Currie Cup

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domestic sports competition provincial rugby competition rugby union competition

The Currie Cup is South Africa’s premier domestic rugby union competition, renowned as one of the oldest and most prestigious provincial tournaments in the sport.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Currie Cup canonical	16
Currie Cup Premier Division	3
Currie Cup First Division	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	domestic sports competition ⓘ provincial rugby competition ⓘ rugby union competition ⓘ
broadcastIn	South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadcastMedium	online streaming ⓘ radio ⓘ television ⓘ
competitionLevel	top tier domestic rugby in South Africa ⓘ
competitionType	annual tournament ⓘ
confederation	World Rugby (via South African Rugby Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
format	league and knockout ⓘ
formerOrganiser	South African Rugby Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	South African Rugby Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalPredecessor	South African Rugby Board Challenge Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ
hasParticipant	Blue Bulls NERFINISHED ⓘ Boland Cavaliers NERFINISHED ⓘ Falcons NERFINISHED ⓘ Free State Cheetahs NERFINISHED ⓘ Griffons NERFINISHED ⓘ Griquas NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopards NERFINISHED ⓘ Lions NERFINISHED ⓘ Pumas NERFINISHED ⓘ SWD Eagles NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharks NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParticipantType	provincial rugby teams ⓘ
inception	1892 ⓘ
mostSuccessfulTeam	Blue Bulls NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Sir Donald Currie NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableVenue	Ellis Park Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ Kings Park Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ Loftus Versfeld Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ Newlands Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ
organiser	South African Rugby Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
significance	key pathway to professional rugby in South Africa ⓘ major element of South African rugby culture ⓘ
sport	rugby union ⓘ
status	South Africa’s premier domestic rugby union competition ⓘ one of the oldest rugby competitions in the world ⓘ
tierStructure	First Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Premier Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
trophyDonor	Sir Donald Currie NERFINISHED ⓘ
trophyType	golden cup ⓘ
typicalSeasonTime	South African winter ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sharks (rugby union) → competition → Currie Cup ⓘ

Sharks (rugby union) → homeCountryCompetition → Currie Cup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Currie Cup Premier Division

Free State Cheetahs rugby team → playsInCompetition → Currie Cup ⓘ

subject surface form: Free State Cheetahs

Blue Bulls → competition → Currie Cup ⓘ

Blue Bulls → league → Currie Cup ⓘ

Bulls → competesIn → Currie Cup ⓘ

Joel Stransky → leagueParticipation → Currie Cup ⓘ

John Smit → league → Currie Cup ⓘ

Victor Matfield → league → Currie Cup ⓘ

Victor Matfield → won → Currie Cup ⓘ

South African Rugby Union → governs → Currie Cup ⓘ

South African Rugby Union → controlsCompetition → Currie Cup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Currie Cup Premier Division

South African Rugby Union → controlsCompetition → Currie Cup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Currie Cup First Division

Bryan Habana → playedInCompetition → Currie Cup ⓘ

Chester Williams → league → Currie Cup ⓘ

Joost van der Westhuizen → domesticCompetition → Currie Cup ⓘ

Pieter Louw → competition → Currie Cup ⓘ

Rob Louw → league → Currie Cup ⓘ

Boland Cavaliers → competition → Currie Cup ⓘ

Sharks → formerCompetition → Currie Cup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Currie Cup Premier Division