Thrilling Currie Cup 2017 is here!
Organisers and sponsors say South Africans can look forward to a thrilling Currie Cup season.
Organisers and sponsors say South Africans can look forward to a thrilling Currie Cup season.
The season started on Friday night with a clash between the defending champs, Free State Cheetahs and the Sharks. Today (22 July) at 7.30pm, the Griquas will host the Blue Bulls, while the Pumas will fancy their chances at home against the Golden Lions on Sunday, 23 July at 2.30pm.
Nashua will partner with the iconic Currie Cup once again in 2017. The exciting Currie Cup competition consists of seven Premier Division teams and eight First Division teams. A new feature this year will see midweek games as well as matches on Sundays, as to avoid overlapping with Vodacom Super Rugby playoffs, meaning rugby fans can get their fill of all the thrilling tournaments played.
Mark Taylor, Nashua CEO, sees the Currie Cup and Nashua partnership as a perfect fit, and the unification of sports and business for a season of nail-biting rugby.
There’s no doubt rugby brings South Africans together. Nashua is honoured to play a role in the country’s most thrilling sporting moments.”
The Golden Cup
The Currie Cup competition, which has its roots in the 1800s, is SA’s premier annual rugby competition and will involve fourteen provincial teams from all around the country, as well as Namibia’s Welwitschias.
The seven Premier Division teams will face up both at home and away. This is set to bring about a more intense, strength-to-strength competition, while the eight First Division teams will also battle it out for their own trophy in a single round, starting in August.
Most matches will be broadcast on SuperSport.
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