1998 Vodacom Cup Explained

The 1998 Vodacom Cup was played between 18 February and 28 May 2014 and was the 1st edition of this annual domestic cup competition. This edition of the Vodacom Cup was played between the fourteen provincial rugby union teams in South Africa.

Competition

There were fourteen teams participating in the 1998 Vodacom Cup. These teams were geographically divided into two sections - Section A (south-western section) and Section B (north-eastern section), with seven teams in each section. Teams played all the other teams in their section twice over the course of the season, once at home and once 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 section qualified for the play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finished first in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished second in the other section. The winners of these semi-finals then played each other in the final.

Teams

Team Listing

The following teams took part in the 1998 Vodacom Cup competition:

Section A
width=23%	Team	width=23%	Sponsored Name	width=31%	Stadium/s	width=23%	Sponsored Name
	Boland		Boland Stadium
	Border		Waverley Park
	Eastern Province		PE Stadium
	Vodacom Free State Cheetahs		Vodacom Park
	Griqualand West		ABSA Park
	SWD Eagles		Outeniqua Park
	Western Province		Fedsure Park Newlands
Section B
width=23%	Team	width=23%	Sponsored Name	width=31%	Stadium/s	width=23%	Sponsored Name
	Blue Bulls		Minolta Loftus
	Golden Lions		Ellis Park Stadium
	MTN Falcons		Bosman Stadium
	Mpumalanga Pumas		Johann van Riebeeck Stadium
	Natal Wildebeest		Kings Park Stadium
			University of Natal
	North West		Olën Park
	Northern Free State		North West Stadium

Round-robin stage

Logs

The final logs at the completion of the round-robin stage were as follows:

1998 Vodacom Cup Section A log
Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts<	--	Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts-->
1	align=left		12	10	0	2	627	257	+370	9	2	51
2	align=left		12	9	0	3	401	220	+181	5	3	44
3	align=left		12	8	0	4	374	341	+33	6	1	39
4	align=left		12	5	0	7	285	355	-70	3	3	26
5	align=left		12	4	0	8	277	471	-194	2	0	18
6	align=left		12	3	0	9	194	428	-234	2	0	14
7	align=left		12	3	0	9	343	429	-86	0	2	14
1998 Vodacom Cup Section B log
Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts<	--	Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts-->
1	align=left		12	9	0	3	512	290	+222	9	2	47
2	align=left		12	9	0	3	507	341	+166	11	0	47
3	align=left		12	8	1	3	392	275	+117	9	1	44
4	align=left		12	7	1	4	379	345	+34	6	2	38
5	align=left		12	4	0	8	303	389	-86	1	1	18
6	align=left		12	2	0	10	238	429	-191	1	3	12
7	align=left		12	2	0	10	260	522	-262	2	0	10
Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TF = Tries for, TA = Tries against, TB = Try bonus points, LB = Losing bonus points, Pts = Log points ,, and qualified to the Semi-final games. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Results

Section A

Round fourteen

Section B

Round fourteen

Play-Offs

Final

Winners

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