2013 Currie Cup Premier Division Explained

2013 Currie Cup Premier Division
Format:	Currie Cup Premier Division
Countries:	South Africa
Date:	9 August – 26 October 2013
Count:	7
Matches:	33
Tries:	175
Top Point Scorer:	Marnitz Boshoff (92)
Top Try Scorer:	Raymond Rhule (7)
Prevseason:	2012
Nextseason:	2014

The 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 75th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 10 August to 26 October 2013. The tournament (known as the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) was the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition.

Competition

Regular season and title playoffs

There were 6 participating teams in the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division. These teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.^[1]

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by log points.

The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semifinals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.

Relegation playoffs

The bottom team on the log qualified for the promotion/relegation play-offs. That team played off against the team placed first in the 2013 Currie Cup First Division over two legs. The winner over these two ties (determined via team tables, with all Currie Cup ranking regulations in effect) qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, while the losing team qualified for the 2014 Currie Cup First Division.

Teams

2013 Currie Cup Premier Division teams
Team	Sponsored Name	Stadium/s	Sponsored Name
	Vodacom Blue Bulls		Loftus Versfeld
	Toyota Free State Cheetahs		Free State Stadium
	MTN Golden Lions		Ellis Park Stadium
	GWK Griquas		GWK Park
	Sharks		Growthpoint Kings Park
	DHL Western Province		DHL Newlands

Log

Round-by-round

Team Progression – 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
align=left		style="background:#97DEFF;"	2 (3rd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	6 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	10 (1st)	style="background:#97DEFF;"	12 (3rd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	16 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	20 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	24 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	28 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	33 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	37 (1st)
align=left		style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (6th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	9 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	14 (1st)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	15 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	19 (2nd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	24 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	28 (1st)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	32 (2nd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	33 (2nd)
align=left		style="background:#E8FFD8;"	5 (1st)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	7 (3rd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	12 (2nd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	12 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	16 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	16 (4th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	17 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	22 (3rd)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	26 (3rd)
align=left		style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	1 (6th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	6 (4th)	style="background:#97DEFF;"	9 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	14 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	15 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	20 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	21 (3rd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	21 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	26 (4th)
align=left		style="background:#97DEFF;"	2 (4th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	6 (1st)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6 (6th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6 (6th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	10 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	10 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	11 (5th)	style="background:#E8FFD8;"	16 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	17 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	17 (5th)
align=left		style="background:#E8FFD8;"	4 (2nd)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	5 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	6 (5th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	8 (6th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	9 (6th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	10 (6th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	10 (6th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	10 (6th)	style="background:#FFCCCC;"	11 (6th)
The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.
Key:	win	draw	loss

Fixtures and results

The following fixtures were released:

All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular season

Round Ten

Title Play-Off Games

Final

Promotion/relegation games

Results

Players

Player statistics

The following table contain only points which have been scored in competitive games in the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division.

All point scorers
No	Player	Team	T	C	P	DG	Pts<	-- Pos	Player	Team	Try	Con	Pen	DG	Pts-->
1			2	20	14	0	92
2			1	13	17	3	91
3	Kurt Coleman		0	9	21	0	81
4	Riaan Smit		2	12	12	0	70
5			1	5	16	2	69
6			2	11	11	0	65
7	Elgar Watts		4	8	9	0	63
8			0	10	13	1	62
9			1	5	12	0	51
10			1	5	9	2	48
11	Butch James		0	5	11	0	43
12			0	4	10	0	38
13			0	5	9	0	37
14			7	0	0	0	35
15			6	0	0	0	30
			6	0	0	0	30
17			0	4	7	0	29
18	Jaco Kriel		5	0	0	0	25
19			2	1	4	0	24
20			0	5	4	0	22
21	Gio Aplon		4	0	0	0	20
			4	0	0	0	20
			4	0	0	0	20
	Deon Fourie		4	0	0	0	20
	SP Marais		4	0	0	0	20
	Lwazi Mvovo		4	0	0	0	20
			4	0	0	0	20
	Heimar Williams		4	0	0	0	20
29	Willie Britz		3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
	Charl McLeod		3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
	Michael Rhodes		3	0	0	0	15
	Johann Sadie		3	0	0	0	15
			3	0	0	0	15
37	Rory Arnold		2	0	0	0	10
	Bjorn Basson		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Ruan Dreyer		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Carel Greeff		2	0	0	0	10
	Deon Helberg		2	0	0	0	10
	Rocco Jansen		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	Schalk van der Merwe		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
	PJ Vermeulen		2	0	0	0	10
			2	0	0	0	10
58	Willie du Plessis		0	3	0	0	6
59			1	0	0	0	5
	Nizaam Carr		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Jean Cook		1	0	0	0	5
	Kyle Cooper		1	0	0	0	5
	Dalton Davis		1	0	0	0	5
	Jean Deysel		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Johan Goosen		0	1	1	0	5
	Nic Groom		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Patrick Howard		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	AJ le Roux		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Louis Ludik		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Sizo Maseko		1	0	0	0	5
	Howard Mnisi		1	0	0	0	5
	Ruhan Nel		1	0	0	0	5
	Jaco Nepgen		1	0	0	0	5
	Rudy Paige		1	0	0	0	5
	Jono Ross		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Jean Stemmet		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Piet van Zyl		1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
			1	0	0	0	5
	Tim Whitehead		1	0	0	0	5
95			0	1	0	0	2
96	penalty try	—	2	0	0	0	10
Legend: T = Tries, C = Conversions, P = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points

Awards

Month	Coach of the Month	Team	Player of the Month	Team
August			Cheslin Kolbe
September	Allister Coetzee		Scarra Ntubeni
October	Allister Coetzee		Damian de Allende

See also

• 2013 Currie Cup First Division
• 2013 Vodacom Cup
• 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship
• 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2013 Competition Format . South African Rugby Union . February 2013 . 13 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511112925/http://images.supersport.com/COMPETITION%20FORMAT%20AND%20GENERAL%20RULES%20-%20FEB%202013.pdf . 11 May 2013 . dead .