Rugby Challenge (South Africa)
Secondary domestic rugby union competition in South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rugby Challenge – known as the SuperSport Rugby Challenge for sponsorship reasons – is the secondary domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. The competition is organised by the South African Rugby Union and featured all fourteen South African provincial unions plus Namibian side the Welwitschias and the Zimbabwe Academy. The inaugural season of the competition was in 2017, set up as the long-term successor of the Vodacom Cup competition.
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 SA Cup | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 2017 |
First season | 2017 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Countries | South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe |
Most recent champion(s) | Griquas |
Most titles | Griquas, Pumas, Western Province |
Sponsor(s) | SuperSport |
Related competitions | Currie Cup |
The competition is played at roughly the same time as Super Rugby each season, and features a combination of Super Rugby players returning from injury, reserve players attempting to maintain their fitness levels and younger players trying to break through to the Super Rugby or Currie Cup sides. It therefore serves as an important developmental competition for South African rugby.