Olën Park, also known as Profert Olën Park for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
It was used for rugby union matches by the Leopards team in the First Division of the Currie Cup as well as the Vodacom Cup. Quite often the annual inter-varsity between the North-West University and the University of the Free State is also played here.
Profert Olën Park was named after Carl Ludwig Theodor Olën who was the President of the Western Transvaal Rugby Union from 1922 to 1934. The stadium can host approximately 22,000 spectators.
In recent times a local fertilizer company situated in Potchefstroom, Profert has been contributing not only financially but also with their products and expertise, towards the upkeep of the playing field and as thus obtained the naming rights of the stadium.
As from 2012 Profert Olën Park will again be the stadium where all the home fixtures of the Leopards will be played because the sponsorship of the Royal Bafokeng Sports of the Leopards, has been terminated at the end of 2011.
In 2018, the announced that financial constraints meant they could no longer afford the maintenance of the stadium and they would play their rugby elsewhere.
International Rugby Union Matches at Olën Park
Year Result1938British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 26 - 91949New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 19 - 31953Australia beat Western Transvaal 50 - 121955Western Transvaal beat British & Irish Lions 9 - 61958Western Transvaal beat British Barbarians 11 - 31960New Zealand beat Transvaal Universities 45 - 61960New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 28 - 31961Ireland beat Western Transvaal 16 - 61962British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 11 - 61962British & Irish Lions beat Combined Services 20 - 61963Australia beat Western Transvaal 14 - 121967France beat Western Transvaal 38 - 111968British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 20 - 121969Western Transvaal beat Australia 18 - 61970New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 21 - 171970New Zealand beat South African Gazelles 29 - 251971France beat Western Transvaal 50 - 01973Western Transvaal beat Italy 32 - 61974British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 59 - 131976New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 42 - 31979International XV beat Western Transvaal 34 - 181979Western Transvaal beat Newport 38 - 221980British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 22 - 191981Ireland beat South African Mining Invitational XV 46 - 71982South American Jaguars beat Western Transvaal Presidents XV 30 - 181986New Zealand Cavaliers beat Western Transvaal 26 - 181987South Sea Barbarians beat Combined Feeder Team 56 - 131992Australia beat Western Transvaal 46 - 131994England beat Western Transvaal 26 - 241994Western Transvaal beat Uruguay 83 - 101995North Harbour beat Western Transvaal 39 - 171995Western Transvaal beat Ivory Coast 67 - 101996New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 31 - 01998Ireland beat Western Transvaal 26 - 182000England beat Western Transvaal 52 - 22
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