The 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 75th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 10 August to 26 October 2013. The tournament (known as the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) was the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition.
Competition
Regular season and title playoffs There were 6 participating teams in the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division. These teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.
Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were 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 were ranked by log points.
The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semifinals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.
Relegation playoffs The bottom team on the log qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs. That team played off against the team placed first in the 2013 Currie Cup First Division over two legs. The winner over these two ties (determined via team tables, with all Currie Cup ranking regulations in effect) qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, while the losing team qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup First Division.
Teams
2013 Currie Cup Premier Division teams Team Sponsored Name Stadium/s Sponsored Name Vodacom Blue Bulls Loftus Versfeld Toyota Free State Cheetahs Free State Stadium MTN Golden Lions Ellis Park Stadium GWK Griquas GWK Park Sharks Growthpoint Kings Park DHL Western Province DHL Newlands
Log
Final standings
Round-by-round Team Progression – 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 2 (3rd) 6 (2nd) 10 (1st) 12 (3rd) 16 (1st) 20 (1st) 24 (2nd) 28 (2nd) 33 (1st) 37 (1st) 1 (6th) 5 (4th) 9 (2nd) 14 (1st) 15 (2nd) 19 (2nd) 24 (1st) 28 (1st) 32 (2nd) 33 (2nd) 5 (1st) 6 (3rd) 7 (3rd) 12 (2nd) 12 (4th) 16 (3rd) 16 (4th) 17 (4th) 22 (3rd) 26 (3rd) 1 (5th) 1 (6th) 6 (4th) 9 (4th) 14 (3rd) 15 (4th) 20 (3rd) 21 (3rd) 21 (4th) 26 (4th) 2 (4th) 6 (1st) 6 (6th) 6 (6th) 10 (5th) 10 (5th) 11 (5th) 16 (5th) 17 (5th) 17 (5th) 4 (2nd) 5 (5th) 6 (5th) 6 (5th) 8 (6th) 9 (6th) 10 (6th) 10 (6th) 10 (6th) 11 (6th) The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season.For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.Key: win draw loss
Fixtures and results The following fixtures were released:
All times are South African (GMT+2).
Regular season
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Round Five
Round Six
Round Seven
Round Eight
Round Nine
Round Ten
Title Play-Off Games
Semi-finals
Final
Promotion/relegation games Log
Results
Players
Player statistics The following table contain only points which have been scored in competitive games in the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division.
All point scorers No Player Team T C P DG Pts 1 Marnitz Boshoff 2 20 14 0 92 2 Fred Zeilinga 1 13 17 3 91 3 Kurt Coleman 0 9 21 0 81 4 Riaan Smit 2 12 12 0 70 5 Demetri Catrakilis 1 5 16 2 69 6 Elton Jantjies 2 11 11 0 65 7 Elgar Watts 4 8 9 0 63 8 Handré Pollard 0 10 13 1 62 9 Nico Scheepers 1 5 12 0 51 10 Patrick Lambie 1 5 9 2 48 11 Butch James 0 5 11 0 43 12 Francois Brummer 0 4 10 0 38 13 Gouws Prinsloo 0 5 9 0 37 14 Raymond Rhule 7 0 0 0 35 15 Derick Minnie 6 0 0 0 30 Anthony Volmink 6 0 0 0 30 17 Tony Jantjies 0 4 7 0 29 18 Jaco Kriel 5 0 0 0 25 19 Jurgen Visser 2 1 4 0 24 20 Gary van Aswegen 0 5 4 0 22 21 Gio Aplon 4 0 0 0 20 Jacques Botes 4 0 0 0 20 Damian de Allende 4 0 0 0 20 Deon Fourie 4 0 0 0 20 SP Marais 4 0 0 0 20 Lwazi Mvovo 4 0 0 0 20 Francois Venter 4 0 0 0 20 Heimar Williams 4 0 0 0 20 29 Willie Britz 3 0 0 0 15 Cheslin Kolbe 3 0 0 0 15 Charl McLeod 3 0 0 0 15 Sarel Pretorius 3 0 0 0 15 Boom Prinsloo 3 0 0 0 15 Michael Rhodes 3 0 0 0 15 Johann Sadie 3 0 0 0 15 Paul Willemse 3 0 0 0 15 37 Rory Arnold 2 0 0 0 10 Bjorn Basson 2 0 0 0 10 Andries Coetzee 2 0 0 0 10 Keegan Daniel 2 0 0 0 10 Hennie Daniller 2 0 0 0 10 Juan de Jongh 2 0 0 0 10 Ruan Dreyer 2 0 0 0 10 Robert Ebersohn 2 0 0 0 10 Carel Greeff 2 0 0 0 10 Deon Helberg 2 0 0 0 10 Rocco Jansen 2 0 0 0 10 Lappies Labuschagné 2 0 0 0 10 Wiaan Liebenberg 2 0 0 0 10 Akona Ndungane 2 0 0 0 10 Cobus Reinach 2 0 0 0 10 Marnus Schoeman 2 0 0 0 10 William Small-Smith 2 0 0 0 10 Schalk van der Merwe 2 0 0 0 10 Jacques van Rooyen 2 0 0 0 10 PJ Vermeulen 2 0 0 0 10 Warren Whiteley 2 0 0 0 10 58 Willie du Plessis 0 3 0 0 6 59 David Bulbring 1 0 0 0 5 Nizaam Carr 1 0 0 0 5 Robbie Coetzee 1 0 0 0 5 Jean Cook 1 0 0 0 5 Kyle Cooper 1 0 0 0 5 Dalton Davis 1 0 0 0 5 Jean Deysel 1 0 0 0 5 Jacques du Plessis 1 0 0 0 5 Johan Goosen 0 1 1 0 5 Nic Groom 1 0 0 0 5 Stokkies Hanekom 1 0 0 0 5 Wiehahn Herbst 1 0 0 0 5 Patrick Howard 1 0 0 0 5 Travis Ismaiel 1 0 0 0 5 AJ le Roux 1 0 0 0 5 Tiaan Liebenberg 1 0 0 0 5 Louis Ludik 1 0 0 0 5 Kevin Luiters 1 0 0 0 5 Sizo Maseko 1 0 0 0 5 Howard Mnisi 1 0 0 0 5 Ruhan Nel 1 0 0 0 5 Jaco Nepgen 1 0 0 0 5 Rudy Paige 1 0 0 0 5 Jono Ross 1 0 0 0 5 Burger Schoeman 1 0 0 0 5 Brynard Stander 1 0 0 0 5 Jean Stemmet 1 0 0 0 5 Adriaan Strauss 1 0 0 0 5 Warwick Tecklenburg 1 0 0 0 5 Gerhard van den Heever 1 0 0 0 5 Franco van der Merwe 1 0 0 0 5 Marcel van der Merwe 1 0 0 0 5 Piet van Zyl 1 0 0 0 5 Marco Wentzel 1 0 0 0 5 Willie Wepener 1 0 0 0 5 Tim Whitehead 1 0 0 0 5 95 DuRandt Gerber 0 1 0 0 2 96 penalty try — 2 0 0 0 10 * Legend: T = Tries, C = Conversions, P = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points
Awards Month Coach of the Month Team Player of the Month Team August Brendan Venter, Sean Everett, Brad McLeod-Henderson Cheslin Kolbe September Allister Coetzee Scarra Ntubeni October Allister Coetzee Damian de Allende
See also 2013 Currie Cup First Division 2013 Vodacom Cup 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship
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