National Club Rugby Round-up – One week to Club Champs kick-off

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Pretoria Police or Tukkies will become the 16th and final team to qualify for next week’s National Club Championships in Stellenbosch, when they meet in the Blue Bulls’ Carlton League final at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday at 17h00.

 

With just eight days to go until the start of the 37th Club Champs, to be held at the Coetzenburg fields at the University of Stellenbosch from September 17-23, 15 teams have already confirmed their place in the season-ending tournament.

 

Tuks and Police have met in three of the last four Carlton finals, with the Bobbies famously beating the students 31-28 in 2009 to qualify for the Club Champs, which, ironically, were held at the Tuks Rugby Stadium that year.

 

Since the then Northern Transvaal broke away from Transvaal in 1938, Police have won the Carlton 31 times (26 wins, 5 draws). Tuks have lifted the trophy on 21 occasions (18 wins, 3 draws) since their first final in 1960.

 

This century’s Carlton finals:

 

2000       Technicon 26 Tuks 21

2001       Correctional Services 18 Tuks 16

2002       Tuks 46 Technicon 31

2003       Technikon won by default against Tuks

2004       TUT 35 Tuks 27

2005       TUT (No final; most league points)

2006       Police 23 TUT 20

2007       Tuks 27 Police 16

2008       Tuks 38 TUT 18

2009       Police 31 Tuks 28

2010       Tuks 49 Police 23

 

The Blue Bulls champion will play Boland champions Roses United on the opening day of the Club Champs next Saturday.

 

The full schedule for the opening day is as follows:

 

10h00, B field: UJ (Golden Lions) v Noordelikes (Limpopo)

10h00, F field: Park (EP) v Progress (SWD)

11h45, B field: Shimlas (Free State) v Winter Rose (Border)

11h45, F field: Springs (Valke) v Welkom Rovers (Griffons)

 

Danie Craven Stadium:

11h45: NWU-Pukke (Leopards) v Kimberley Police (Griqualand West)

13h30: Roses United (Boland) v Tukkies/Pretoria Police (Blue Bulls)

15h15: Maties (WP) v Middelburg (Mpumalanga)

17h15: College Rovers (KZN, defending champions) v SK Walmers (invited team, WP)

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