1992 Lion Cup

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1992 Lion Cup
Countries South Africa
Date5 September – 9 October 1992
Champions Transvaal (3rd title)
Runners-up Free State
Matches played21
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The 1992 Lion Cup was the tenth edition of the Lion Cup, the premier domestic rugby union knock-out competition in South Africa.

Contents

Teams

22 South African provincial teams took part in this competition.

Three teams - SARU, Western Province League and Winelands – withdrew following a merger between all the governing bodies of rugby in South Africa. [1]

1991 Lion Cup teams
RankingTeam
1 Northern Transvaal
2 Natal
3 Eastern Province
4 Transvaal
5 Free State
6 Northern Free State
7 Western Province
8 South Eastern Transvaal
9 Stellaland
10 Boland
11 Western Transvaal
12 Far North
13 Border
14 Northern Natal
15 Eastern Transvaal
16 Griqualand West
17 South Western Districts
18 North Eastern Cape
19 Vaal Triangle
20 Lowveld
21 Eastern Free State
22 North Western Cape

Competition

This competition was a knock-out competition. The top ten ranked teams had a bye in Round One, while the teams ranked 11 to 22 played each other, with the winners progressing to Round Two. Those sixteen teams then played a straight knockout competition until the final.

Fixtures and results

Initially, the competition was scheduled to run from 21 February to 25 July. However, due to fixture congestion it was initially indicated that the competition would be scrapped. [2]

In July 1992, it was announced that the competition would indeed take place and would run from September to October. [3]

The fixtures were as follows:

Round one

5 September 1992 North Western Cape 10–31 Eastern Transvaal Upington  
Report [4]
8 September 1992 Eastern Free State 53–25 Northern Natal Bethlehem  
Report [5]
8 September 1992 Lowveld 13–60 Border Nelspruit  
Report [5]
8 September 1992 North Eastern Cape 17–10 Far North Cradock  
Report [5]
8 September 1992 South Western Districts 8–10 Griqualand West Mossel Bay  
Report [5] [6]
8 September 1992 Vaal Triangle 17–39 Western Transvaal  
Report [7]
Bye/s: Boland, Eastern Province, Free State, Natal, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, South Eastern Transvaal, Stellaland, Transvaal, Western Province

Round two

15 September 1992 Boland 13–64 Transvaal Wellington  
Report [8]
15 September 1992 Border 17–19 Eastern Province East London  
Report [9]
15 September 1992 Eastern Free State 12–16 Western Province Bethlehem  
Report [10] [11]
15 September 1992 Eastern Transvaal 24–67 Natal Brakpan  
Report [9]
15 September 1992 Griqualand West 5–14 Northern Transvaal Kimberley  
Report [9]
15 September 1992 North Eastern Cape 30–26 Northern Free State Cradock  
Report [9] [12]
15 September 1992 Stellaland 26–25 South Eastern Transvaal Rustenburg  
Report [13]
15 September 1992 Western Transvaal 10–33 Free State Potchefstroom  
Report [9]

Quarter-finals

22 September 1992 Free State 34–27 Eastern Province Bloemfontein  
Report [14]
22 September 1992 Natal 15–13 (aet) Western Province Durban  
Report [14]
22 September 1992 North Eastern Cape 14–29 Northern Transvaal Cradock  
Report [14]
22 September 1992 Stellaland 6–85 Transvaal Rustenburg  
Report [14]

Semi-finals

29 September 1992 Natal 16–26 Free State Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
Report
29 September 1992 Transvaal 21–19 Northern Transvaal Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
Report [15]

Final

9 October 1992 Transvaal 17–12 Free State Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
Report [16]

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