- 2006 Currie Cup Premier Division
The 2006 ABSA
Currie Cup season was contested from June through to October. The Currie Cup is an annual domestic competition forrugby union clubs inSouth Africa . The tournament was controversial before it even began, with theSouthern Spears saga regarding entry into theSuper 14 and Currie Cup continuing.The final was drawn between the
Free State Cheetahs and theBlue Bulls 28-all at Vodacom Park. It was the first drawn final since the 1989 season. The 2006 final was the third Free State/Blue Bulls final in succession.Fixtures and Results
Round 1
* Saturday
1 July Western Province 25-28 SharksCape Town
* Saturday1 July Golden Lions 24-39 Blue BullsJohannesburg Round 3
* Friday
7 July Sharks 34-16 PumasDurban
* Saturday8 July Cheetahs 59-5 Golden LionsBloemfontein
* Saturday8 July Falcons 23-8 GriquasBrakpan
* Saturday8 July Blue Bulls 10-15 Western ProvincePretoria Round 4
* Friday
14 July Lions 32-19 FalconsJohannesburg
* Saturday15 July Griquas 23-22 Sharks Kimberley
* Saturday15 July Pumas 17-48 Blue BullsWitbank
* Saturday15 July Western Province 20-13 CheetahsCape Town Round 5
* Friday
21 July Falcons 31-40 Western ProvinceBrakpan
* Friday21 July Blue Bulls 28-37 SharksPretoria
* Saturday22 July Griquas 27-23 Golden Lions Kimberley
* Saturday22 July Cheetahs 42-27 PumasBloemfontein Round 6
* Friday
28 July Pumas 8-36 FalconsWitbank
* Saturday29 July Blue Bulls 39-20 GriquasPretoria
* Saturday29 July Western Province 30-28 Golden LionsCape Town
* Saturday29 July Sharks 19-31 CheetahsDurban Round 7
* Friday
4 August Falcons 17-46 SharksBrakpan
* Saturday5 August Griquas 23-27 Western Province Kimberley
* Saturday5 August Cheetahs 12-24 Blue BullsBloemfontein
* Saturday5 August Golden Lions 74-15 PumasJohannesburg
* Saturday12 August Blue Bulls 17-19 Golden LionsPretoria Round 8
* Friday
18 August Falcons 13-27 Blue BullsBrakpan
* Saturday19 August Griquas 20-31 Cheetahs Kimberley
* Saturday19 August Golden Lions 22-21 SharksJohannesburg
* Saturday19 August Western Province 43-10 PumasCape Town Round 9
* Saturday
25 August Sharks 16-6 Western ProvinceDurban
* Saturday25 August Pumas 27-60 GriquasWitbank
* Sunday26 August Cheetahs 78-8 FalconsBloemfontein Round 10
* Friday
1 September Pumas 14-82 SharksWitbank Round 14
* Friday
29 September Pumas 10-89 Golden LionsWitbank
* Saturday30 September Western Province 55-17 GriquasCape Town
* Saturday30 September Sharks 48-10 FalconsDurban
* Saturday30 September Blue Bulls 41-31 CheetahsPretoria tandings
Final
External links
* [http://www.sarugby.co.za/tournaments.asp?cat=sarugby/curriecup&id=414 Currie Cup] on SARugby.co.za
* [http://www.european-rugby.com/Tournaments/Currie_Cup/Fixtures/index.shtml 2006 Currie Cup fixtures and match reports]
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