The 2002 Currie Cup was the 2002 season of the South African domestic rugby union competition, the Absa Currie Cup premier division, played from 19 July 2002 – 26 October 2002. The finals were played at Ellis Park Stadium where the Blue Bulls beat the Golden Lions 31–7 to win the Cup. This would be the first win for the Blue Bulls in a streak of 3 consecutive Currie Cup wins from 2002-2004. South African pay TV channel SuperSport obtained exclusive rights to broadcast the 2002 Currie Cup. The public broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation could only begin broadcasting the matches 2 hours after SuperSport began their broadcast.
Qualification The final log of the 2002 Currie Cup qualification series:
The following matches were played in the 2002 Currie Cup qualification series:
Section X
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Round five
Round six
Round seven
Section Y
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Round five
Round six
Round seven
Log
The final log of the 2002 Currie Cup Top 8 series:
Currie Cup Top 8
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Semifinals
Grand final
Final squads
Golden Lions: FB 15 Jacque Fourie RW 14 John Daniels OC 13 Grant Esterhuizen IC 12 Jorrie Muller LW 11 Jaco Booysen FH 10 André Pretorius SH 9 Bennie Nortje N8 8 Russel Winter BF 7 Andre Vos (c) OF 6 Wikus van Heerden RL 5 Jannes Labuschagne LL 4 Kleinjan Tromp TP 3 Willie Meyer HK 2 Delarey du Preez LP 1 Lawrence Sephaka Substitutes: HK 16 James van der Walt PR 17 Pietman van Niekerk PR 18 Willem Stoltz BR 19 Joe van Niekerk BR 20 Deon de Kock SH 21 Louis Koen OB 22 Jaco Pretorius Coach:Frans LudekeBlue Bulls: FB 15 Jaco van der Westhuyzen RW 14 Wylie Human OC 13 Dries Scholtz IC 12 Tiaan Joubert LW 11 Gavin Passens FH 10 Derick Hougaard SH 9 Joost van der Westhuizen (c) N8 8 Anton Leonard BF 7 Johan Wasserman OF 6 Pedrie Wannenburg RL 5 Victor Matfield LL 4 Bakkies Botha TP 3 Richard Bands HK 2 Danie Coetzee LP 1 Wessel Roux Substitutes: HK 16 Gary Botha PR 17 Sias Wagner PR 18 Geo Cronje BR 19 Ruan Vermeulen SH 20 Norman Jordaan CE 21 JP Nel OB 22 Johan Roets Coach:Heyneke Meyer Referees: Jonathan Kaplan Andre Watson Assistant Mark Lawrence Assistant Television match official: Steve Strydom
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