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CURRIE CUP - STATISTICS Initially the Currie Cup Was Not Held Annually and No CURRIE CUP - STATISTICS Initially the Currie Cup was not held annually and no "Finals" were played. Year Team Year Team Year Team 1891 Western Province 1940 1989 WP N-Tvl 1892 Western Province 1941 1990 Natal 1893 Not Contested 1942 1991 Northern Transvaal World War II 1894 Western Province 1943 1992 Natal 1895 Western Province 1944 1993 Transvaal 1896 Western Province 1945 1994 Transvaal 1897 Not Contested 1946 Northern Transvaal 1995 Natal 1898 Western Province1947 Western Province 1996 Natal 1899 Griqualand West 1948 Not contested 1997 Western Province 1900 1949 Not contested 1998 Blue Bulls 1901 Anglo / Boer War 1950 Transvaal 1999 Lions 1902 1951 Not contested 2000 Western Province 1903 Not Contested 1952 Transvaal 2001 Western Province 1904 Western Province 1953 Not contested 2002 Blue Bulls 1905 Not Contested 1954 Western Province 2003 Blue Bulls 1906 Western Province 1955 Not contested 2004 Blue Bulls 1907 Not Contested 1956 Northern Transvaal 2005 Freestate Cheetahs 1908 Western Province1957 Western Province 2006 FS Cheetahs Blue Bulls 1909 Not Contested 1958 Western Province 2007 Freestate Cheetahs 1910 Not Contested 1959 Western Province 2008 Sharks 1911 Griqualand West 1960 Not contested 2009 Blue Bulls 1912 Not Contested1961 Not contested 2010 1913 Not Contested1962 Not contested 2011 1914 Western Province 1963 Not contested 2012 1915 1964 Western Province 2013 1916 1965 Not contested 2014 World War I 1917 1966 Western Province 2015 1918 1967 Not contested 2016 1919 Not Contested 2017 Changed to Annual event 1920 Western Province 2018 1921 Not Contested 1968 Northern Transvaal 2019 1922 Transvaal 1969 Northern Transvaal 2020 1923 Not Contested 1970 Griqualand West 2021 1924 Not Contested 1971 N-Tvl Transvaal 1925 Western Province 1972 Transvaal Summary 1926 Not Contested 1973 Northern Transvaal Won or Teams 1927 Western Province 1974 Northern Transvaal Shared 1928 Not Contested 1975 Northern Transvaal WP (Stormers) 30 / 4 1929 Western Province 1976 Freestate Cheetahs N-Tvl (Blue Bulls) 19 / 4 1930 Not Contested 1977 Northern Transvaal Transvaal (Lions) 8 / 1 1931 Not Contested 1978 Northern Transvaal Natal (Sharks) 5 / 0 1932 WP Border 1979 WP N-Tvl Freestate (Cheetahs) 3 / 1 1933 Not Contested 1980 Northern Transvaal Griqualand West 3 / 0 1934 WP Border 1981 Northern Transvaal Border (Bulldogs) 0 / 2 1935 Not Contested 1982 Western Province EP (Mighty Elephants) 0 / 0 1936 Western Province1983 Western Province Boland (Cavaliers) 0 / 0 1937 Not Contested 1984 Western Province SWD (Eagles) 0 / 0 1938 Not Contested 1985 Western Province Mpumalanga (Pumas) 0 / 0 1986 Western Province 0 / 0 Introduction of Finals North West (Leopards) 1987 Northern Transvaal W-Tvl (Falcons) 0 / 0 1939 Transvaal 1988 Northern Transvaal N-Fs (Griffons) 0 / 0 CURRIE CUP - STATISTICS 1996 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 1996 FINAL 1st Natal 12 0 24 Natal 33 2nd Northern Transvaal 11 0 22 Transvaal 15 3rd Freestate 9 1 19 4th Transvaal 9 1 19 1997 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 1997 FINAL 1st Western Province 12 0 58 Western Province 14 2nd Sharks 12 0 57 Freestate Cheetahs 12 3rd Freestate Cheetahs 11 0 54 4th Lions 9 0 45 1998 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 1998 FINAL 1st Griqualand West 10 0 50 Blue Bulls 24 2nd Blue Bulls 10 0 49 Western Province 20 3rd Sharks 9 1 47 4th Western Province 10 0 47 1999 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 1999 FINAL 1st Lions 11 0 51 Lions 32 2nd Sharks 10 0 51 Sharks 9 3rd Freestate Cheetahs 10 0 47 4th SWD Eagles 9 0 45 2000 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2000 FINAL 1st Sharks 12 0 25 Western Province 25 2nd Western Province 12 0 24 Sharks 15 3rd Lions 7 2 21 4th Freestate Cheetahs 6 2 19 2001 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2001 FINAL 1st Western Province 6 0 25 Western Province 29 2nd Sharks 5 0 24 Sharks 24 3rd Lions 5 0 24 4th Freestate Cheetahs 4 0 21 2002 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2002 FINAL 1st Sharks 5 1 28 Blue Bulls 31 2nd Freestate Cheetahs 6 0 27 Gauteng Lions 7 3rd Lions 5 0 26 4th Blue Bulls 5 1 25 2003 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2003 FINAL 1st Blue Bulls 11 0 55 Blue Bulls 40 2nd Sharks 10 0 52 Sharks 19 3rd Western Province 8 3 51 4th Lions 8 1 44 2004 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2004 FINAL 1st Blue Bulls 11 2 56 Blue Bulls 42 2nd Western Province 8 1 46 Freestate Cheetahs 33 3rd Freestate Cheetahs 8 1 45 TOP TRI SCORER 4th Lions 9 0 45 Etienne Botha-B/Bulls 16 CURRIE CUP - STATISTICS 2005 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2005 FINAL 1st X1 Blue Bulls 8 0 37 Freestate Cheetahs 29 2nd X2 Lions 6 0 30 Blue Bulls 25 1st Y1 Western Province 5 0 26 TOP TRI SCORER 2nd Y2 Freestate Cheetahs 4 0 19 Henno Mentz-Sharks 13 2006 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2006 FINAL 1st Freestate Cheetahs 10 0 50 Freestate Cheetahs 28 2nd Blue Bulls 10 0 50 Blue Bulls 28 3rd Western Province 10 0 49 TOP TRI SCORER 4th Sharks 9 0 48 Phillip Burger-Cheetahs 15 2007 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2007 FINAL 1st Freestate Cheetahs 13 0 60 Freestate Cheetahs 20 2nd Sharks 10 0 51 Lions 18 3rd Lions 9 0 42 TOP TRI SCORER 4th Blue Bulls 8 0 39 John Mametsa-Blue Bulls 15 2008 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2008 FINAL 1st Sharks 12 0 57 Sharks 14 2nd Blue Bulls 11 0 53 Blue Bulls 9 3rd Freestate Cheetahs 9 0 42 TOP TRI SCORER 4th Lions 8 0 41 Keegan Daniel-Sharks 9 2009 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2009 FINAL 1st Sharks 12 0 54 Blue Bulls 36 2nd Western Province 10 0 50 Freestate Cheetahs 24 3rd Blue Bulls 9 0 46 TOP TRI SCORER 4th Freestate Cheetahs 8 0 40 Jongi Nokwe-Cheetahs 12 2010 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2010 FINAL 1st 2nd 3rd TOP TRI SCORER 4th 2011 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2011 FINAL 1st 2nd 3rd TOP TRI SCORER 4th 2012 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2012 FINAL 1st 2nd 3rd TOP TRI SCORER 4th 2013 Teams Won Draw Log Pts 2013 FINAL 1st 2nd 3rd TOP TRI SCORER 4th.
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