The SA Cup was created to replace the
Mzanzi Challenge which was played for only one season in 2023 and was won by the . The inaugural
2024 SA Cup competition was contested between 21 March 2024 - 25 May 2024 and the primary function of the SA Cup is to serve as qualification to the Currie Cup Premier Division and Currie Cup First Division respectively. The domestic teams with a place in the
United Rugby Championship
The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in ...
, namely the , , and are excluded from the SA Cup.
The top four teams in the
2025 SA Cup
The 2025 SA Cup is the second edition of this annual domestic rugby union cup competition. The SA Cup is played between province, provincial teams in South Africa and the competition serves as qualification to the Currie Cup Premier Division an ...
will join the four United Rugby Championship teams in the
2025 Currie Cup Premier Division and the remaining six teams will battle it out for the
2025 Currie Cup First Division title.
"Currie Cup gets new window in major revamp for local season"
sarugby.co.za, 22 May 2024
Teams
Finals
The results of the finals played in the SA Cup competition are as follows:
Overall record
The overall record for the teams in the SA Cup competition is as follows:
Top point scorers
Top try scorers
See also
* Rugby union in South Africa
Rugby union in South Africa is a highly popular team sport, along with Cricket in South Africa, cricket and Soccer in South Africa, soccer, and is widely played all over the country. The Springboks, national team is among the strongest 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 ...
* Mzanzi Challenge
* SuperSport Rugby Challenge
* Vodacom Cup
The Vodacom Cup was an annual rugby union competition in South Africa. Annual Vodacom Cup competitions were played between its inaugural season in 1998 and 2015 and was contested between February and May each year. The Vodacom Cup was the succes ...
* 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. Aft ...
References
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Rugby union competitions for provincial teams
Professional sports leagues in South Africa
Rugby union competitions in South Africa
2024 establishments in South Africa
Sports leagues established in 2024