The 1979 Currie Cup was the 41st edition of 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 ...
, the premier annual domestic
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 ...
competition in
South Africa
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.
The tournament was jointly won by (for the 11th time) and (for the 22nd time) after the two teams drew 15–15 in the final in
Cape Town
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.
Results
Semi-finals
Final
See also
*
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 ...
References
1979
Events
January
* January 1
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1979 in South African rugby union
1979 rugby union tournaments for clubs
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