2022 Currie Cup Premier Division

The 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 84th edition of the top tier of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. It was sponsored by beer brand Carling Black Label and organised by the South African Rugby Union.

The tournament was played from January to June in 2022, following the realignment of the South African domestic rugby union calendar to dovetail with the northern hemisphere and the United Rugby Championship, which features four South African sides.

The competition again featured seven sides, with SA Rugby rejecting a proposal from the to join the competition immediately, however the winner of the 2022 Currie Cup First Division would be promoted to the Premier Division for 2023, forming an eight team competition. The 2022 Currie Cup First Division began later in the year.

Teams

The seven competing teams are:

+ 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division Team Sponsored name Stadium Capacity Vodacom Blue Bulls 51,762 Free State Cheetahs 48,000 Sigma Golden Lions 62,567 5,000 Windhoek Draught Griquas 11,000 Airlink Pumas 40,929 Cell C Sharks 52,000 DHL Western Province 55,000 16,000

Regular season Standings

Tournament points in the standings were awarded to teams as follows: 4 points for a win. 2 points for a draw. 1 bonus point for a loss in a match by seven points or under. 1 bonus point for scoring four tries or more.

Teams were ranked in the standings firstly by tournament points then by: (a) points difference from all matches (points scored less points conceded); (b) tries difference from all matches (tries scored less tries conceded); (c) points difference from the matches between the tied teams; (d) points scored in all matches; (e) tries scored in all matches; and, if needed, (f) a coin toss.

Round-by-round The table below shows the progression of all teams throughout the Currie Cup season. Each team's tournament points on the standings log is shown for each round, with the overall log position in brackets.

2022 Currie Cup team progressionTeam R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14SemiFinal 5 (1st) 10 (1st) 10 (1st) 10 (3rd) 15 (3rd) 20 (2nd) 25 (2nd) 30 (1st) 32 (1st) 37 (1st) 42 (1st) 47 (1st) 47 (1st) 47 (2nd) Lost DNQ 4 (3rd) 4 (4th) 9 (2nd) 13 (2nd) 18 (1st) 22 (1st) 26 (1st) 26 (2nd) 31 (2nd) 36 (2nd) 41 (2nd) 41 (2nd) 43 (2nd) 48 (1st) Lost DNQ 1 (4th) 1 (7th) 1 (7th) 2 (7th) 2 (7th) 2 (7th) 2 (7th) 2 (7th) 3 (7th) 3 (7th) 5 (7th) 10 (7th) 15 (7th) 15 (7th) DNQ DNQ 0 (6th) 1 (6th) 5 (4th) 9 (4th) 10 (4th) 15 (4th) 15 (4th) 16 (4th) 20 (4th) 21 (4th) 21 (4th) 26 (3rd) 31 (3rd) 36 (3rd) Won Lost 0 (7th) 5 (2nd) 5 (5th) 5 (6th) 5 (6th) 5 (6th) 10 (5th) 15 (5th) 15 (5th) 19 (5th) 20 (5th) 22 (5th) 27 (4th) 29 (4th) Won Won 0 (5th) 4 (5th) 9 (3rd) 14 (1st) 18 (2nd) 18 (3rd) 18 (3rd) 22 (3rd) 24 (3rd) 24 (3rd) 24 (3rd) 24 (4th) 26 (5th) 27 (5th) DNQ DNQ 5 (2nd) 5 (3rd) 5 (6th) 6 (5th) 6 (5th) 7 (5th) 7 (6th) 8 (6th) 9 (6th) 9 (6th) 13 (6th) 13 (6th) 15 (6th) 19 (6th) DNQ DNQKey: Win Draw Loss No match Bye

Matches

Listed below are all matches for the double round-robin, played for the 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division.

Round 1

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

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Griquas: FB 15 George Whitehead RW 14 Munier Hartzenberg OC 13 Sango Xamlashe (c) IC 12 Rynhardt Jonker LW 11 Luther Obi FH 10 Zander du Plessis SH 9 Stefan Ungerer N8 8 Sibabalo Qoma BF 7 Hanru Sirgel OF 6 Werner Gouws RL 5 Derik Pretorius LL 4 Cameron Lindsay TP 3 Janu Botha HK 2 Janco Uys LP 1 Kudzwai Dube Substitutes: HK 16 Simon Westraadt PR 17 Edward Davids PR 18 Andries Schutte LK 19 Johan Retief BR 20 Michael Amiras SH 21 Johan Mulder FH 22 Theo Boshoff CE 23 Christopher Hollis Coach:Pieter BerghPumas: FB 15 Devon Williams RW 14 Tapiwa Mafura OC 13 Sebastian de Klerk IC 12 Eddie Fouché LW 11 Jade Stighling FH 10 Tinus de Beer SH 9 Chriswill September N8 8 Andre Fouché BF 7 Willie Engelbrecht (c) OF 6 Daniel Maartens RL 5 Shane Kirkwood LL 4 Deon Slabbert TP 3 Ig Prinsloo HK 2 Eduan Swart LP 1 Corné Fourie Substitutes: HK 16 Llewelyn Classen PR 17 Dewald Maritz PR 18 Simon Raw BR 19 Kwanda Dimaza BR 20 Francois Kleinhans SH 21 Giovan Snyman CE 22 Ali Mgijima CE 23 Alwayno Visagie Coach:Jimmy Stonehouse Assistant Referees: Morné Ferreira Griffin Colby Television match official: Quinton Immelman

Players

Team rosters

The respective team squads for the 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division are:

+ squad Forwards Backs Coach

Referees The following referees officiated matches in the competition:

+ 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division referees

Champions Match

2022 Currie Cup Premier Division

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