Carling Currie Cup gets January kick off
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Loading...The Carling Currie Cup will kick off next month with a seven-team Premier Division, following an online meeting of the General Council of the South African Rugby Union on Friday.
The Council rejected a proposal from Eastern Province that they be incorporated into the top-flight immediately.
However, Council approved a motion that the top South African team in the First Division be automatically promoted to the Premier Division at the end of the 2022 Carling Currie Cup season, creating an eight-team Premier Division.
In addition, the promoted team will be entrenched for two seasons (until the end of the 2024 Carling Currie Cup season) when the bottom team in the Premier Division will be automatically relegated in favour of the top South African team in the First Division, which will also be entrenched for two seasons before promotion/relegation at the end of the 2026 season.
The 2022 competition will kick off on the weekend of 14/15 January. The unusual kick off has been prompted by the realignment of the South African domestic rugby calendar to dovetail with the northern hemisphere season following the expanded entry of four teams into the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
The change means that the Carling Currie Cup final will be played on 25 June, which will mark the end of the season for senior professional players appearing in the Carling Currie Cup and the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
The Carling Currie Cup First Division fixtures will be confirmed in the New Year.
Carling Currie Cup Premier Division 2022 (all fixtures are subject to change; venues and kick-off times to be confirmed)
Friday/Saturday 14/15 January
DHL Western Province vs Sigma Lions
Toyota Cheetahs vs Tafel Lager Griquas
New Nation Pumas vs Vodacom BullsWednesday 19 January
DHL Western Province vs Vodacom Bulls
Cell C Sharks vs Tafel Lager Griquas
Sigma Lions vs New Nation PumasWednesday 2 February
Cell C Sharks vs DHL Western Province
Vodacom Bulls vs Toyota Cheetahs
Tafel Lager Griquas vs New Nation PumasFriday/Saturday 18/19 February
Sigma Lions vs Cell C Sharks
Tafel Lager Griquas vs DHL Western Province
New Nation Pumas vs Toyota CheetahsFriday/Saturday 4/5 March
Toyota Cheetahs vs Sigma Lions
Tafel Lager Griquas vs Vodacom Bulls
New Nation Pumas vs Cell C SharksWednesday 16 March
Vodacom Bulls vs Cell C Sharks
Toyota Cheetahs vs DHL Western Province
Tafel Lager Griquas vs Sigma LionsWednesday 23 March
DHL Western Province vs New Nation Pumas
Cell C Sharks vs Toyota Cheetahs
Sigma Lions vs Vodacom BullsWednesday 6 April
Vodacom Bulls vs DHL Western Province
Tafel Lager Griquas vs Cell C Sharks
New Nation Pumas vs Sigma LionsFriday/Saturday 15/16 April
DHL Western Province vs Toyota Cheetahs
Cell C Sharks vs Vodacom Bulls
Sigma Lions vs Tafel Lager GriquasFriday/Saturday 6/7 May
Cell C Sharks vs New Nation Pumas
Sigma Lions vs Toyota Cheetahs
Vodacom Bulls vs Tafel Lager GriquasFriday/Saturday 13/14 May
Vodacom Bulls vs Sigma Lions
Toyota Cheetahs vs Cell C Sharks
New Nation Pumas vs DHL Western ProvinceFriday/Saturday 27/28 May
Sigma Lions vs DHL Western Province
Vodacom Bulls vs New Nation Pumas
Tafel Lager Griquas vs Toyota CheetahsFriday/Saturday 3/4 June
DHL Western Province vs Tafel Lager Griquas
Cell C Sharks vs Sigma Lions
Toyota Cheetahs vs New Nation PumasFriday/Saturday 10/11 June
DHL Western Province vs Cell C Sharks
Toyota Cheetahs vs Vodacom Bulls
New Nation Pumas vs Tafel Lager Griquas18 June
Carling Currie Cup Semi-Finals25 June
Carling Currie Cup Final2 July
Carling Champions Match
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