugby union) players Alumni of Grey High School 21st-century South African sportsmen Boland Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (sports)
In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field. In either case, it is a position that indicates honor and respect from one's teammates – recognition as a leader by one's peers. In association football and cricket, a captain is also known as a skipper. Various sports have differing roles and responsibilities for team captains. Depending on the sport, team captains may be given the responsibility of interacting with game officials regarding application and interpretation of the rules. In many team sports, the captains represent their respective teams when the match official does the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The team captain, in some sports, is selected by the team coach, who may consider factors ranging from playing ability to leadership to serving as a good moral example to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llewellyn Classen
Llewellyn Classen is a South African rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup The Currie Cup () is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier domestic competition, four South African franc .... His regular position is hooker. Classen was named in the squad for the 2021 Currie Cup Premier Division. He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2021 Currie Cup Premier Division against the . References South African rugby union players Living people Rugby union hookers Blue Bulls players 1999 births Pumas (Currie Cup) players Alumni of Pretoria Boys High School 21st-century South African sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HP Van Schoor
Hendrik Petrus van Schoor (born ) is a South African rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ... player for the . His regular position is hooker. References South African rugby union players Living people 1997 births Rugby union players from Worcester, South Africa Rugby union hookers Golden Lions players Pumas (Currie Cup) players Lokomotiv Penza players Western Province (rugby union) players Griffons (rugby union) players 21st-century South African sportsmen Boland Cavaliers players {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Rautenbach
Neil Rautenbach (born 17 May 1991 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a Namibian South African-born rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup and the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is hooker. Career Youth and Varsity Cup rugby He represented Western Province at high school level, playing for their Under-16 side at the Grant Khomo Week in 2007 and for their Under-18 Craven Week side in 2009. He joined their academy and played for the side in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship and for the side in the 2011 and 2012 Under-21 Provincial Championships. He also played Varsity Cup rugby for the since 2011, winning the competition with them twice in 2011 (during which he made just one appearance, but was named on the bench for the final) and 2014, when he made nine appearances and played the first 72 of the final as they secured a dramatic 39–33 comeback victory. Western Province He made his first class debut in the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, starting their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Tobias
Sidney McNeil Tobias (born 20 March 1989) is a South African rugby union player who plays for the in the United Rugby Championship and for the in the Currie Cup. He also plays for Rugby ATL in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the U.S. His regular position is hooker. Career Youth Tobias went to school at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch, where he earned a selection to play for the side that participated at the Grant Khomo Week in 2005. He progressed further through the youth structures at Western Province, also playing for their Under-18 sides at the Academy Week in 2006 and the Craven Week competition in 2007. In joined their academy, the Western Province Rugby Institute, when he finished school at the end of 2007. He represented the s in the 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championship and the Under-21s in 2009 and 2010. Western Province Tobias was included in 's squad for the 2009 Vodacom Cup, but didn't make any appearances. His first class debut came during the 2010 Vodac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayan Van Der Westhuizen
Dayan Leslie van der Westhuizen (born 5 April 1994 in Wellington, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby, the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is tighthead prop. Career Boland Having grown up in Wellington in the Western Cape province in South Africa, Van der Westhuizen was selected to represent Border at the annual Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition held in Upington, where he scored a try in their match against the Pumas. Blue Bulls / Bulls However, he moved to Gauteng in 2011, where he enrolled at Hoërskool Centurion and represented Pretoria-based side the in the Under-18 Craven Week competitions in 2011 and 2012. In 2012, he was called up to represent a South African Schools side and he played in three matches for them – against France, Wales and England. He scored a try in the first of those three matches to help South Africa achieve a 17–7 victory over their French counterparts. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankfin Nite Series
The Bankfin Nite Series was a rugby union competition in South Africa. There were two editions of this competition, in 1996 and 1997. It was sponsored by Barclays Africa Group#History, Bankfin, who also sponsored the Currie Cup competitions. After two seasons, it was succeeded by the Vodacom Cup competition. In 1996, there were twelve competing teams – ten of the fourteen provincial unions, plus teams from Namibia and Zimbabwe. The four provincial unions that took part in the 1996 Super 12 season - , , and – did not play in the competition. won the competition, beating 46–34 in the final. Namibia and Zimbabwe withdrew from the 1997 competition, while replaced defending champions , who in turn replaced Western Province in the 1997 Super 12 season. Western Province won the competition, beating Western Cape rivals 36–25 in the final. Season Summary The summaries for the two Bankfin Nite Series seasons are as follows: Each team's results in the competition are lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Vodacom Cup
The 2004 Vodacom Cup was the 7th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions. Competition There were seven teams participating in the 2004 Vodacom Cup competition and another seven teams participating in the 2004 Vodacom Shield competition. Teams would play all the other teams in their competition once over the course of the season, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top two teams in each competition qualified for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, the teams that finished first in each competition had home advantage against the teams that finished fourth and the teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Vodacom Cup
The 2001 Vodacom Cup was the 4th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions, as well as an invitational team, the from Namibia. Competition There were 15 teams participating in the 2001 Vodacom Cup. These teams were divided into two sections of equal strength; Section X with eight teams and Section Y with seven teams. Teams would play all the other teams in their section once over the course of the season, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top four teams in each section qualified for the Vodacom Top Eight competition, while the bottom four teams in Section X and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
