The 2003 Currie Cup was the 2003 season of the South African domestic rugby union competition, the Absa Currie Cup premier division, played from 26 July 2003 – 1 November 2003. The 2003 Currie Cup saw the implementation of a new format for the tournament with the Cup being split into two divisions, the Premier Division and a lower division. The Premier Division consisting of the top six provincial teams and the lower division consisting of eight teams for a total of 14 teams participating in the Currie Cup. The teams in the divisions played matches among themselves with top teams progressing to the finals. The finals were played at Loftus Versfeld Stadium where the Blue Bulls beat the 40–19 to win the cup. This was the second in a streak of three consecutive Currie Cup wins for the Blue Bulls between 2002 and 2004. The Blue Bulls' Ettienne Botha scored two tries in the final. This equalled the record for tries scored in a Currie Cup final at the time.
Team standings
Fixtures
Round 1
Source of matches
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Grand Final
FB 15Johan RoetsRW 14Gavin PassensOC 13JP NelIC 12Ettiene BothaLW 11John MametsaFH 10Louis StrydomSH 9 Fourie du PreezN8 8 Anton Leonard (c)BF 7 Johan WassermanOF 6 Jacques CronjéRL 5 Geo CronjéLL 4 Pedrie WannenburgTP 3 Andries HumanHK 2 Gary BothaLP 1 Wessel RouxSubstitutes:HK 16Kobus van der WaltPR 17Sias WagnerPR 18Piet KrauseBR 19Ruan VermeulenBR 20Norman JordaanSH 21Francois SwartOB 22Frikkie WelshCoach:Heyneke Meyer
FB 15Justin SwartRW 14Deon KayserOC 13André SnymanIC 12Rudi KeilLW 11Brent RussellFH 10Butch JamesSH 9 Craig DavidsonN8 8 Brad MacLeod-HendersonBF 7 Shaun Sowerby (c)OF 6 Solly TyibilikaRL 5 Charl van RensburgLL 4 Philip SmitTP 3 BJ BothaHK 2 Lukas van BiljonLP 1 Ollie le RouxSubstitutes:HK 16Deon CarstensPR 17Eduard CoetzeePR 18AJ VenterBR 19Luke WatsonSH 20Dave von HoesslinCE 21Henno MentzOB 22Enrico SwartzCoach:
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