2019 Rugby Challenge

The 2019 Rugby Challenge – known as the SuperSport Rugby Challenge for sponsorship reasons – was the 2019 season of the Rugby Challenge, the secondary domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. It was the third edition of the competition organised by the South African Rugby Union and was played between 27 April and 22 June 2019. There were sixteen teams participating in the competition; the fourteen provincial unions, plus Namibian side the Welwitschias and the Zimbabwe Academy. These teams were divided into two sections, with eight teams playing in each of the North Section and the South Section.

2019 Rugby Challenge
CountriesSouth Africa
Date27 April – 22 June 2019
ChampionsGriquas (1st title)
Runners-upPumas
Matches played59
Tries scored557
(average 9.4 per match)
Top point scorerGeorge Whitehead, Griquas (95)
Top try scorerJamba Ulengo, Free State XV (10)

Competition rules and information

Each team in the competition played the other teams in their section once during the pool stage, either at home or away. The top two teams in each section will progress to the semifinals, with the two semifinal winners meeting in the final.[1]

Teams

The teams that competed in the 2019 Rugby Challenge are:

North Section
Team Sponsored Name
Blue Bulls XVVodacom Blue Bulls XV
FalconsValke
Golden Lions XVXerox Golden Lions XV
GriffonsGriffons
GriquasTafel Lager Griquas
LeopardsLeopards
PumasPumas
WelwitschiasWindhoek Draught Welwitschias
South Section
Team Sponsored Name
Boland CavaliersBoland Cavaliers
Border BulldogsBorder Bulldogs
Eastern Province ElephantsMultisure Eastern Province Elephants
Free State XVToyota Free State XV
Sharks XVCell C Sharks XV
SWD EaglesSWD Eagles
Western ProvinceDHL Western Province
Zimbabwe AcademyZimbabwe Academy

North Section

Log

2019 Rugby Challenge North Section log
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Pumas7700337164+17350227035
2 Griquas7601290156+13441197031
3 Blue Bulls XV7502332190+14247275025
4 Golden Lions XV7403263263040377023
5 Falcons7304240261−2138415219
6 Leopards7106267283−1639406212
7 Griffons7205193252−5926374012
8 Welwitschias7007112465−3531472000

Round-by-round

The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.

Team Progression – North Section
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 SF F
Pumas 5
(3rd)
10
(3rd)
15
(3rd)
20
(2nd)
25
(1st)
30
(1st)
35
(1st)
Won Lost
Griquas 5
(1st)
10
(1st)
15
(1st)
20
(1st)
21
(2nd)
26
(2nd)
31
(2nd)
Won Won
Blue Bulls XV 0
(6th)
5
(4th)
10
(4th)
10
(4th)
15
(4th)
20
(4th)
25
(3rd)
N/A N/A
Golden Lions XV 5
(2nd)
10
(2nd)
15
(2nd)
16
(3rd)
17
(3rd)
22
(3rd)
23
(4th)
N/A N/A
Falcons 0
(8th)
1
(7th)
3
(7th)
8
(6th)
13
(5th)
14
(5th)
19
(5th)
N/A N/A
Leopards 2
(5th)
3
(6th)
4
(6th)
6
(7th)
11
(6th)
11
(6th)
12
(6th)
N/A N/A
Griffons 5
(4th)
5
(5th)
5
(5th)
10
(5th)
11
(7th)
11
(7th)
12
(7th)
N/A N/A
Welwitschias 0
(7th)
0
(8th)
0
(8th)
0
(8th)
0
(8th)
0
(8th)
0
(8th)
N/A N/A
Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Round Four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

South Section

Log

2019 Rugby Challenge South Section log
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Western Province7601275132+14336165130
2 Boland Cavaliers7601252110+14235144129
3 Free State XV7502342135+20752176127
4 Sharks XV7403245197+4835265021
5 Eastern Province Elephants7403212166+4630223019
6 SWD Eagles7205149315−16621463011
7 Border Bulldogs7106116348−2321549116
8Zimbabwe Academy 7007114302−1881347112

Round-by-round

The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.

Team Progression – South Section
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 SF F
Western Province 5
(1st)
10
(1st)
15
(1st)
20
(1st)
24
(1st)
29
(1st)
30
(1st)
Lost N/A
Boland Cavaliers 5
(2nd)
9
(2nd)
14
(2nd)
15
(2nd)
20
(3rd)
25
(2nd)
29
(2nd)
Lost N/A
Free State XV 5
(4th)
5
(6th)
10
(3rd)
15
(3rd)
20
(2nd)
22
(3rd)
27
(3rd)
N/A N/A
Sharks XV 1
(5th)
6
(3rd)
6
(4th)
11
(4th)
16
(4th)
16
(4th)
21
(4th)
N/A N/A
Eastern Province Elephants 0
(7th)
5
(5th)
5
(6th)
10
(5th)
10
(5th)
14
(5th)
19
(5th)
N/A N/A
SWD Eagles 0
(8th)
1
(7th)
6
(5th)
6
(6th)
7
(6th)
11
(6th)
11
(6th)
N/A N/A
Border Bulldogs 5
(3rd)
5
(4th)
5
(7th)
5
(7th)
5
(7th)
6
(7th)
6
(7th)
N/A N/A
Zimbabwe Academy 0
(6th)
0
(8th)
2
(8th)
2
(8th)
2
(8th)
2
(8th)
2
(8th)
N/A N/A
Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Round Four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Title play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Honours

The honour roll for the 2019 Rugby Challenge was as follows:

2019 Rugby Challenge
Champions: Griquas (1st title)
Top points scorer:George Whitehead, Griquas (95)
Top try scorer:Jamba Ulengo, Griquas (10)

Referees

The following referees officiated matches in the 2019 Rugby Challenge:

gollark: <@341618941317349376> vektor plooz
gollark: So am I. I just don't.
gollark: Yes, semicolons are not good in combat.
gollark: I'm sure there are *some*.
gollark: Unrelated: slowly, my reactor efficiency goes up... soon, it shall reach a slightly higher percentage.

See also

Notes

  1. The times of the scores are unknown.
  2. SuperSport incorrectly credits one of Jeandré Rudolph's three tries to Marko Janse van Rensburg. It's unknown whether this is the 55th-minute try or the 76-minute try, the former has been assumed.

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