2019 Gold Cup (rugby union)

The 2019 Gold Cup — officially known as the SSG Gold Cup, presented by Blu Approved and M4Jam for sponsorship reasons — was the 2019 edition of the Gold Cup, an annual rugby union competition held in South Africa between the top non-university club teams of the South African Rugby Union's constituent provincial unions. The competition was the third edition of the competition since its name change in 2016 and the sixth edition since it was launched as the Community Cup in 2013.

2019 Gold Cup
CountriesSouth Africa
Date9 March – 14 April 2019

SARU restored the competition to the early-year time-slot it occupied from 2013 to 2015 — which resulted the competition taking a hiatus in 2018 – and was scheduled for 9 March to 14 April 2019.[1] In an additional change from the 2017 edition, the amount of participating teams were reduced from 20 to 16, with one spot going to each of the fourteen provincial unions, one spot to the Limpopo Blue Bulls sub-union and the final spot went to a wildcard entry.

Competition rules and information

There were sixteen participating teams in the 2019 Gold Cup, divided into four pools of four teams. Each team played all the other teams in their pool during the pool stage, either at home or away. Teams received four log points for a win and two log points for a draw. Bonus log points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top two teams in each pool after the pool stage qualified for the quarterfinals. The quarterfinal winners qualified to the semifinals, and the semifinal winners to the final.

Teams
Location of teams in the 2019 Gold Cup
Bloemfontein Police
College Rovers
Gardens
Northam Rhinos
Rustenburg Impala
Sasol
Sishen
Swallows
Welkom
Gauteng Western Cape
East Rand United
Naka Bulls
Roodepoort
Springs
Durbanville-Bellville
Progress
Teams in the 2019 Gold Cup Pool A, Pool B, Pool C and Pool D

The teams that qualified for the 2019 Gold Cup were confirmed by SARU on 14 November 2018. In addition to the fifteen teams that qualified from each provincial union, East Rand United were included as a wildcard team. The participating teams are:[1]

2019 Gold Cup teams
Team Sponsored Name Union Pool
Bloemfontein PoliceRecall Security Bloemfontein PoliceFree StatePool C
College RoversCollege RoversKwaZulu-NatalPool B
Durbanville-BellvilleDurbanville-BellvilleWestern ProvincePool A
East Rand UnitedPhakisa Holdings East Rand UnitedValkePool B
GardensMultisure GardensEastern ProvincePool B
Naka BullsABE Midas Naka BullsBlue BullsPool C
Northam RhinosNortham Platinum RhinosLimpopo Blue BullsPool A
ProgressStiles Progress GeorgeSWDPool A
RoodepoortRototank RoodepoortGolden LionsPool D
Rustenburg ImpalaNewrak Rustenburg ImpalaLeopardsPool D
SasolSasol Digi Mag SecundaMpumalangaPool B
SishenCT Hydraulics SishenGriquasPool C
SpringsKWV SpringsValkePool D
SwallowsHollywoodbets SwallowsBorderPool D
Villagers WorcesterOnelogix United Bulk Worcester VillagersBolandPool A
WelkomWelkomGriffonsPool C

Pool stage

Pool A

Log
2019 Gold Cup Pool A log
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1Northam Rhinos3300124943010113015
2Durbanville-Bellville32011276463105217
3Progress310261109-4859105
4Villagers Worcester300368133-651010224

Matches

Pool B

Log
2019 Gold Cup Pool B log
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1College Rovers32019117741043111
2Gardens320181792672111
3East Rand United31027595-2059217
4Sasol31025875-1767004

Matches

Pool C

Log
2019 Gold Cup Pool C log
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1Naka Bulls3300182431391763015
2Welkom3201755619652010
3Bloemfontein Police31024395-59615116
4Sishen30035696-4058101

Matches

Pool D

Log
2019 Gold Cup Pool D log
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1Rustenburg Impala3300153291241293015
2Swallows3201887216762111
3Roodepoort310293121-281012116
4Springs300376121-4568314

Matches

Play-offs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Squads

The following squads were named for the 2019 Gold Cup:

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References
  1. "2019 Gold Cup line-up confirmed" (Press release). South African Rugby Union. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
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