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Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, after which the stadium in Pretoria is named, was a lifetime member of the Transvaal Rugby Football Union. According to a Lions tale – 120 years of the red and white, Versfeld died of a heart attack at Ellis Park in 1932 when he attended a match between Transvaal and the Free State.
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 following is a list of results for the Jamaica national rugby league team since their first match in 2009 against the United States. Matches marked with a † are not sanctioned by the International Rugby League. The matches were either not played by two IRL-recognised national teams, or were played with modified rules (often an extended ...
St Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground: Swansea: 2,645 29 May 1977 Australia: 12 21 Carlaw Park: Auckland: 18,000 1977 World Cup: 12 June 1977 Great Britain: 12 30 Rugby League Park: Christchurch: 9,000 19 June 1977 France: 28 20 Carlaw Park: Auckland: 8,000 24 June 1978 Australia: 2 24 Sydney Cricket Ground: Sydney: 16,577 1978 Kiwi tour: 15 July ...
The 1987 Currie Cup was the 49th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.. The tournament was won by Northern Transvaal for the 14th time; they beat Transvaal 24–18 in the final at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg.
Northern Transvaal: ... The 1989 Lion Cup was the premier domestic rugby union knock-out competition in South Africa. ... Western Province League: 10: South Western ...
Prior to the professional Super Rugby competition, Northern Transvaal competed in the Super 10, which was a tournament featuring ten teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tonga and Western Samoa, which ran from 1993 to 1995.
The 1979 Currie Cup was the 41st edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.. The tournament was jointly won by Northern Transvaal (for the 11th time) and Western Province (for the 22nd time) after the two teams drew 15–15 in the final in Cape Town.