2016 SARU Community Cup qualification

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The 2016 SARU Community Cup qualification series will be the qualification series from which twenty teams will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup. The qualification to the tournament will take place in 2015, while the competition proper will be contested in 2016.

Qualifying rules and information

Qualification to the Community Cup will be determined via the club leagues of the fourteen provincial unions, plus Blue Bulls Limpopo. All university and other tertiary institutions are ineligible to participate in the Community Cup.

The highest-placed eligible team in each of the fifteen leagues will automatically qualify to the Community Cup (league rules determined if this is after the league stages or after the title-play-offs). As holders, Durbanville-Bellville are guaranteed qualification to the Community Cup. In addition, post-season play-offs will be held between runners-up in the provincial leagues to take the number of participants up to twenty.

Finals

The finals will be held in 2016.

Blue Bulls

In the Blue Bulls Carlton League, the teams will play in a double round-robin format, i.e. each team will play all the other teams twice, once at home and once away. The top four sides will qualify to the semi-final stage of the competition.

Following a request from Leopards side Rustenburg Impala to participate in the Blue Bulls Carlton League, they were included to play in the competition, but would be ineligible to qualify for the semi-finals.^[1] Several sides – Naka Bulls, Oostelike Eagles, Pretoria Harlequins and TUT Vikings – announced that they would not play their fixtures against Rustenburg Impala.^[2] Results against Rustenburg Impala are not included in the log.

2015 Blue Bulls Carlton League
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	Pretoria Police	2	2	0	0	84	32	+52	14	4	2	0	10
2	UP Tuks	1	1	0	0	98	10	+88	16	2	1	0	5	Ineligible
3	Centurion	1	1	0	0	57	24	+33	8	4	1	0	5
4	TUT Vikings	1	1	0	0	31	14	+17	5	1	1	0	5	Ineligible
5	Oostelike Eagles	2	1	0	1	63	68	−5	8	12	1	0	5
6	Naka Bulls	3	0	0	3	58	167	−109	9	26	1	1	2
7	Pretoria Harlequins	2	0	0	2	31	107	−76	5	16	1	0	1
Updated 25 April 2015.[3]

The following fixtures were played in the 2015 Blue Bulls Carlton League:^[4]

2015 Blue Bulls Carlton League results
Team	Cen	NBu	OEa	PHa	PPo	TUT	UPT	RIm
Centurion	N/A							32–26
Naka Bulls	30 Apr	N/A				14–31	10–98	N/A
Oostelike Eagles		38–34	N/A		25–34			N/A
Pretoria Harlequins	24–57		30 Apr	N/A	7–50			N/A
Pretoria Police					N/A			2 May
TUT Vikings						N/A		N/A
UP Tuks			30 May			30 Apr	N/A
Rustenburg Impala		N/A	N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A

Blue Bulls Limpopo

The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

Boland

In the Boland Grand Challenge, teams are divided into four regional divisions. The teams in each division will play in a double round-robin format, i.e. each team will play all the other teams twice, once at home and once away.

2015 Boland Grand Challenge
Breëlangeberg
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	Villagers Worcester	3	3	0	0	162	29	+133			3	0	15
2	Ashton United	3	2	0	1	93	72	+21			2	1	11	Newly-promoted
3	Young Hamiltons	2	2	0	0	67	27	+40			2	0	10	Newly-promoted
4	Bonnievale United	2	2	0	0	42	35	+7			0	0	8	Newly-promoted
5	Robertson	2	1	0	1	62	53	+9			1	1	6
6	Rangers Robertson	3	1	0	2	62	87	−25			0	1	5	Newly-promoted
7	Villagers Montagu	2	1	0	1	45	56	−11			0	0	4	Newly-promoted
8	Touwpark	2	1	0	1	26	80	−54			0	0	4	Newly-promoted
9	Protea	3	0	0	3	53	106	−53			1	1	2	Newly-promoted
10	Blue Birds	2	0	0	2	37	65	−28			0	1	1	Newly-promoted
11	Worcester Perseverance	2	0	0	2	25	64	−39			0	1	1	Newly-promoted
Overberg
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	Hawston	3	3	0	0	108	33	+75			3	0	15
2	Caledon	3	3	0	0	83	43	+40			2	0	14	Newly-promoted
3	Safcol	3	3	0	0	87	58	+29			2	0	14	Newly-promoted
4	Standards	3	2	0	1	69	54	+15			1	1	10	Newly-promoted
5	Genadendal	2	2	0	0	63	39	+24			1	0	9	Newly-promoted
6	Grabouw	3	1	0	2	61	76	−15			1	0	5	Newly-promoted
7	Rangers Bredasdorp	3	1	0	2	35	59	−24			0	0	4	Newly-promoted
8	Botrivier	2	0	0	2	20	38	−18			0	1	1	Newly-promoted
9	Kleinmond	2	0	0	2	43	63	−20			1	0	1	Newly-promoted
10	Atlantics	3	0	0	3	34	106	−72			0	1	1	Newly-promoted
11	Black Leaves	3	0	0	3	46	80	−34			0	0	0	Newly-promoted
Swartweskus
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	Saldanha	2	2	0	0	61	20	+41			1	0	9
2	Never Despair	2	2	0	0	52	21	+31			0	0	8
3	St Helenabaai	2	2	0	0	28	21	+7			0	0	8	Newly-promoted
4	Darling	2	1	0	1	39	38	+1			1	1	6	Newly-promoted
5	Wesbank	1	1	0	0	52	17	+35			1	0	5
6	Abbotsdale	2	1	0	1	47	47	0			0	1	5	Newly-promoted
7	Moorreesburg	2	1	0	1	53	80	−27			1	0	5	Newly-promoted
8	Velddrif	1	1	0	0	21	10	+11			0	0	4	Newly-promoted
9	Vredenburg	2	0	0	2	39	48	−9			0	1	1
10	Mamre	2	0	0	2	31	44	−13			0	1	1	Newly-promoted
11	Hopefield	2	0	0	2	18	47	−29			0	1	1	Newly-promoted
12	Piketberg	2	0	0	2	20	68	−48			0	0	0	Newly-promoted
Witsentraal
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	Roses United	3	3	0	0	134	25	+109			3	0	15
2	Wellington	3	3	0	0	103	74	+29			3	0	15
3	Ceres	3	2	0	1	107	71	+36			3	0	11
4	Delicious	3	2	1	0	69	46	+23			0	0	10
5	Hillcrest United	2	1	0	1	70	63	+7			2	1	7	Newly-promoted
6	Hamlet	2	1	0	1	66	63	+3			1	0	5	Newly-promoted
7	Newtons	3	1	0	2	71	89	−18			1	0	5	Newly-promoted
8	Wolseley	2	1	0	1	27	46	−19			0	0	4	Newly-promoted
9	Bella Vista	3	0	1	2	43	78	−35			0	0	2	Newly-promoted
10	Evergreen Paarl	3	0	0	3	67	110	−43			1	0	1	Newly-promoted
11	Tulbagh	3	0	0	3	27	119	−92			0	0	0	Newly-promoted
Updated 29 April 2015.[5][6][7][8]

The following fixtures were played in the 2015 Boland Grand Challenge:^{[9][10][11][12]}

2015 Boland Grand Challenge
Breëlangeberg
Team		AsU	BBi	BoU	Pro	RaR	Rob	Tou	ViM	ViW	WoP	YHa
Ashton United		N/A				39–17			28–30
Blue Birds		25–26	N/A
Bonnievale United				N/A		22–17
Protea				18–20	N/A
Rangers Robertson						N/A	28–26
Robertson					36–25		N/A
Touwpark								N/A			19–13
Villagers Montagu									N/A			15–28
Villagers Worcester					50–10			67–7		N/A
Worcester Perseverance										12–45	N/A
Young Hamiltons			39–12									N/A
Overberg
Team		Atl	BlL	Bot	Cal	Gen	Gra	Haw	Kle	RaB	Saf	Sta
Atlantics		N/A			7–28
Black Leaves			N/A									16–24
Botrivier				N/A						3–9
Caledon					N/A		31–23			24–13
Genadendal			27–12			N/A
Grabouw							N/A				16–27
Hawston		47–3	29–17					N/A
Kleinmond						27–36			N/A
Rangers Bredasdorp								13–32		N/A
Safcol		31–24	29–18								N/A
Standards							18–22		27–16			N/A
Swartweskus
Team	Abb	Dar	Hop	Mam	Moo	NDe	Pik	Sal	StH	Vel	Vre	Wes
Abbotsdale	N/A	24–29		23–18
Darling		N/A
Hopefield			N/A			8–31			10–16
Mamre				N/A		13–21
Moorreesburg					N/A
Never Despair						N/A
Piketberg							N/A
Saldanha		14–10					47–10	N/A
St Helenabaai									N/A
Velddrif							21–10			N/A
Vredenburg					28–36				11–12		N/A
Wesbank					52–17							N/A
Witsentraal
Team		BVi	Cer	Del	EvP	Ham	HiU	New	RoU	Tul	Wel	Wol
Bella Vista		N/A							15–36
Ceres			N/A		31–14					36–7
Delicious		22–22		N/A				22–7
Evergreen Paarl					N/A						28–43
Hamlet					36–25	N/A
Hillcrest United						38–30	N/A
Newtons			50–40					N/A
Roses United									N/A	58–3		40–7
Tulbagh				17–25						N/A
Wellington							33–32	27–14			N/A
Wolseley		20–6										N/A

Border

The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

Eastern Province

In the Eastern Province Grand Challenge, the teams will play in a single round-robin format, i.e. each team will play all the other teams once, either at home or away. The highest-placed eligible side after the round-robin stage will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

2015 Eastern Province Grand Challenge
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	Despatch	2	2	0	0	185	29	+156	29	4	2	0	10
2	Spring Rose	2	2	0	0	46	18	+28	7	2	1	0	9
3	Port Elizabeth Police	2	2	0	0	58	35	+23	9	6	1	0	9
4	Gardens	2	1	0	1	41	30	+11	5	5	1	1	6
5	NMMU Madibaz	1	1	0	0	40	15	+25	6	2	1	0	5	Ineligible
6	Progress	2	1	0	1	41	35	+6	6	4	1	0	5
7	Grahamstown Brumbies	2	1	0	1	32	33	−1	3	3	0	1	5
8	Kruisfontein	2	1	0	1	47	61	−14	6	8	1	0	5
9	Park	1	1	0	0	27	24	+3	3	2	0	1	4
10	Harlequins	2	0	0	2	30	48	−18	5	7	1	1	2
11	Trying Stars	1	0	0	1	27	45	−18	5	7	1	0	1	Newly-promoted
12	Crusaders	1	0	0	1	29	71	−42	4	11	1	0	1
13	Windvogel	2	0	0	2	29	56	−27	3	8	0	0	0	Newly-promoted
14	African Bombers	2	0	0	2	13	145	−132	1	23	0	0	0
Updated 28 April 2015.[13]

The following fixtures were played in the 2015 Eastern Province Grand Challenge:^[14]

2015 Eastern Province Grand Challenge
Team	AfB	Cru	Des	Gar	GrB	Har	Kru	NMM	Par	PEP	Pro	SpR	TrS	Win
African Bombers	N/A	N/A	0–114								N/A
Crusaders	25 Apr	N/A	N/A					N/A
Despatch	N/A	71–29	N/A					2 May				25 Apr
Gardens				N/A	N/A	35–22			25 Apr
Grahamstown Brumbies				8–6	N/A				N/A	N/A
Harlequins				N/A		N/A		N/A		8–13
Kruisfontein							N/A	N/A			N/A			32–21
NMMU Madibaz		6 May	N/A			25 Apr	40–15	N/A
Park				N/A	27–24				N/A
Port Elizabeth Police					25 Apr	N/A				N/A			45–27
Progress	31–13						25 Apr				N/A	N/A
Spring Rose			N/A								22–10	N/A		N/A
Trying Stars										N/A			N/A	N/A
Windvogel							N/A					8–24	25 Apr	N/A

Free State

In the Free State Town Challenge Cup, the teams will play in a single round-robin format, i.e. each team will play all the other teams once, either at home or away. The highest-placed eligible side after the round-robin stage will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

2015 Free State Town Challenge Cup
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	Bloemfontein Crusaders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bloemfontein Police	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	CUT Ixias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ineligible
4	Old Greys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Newly-promoted
5	UFS Irawas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ineligible
6	UFS Shimlas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ineligible
7	UFS Under-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ineligible
Updated 28 April 2015.[15]

The following fixtures were played in the 2015 Free State Town Challenge Cup:^[16]

2015 Free State Town Challenge Cup results
Team	BCr	BPo	CUT	OGr	Ira	Shi	U23
Bloemfontein Crusaders	N/A			9 May
Bloemfontein Police		N/A	N/A
CUT Ixias		5 May	N/A			N/A
Old Greys	N/A			N/A			N/A
UFS Irawas					N/A	N/A	9 May
UFS Shimlas			9 May		5 May	N/A
UFS Under-23				5 May	N/A		N/A

Golden Lions

In the Golden Lions Grand Challenge, the teams will play in a single round-robin format, i.e. each team will play all the other teams once, either at home or away. The highest-placed eligible side after the round-robin stage will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

2015 Golden Lions Pirates Grand Challenge
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	Pirates	2	1	0	1	72	44	+28	10	6	1	1	6
2	NWU Pukke	1	1	0	0	53	3	+50	8	0	1	0	5	From Leopards, Ineligible
3	Roodepoort	1	1	0	0	34	10	+24	4	1	1	0	5
4	UJ	1	1	0	0	39	19	+20	6	3	1	0	5	Ineligible
5	Raiders	2	1	0	1	42	65	-23	5	9	1	0	5
6	Wanderers	1	1	0	0	18	17	+1	2	2	0	0	4
7	Wits	1	0	0	1	31	32	−1	5	4	1	1	2	Ineligible
8	Union	1	0	0	1	26	55	−29	4	8	1	0	1
9	Randfontein	1	0	0	1	19	39	−20	3	6	0	0	0
10	Alberton	1	0	0	1	3	53	−50	0	8	0	0	0
Updated 23 April 2015.[17]

The following fixtures were played in the 2015 Golden Lions Pirates Grand Challenge:^[18]

2015 Golden Lions Pirates Grand Challenge results
Team	Alb	NWU	Pir	Rai	Ran	Roo	UJ	Uni	Wan	Wit
Alberton	N/A	3–53				N/A
NWU Pukke	N/A	N/A						N/A		22 July
Pirates			N/A					55–26	N/A
Raiders				N/A		N/A			8 May	N/A
Randfontein					N/A		N/A
Roodepoort	8 May			34–10		N/A
UJ					39–19		N/A			N/A
Union		8 May	N/A					N/A
Wanderers			18–17	N/A					N/A
Wits				31–32			8 May			N/A

Griffons

The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

Griquas

The log leader after the pool stage will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

KwaZulu-Natal

In the KwaZulu-Natal Moor Cup, the teams will play in a double round-robin format, i.e. each team will play all the other teams twice, once at home and once away. The highest-placed eligible side after the round-robin stage will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

2015 KwaZulu-Natal Moor Cup
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	Durban Collegians	2	2	0	0	134	29	+105	16	2	2	0	10
2	College Rovers	2	2	0	0	47	27	+20	7	0	1	0	9
3	Varsity College	2	1	0	1	45	45	0	4	4	1	1	6
4	UKZN Impi	2	1	0	1	50	53	-3	4	4	1	1	6	Ineligible
5	Amanzimtoti	2	1	0	1	32	29	+3	2	2	0	1	5
6	Durban Crusaders	2	1	0	1	37	37	0	2	2	0	1	5
7	Pietermaritzburg Collegians	2	0	0	2	29	102	-73	2	16	0	1	1
8	Zululand Rhinos	2	0	0	2	27	79	-52	0	7	0	0	0
Updated 28 April 2015.[19]

The following fixtures were played in the 2015 KwaZulu-Natal Moor Cup:^[20]

2015 KwaZulu-Natal Moor Cup results
Team	Ama	CoR	DCo	DCr	PCo	UKZ	VCo	ZuR
Amanzimtoti	N/A	9 May	26 Jun	18–19	30 May	17 Jul	19 Jun	16 May
College Rovers	3 Jul	N/A	30 May	26 Jun	20–15	10 Jul	17 Jul	6 Jun
Durban Collegians	1 May	24 Jul	N/A	22 May	6 Jun	9 May	10 Jul	52–15
Durban Crusaders	5 Jun	1 May	17 Jul	N/A	16 May	18–21	30 May	4 Jul
Pietermaritzburg Collegians	25 Jul	20 Jun	14–82	11 Jul	N/A	2 May	9 May	23 May
UKZN Impi	23 May	15 May	3 Jul	19 Jun	26 Jun	N/A	29–35	25 Jul
Varsity College	10–16	22 May	16 May	24 Jul	4 Jul	5 Jun	N/A	2 May
Zululand Rhinos	11 Jul	12–27	20 Jun	9 May	18 Jul	30 May	27 Jun	N/A

Leopards

To be confirmed.

• NWU Pukke compete in the Golden Lions Pirates Grand Challenge.
• Rustenburg Impala compete in the Blue Bulls Carlton Cup.

Mpumalanga

The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

South Western Districts

The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

Valke

The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

Western Province

In the Western Province Super League, the teams will play in a single round-robin format, i.e. each team will play all the other teams once, either at home or away. Durbanville-Bellville qualified to the 2016 SARU Community Cup as the defending champions.

2015 Western Province Super League
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Comments
1	False Bay	3	3	0	0	133	42	+91	19	6	2	0	14
2	UCT Ikey Tigers	3	3	0	0	136	53	+83	17	7	2	0	14	Ineligible
3	Maties	3	2	0	1	158	51	+107	24	5	2	1	11	Ineligible
4	Belhar	3	2	0	1	115	25	+90	14	3	2	1	11
5	Hamiltons	2	2	0	0	108	34	+74	16	6	2	0	10
6	Villager	2	2	0	0	74	44	+30	10	7	2	0	10	Newly-promoted
7	Primrose	3	1	0	2	66	90	−24	10	12	2	0	6
8	Tygerberg	2	1	0	1	63	83	−20	11	13	1	0	5
9	UWC	2	1	0	1	44	51	−7	6	7	0	0	4	Ineligible
10	Sir Lowrians	2	1	0	1	47	65	−18	4	8	0	0	4	Newly-promoted
11	Durbanville-Bellville	1	0	0	1	20	25	−5	2	3	0	1	1	Qualified
12	SK Walmers	3	0	0	3	50	114	−64	7	13	0	1	1
13	Victorians	2	0	0	2	24	105	−81	4	15	1	0	1	Ineligible
14	Helderberg	2	0	0	2	35	105	−70	5	16	0	0	0
15	St George's	3	0	0	3	24	210	−186	4	32	0	0	0	Newly-promoted
Updated 30 April 2015.[21] Durbanville-Bellville qualified to the 2016 SARU Community Cup as the defending champions.

The following fixtures were played in the 2015 Western Province Super League:^[22]

2015 Western Province Super League results
Team	Bel	DuB	FaB	Ham	Hel	Mat	Pri	SLo	SKW	SGe	Tyg	UCT	UWC	Vic	Vil
Belhar	N/A							23–25		N/A				N/A
Durbanville-Bellville		N/A										20–25
False Bay			N/A		N/A	22–19			45–5
Hamiltons				N/A			N/A						2 May	N/A
Helderberg			18–66		N/A										N/A
Maties			N/A			N/A		N/A		97–7
Primrose				10–35			N/A						29–20		N/A
Sir Lowrians	N/A					22–42		N/A
SK Walmers			N/A				2 May		N/A			23–45	N/A
St George's	0–60					N/A				N/A	17–53
Tygerberg										N/A	N/A	N/A
UCT Ikey Tigers		N/A							N/A		66–10	N/A
UWC							N/A		24–22				N/A
Victorians	0–32			24–73										N/A
Villager					39–17		35–27				2 May				N/A

Play-offs

The runners-up in the provincial leagues would qualify to the play-offs, with the four Round Three winners and one Repechage winner also qualifying to the 2016 SARU Community Cup.

Round One

Draw to be confirmed.

Round Two

Draw to be confirmed.

Round Three

Draw to be confirmed.

Repechage Semi-Finals

Draw to be confirmed.

Repechage Final

Draw to be confirmed.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2016 SARU Community Cup:

Team	Union	Entry Type
Durbanville-Bellville	Western Province	Holders

External links

• "Official site". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 28 April 2015. 
• Cell C Community Cup on Twitter

References

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