2015 Currie Cup First Division

2015 Currie Cup First Division
Countries South Africa
Date August – October 2015
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2016 →

The 2015 Currie Cup First Division will be contested from August to October 2014. The tournament (also known as the Absa Currie Cup First Division for sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.

Competition

There will be six participating teams in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division. The six teams will play each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. The first series of fixtures will be played as part of the 2015 Currie Cup qualification competition, with all results carried forward to the First Division except for the match against the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division qualifier. A second set of fixtures would then follow between the remaining six teams.

Each team will receive four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points will be awarded to teams that score 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by 7 points or less. Teams will be ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top 4 teams will qualify for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finish first will have home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second will have home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals will play each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.

Promotion

All the teams will qualify for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series, provided at least one non-entrenched team finishes in the bottom two of the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division.

Teams

The six participating teams will only be finalised at the conclusion of the 2014 Currie Cup qualification competition. Six of the following seven teams will take part in the competition:

Location of teams in the 2015 Currie Cup First Division

Team Listing

Log

Six of the following seven teams will take part in the competition:

2015 Currie Cup First Division log

Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Boland Cavaliers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Border Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Falcons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Griffons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Griquas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Leopards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 SWD Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fixtures and results

All the results from the 2015 Currie Cup qualification tournament will be carried forward into the First Division season. The results against the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division qualifier will be discarded.[1]

For results of the first seven rounds, see 2015 Currie Cup qualification.

Fixtures to be released


Title Play-Off Games

Semi-Finals

Final

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Competition Format and General Rules 2015" (PDF). South African Rugby Union. SuperSport. 11 December 2014. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 16 February 2015.