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The Transvaal Rugby Football Union, with its headquarters in Johannesburg, was formed in 1889 after delegates from different clubs in the region decided to form a united rugby union to look after the well-being of the clubs. Prominent clubs involved in the process were Pirates, Wanderers, Pretoria, Potchefstroom and Kaffrarians.
The 2024–25 season is the Lions' fourth season in the United Rugby Championship, their 29th season of professional rugby and their 135th season of representative rugby since the foundation of their provincial union, the Transvaal Rugby Union.
They are the successor of the teams known as Transvaal , Gauteng Lions and the Cats (1998–2006). They had varied results in Super Rugby, finishing at the bottom of the table six times (in 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2012), but reaching the semifinal stage five times (in 2000, 2001, 2016, 2017 and 2018).
The team as it is known today has its beginnings in 1938 when the then Northern Transvaal Rugby Union broke away from the Transvaal Rugby Football Union to gain status as an independent rugby union. The new team was named Northern Transvaal and donned light blue jerseys with a red Barberton Daisy emblem. However, in their very first match, they ...
The 1971 Currie Cup was the 33nd edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.. The tournament was jointly won by Northern Transvaal and Transvaal – the fifth time each of those teams won the competition – after the two teams drew 14–14 in the final in Johannesburg.
The 1989 Lion Cup was the premier domestic rugby union knock ... Northern Transvaal: 3: ... Northern Free State: 7: Far North: 8: Boland: 9: Western Province League ...
The Pumas are a South African professional rugby union team that competes in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup.The team draws their players from Mpumalanga Province (formerly known as the South Eastern Transvaal) and plays at the Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela, having previously also played at the Puma Stadium in Witbank.
Transvaal (3rd title) Runners-up ... Western Province League and Winelands – withdrew following a merger between all the governing bodies of rugby in South Africa. [1]