| 词条 | Rugby Challenge (South Africa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| title = Rugby Challenge | last_season = 2018 Rugby Challenge | logo = SuperSport Rugby Challenge logo.svg | pixels = | caption = Competition logo | sport = Rugby union | founded = 2017 | inaugural = 2017 | folded = | teams = 15 | countries = South Africa, Namibia | champion = {{Rut Pumas}} | most_champs = {{Rut Pumas}}, {{Rut Western Province}} | sponsor = SuperSport | related_comps = Currie Cup }} The Rugby Challenge – known as the SuperSport Rugby Challenge for sponsorship reasons – is the secondary domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. The competition is organised by the South African Rugby Union and featured all fourteen South African provincial unions plus {{nrut|Namibia}}n side the {{Rut Welwitschias}}. The inaugural season of the competition was in 2017, set up as the long-term successor of the Vodacom Cup competition. The competition is played at roughly the same time as Super Rugby each season, and features a combination of Super Rugby players returning from injury, reserve players attempting to maintain their fitness levels and younger players trying to break through to the Super Rugby or Currie Cup sides. It therefore serves as an important developmental competition for South African rugby. FormatThe fifteen teams are geographically divided into three sections – a Northern Section, Central Section and a Southern Section. Each team would play the other teams in their section twice during the regular season, once at home and once away. Some fixtures were moved to a neutral venue as part of a "SuperStack" initiative, where three matches--including a local amateur club match--were played at one site, with free entry available at these festivals to help promote rugby amongst all social strata. The winner and runner-up of each section would qualify to the Quarter Finals, along with the two third-placed teams with the best records.[1] TeamsThe teams that compete in the Rugby Challenge are: {{Location map+ | South Africa | float=right | width=350 | caption=Location of teams in the Rugby ChallengeNorthern Section Central Section Southern Section | places={{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=-25.753333 | long=28.186944 | label={{Rut Blue Bulls XV}} | position=top }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=-26.104849 | long=28.213320 | label={{Rut Falcons}} | position=right }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=-26.234797 | long=27.982353 | label={{nowrap|{{Rut Golden Lions XV}}}} | position=left }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=-25.461737 | long=30.929722 | label={{Rut Pumas}} | position=right }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Blue pog.svg | lat=-22.607603 | long=17.089131 | label={{Rut Welwitschias}} }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Green pog.svg | lat=-29.117292 | long=26.208847 | label={{Rut Free State XV}} }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Green pog.svg | lat=-27.976893 | long=26.693602 | label={{Rut Griffons}} }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Green pog.svg | lat=-28.754944 | long=24.758008 | label={{Rut Griquas}} | position=left }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Green pog.svg | lat=-26.711397 | long=27.086931 | label={{Rut Leopards}} | position=left }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Green pog.svg | lat=-29.829444 | long=31.030278 | label={{Rut Sharks XV}} | position=bottom }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Red pog.svg | lat=-33.644063 | long=19.011455 | label={{Rut Boland Cavaliers}} | position=top }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Red pog.svg | lat=-33.006720 | long=27.907376 | label={{Rut Border Bulldogs}} }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Red pog.svg | lat=-33.937824 | long=25.599582 | label={{Rut Eastern Province Elephants}} }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Red pog.svg | lat=-33.953222 | long=22.447622 | label={{Rut SWD Eagles}} | position=bottom }}{{Location map~ | South Africa | mark=Red pog.svg | lat=-33.903461 | long=18.411153 | label={{Rut Western Province}} | position=left }} }}
FinalsThe results of the finals played in the Rugby Challenge competition are as follows:
See also
References1. ^{{cite press release | url=http://www.sarugby.co.za/article.aspx?category=sarugby/curriecup&id=3901474 | title=Provincial rugby gets SuperSport makeover | publisher=South African Rugby Union | date=28 February 2017 | accessdate=28 February 2017}} {{Rugby Challenge}}{{Rugby union in South Africa}}{{Top-level rugby union club competitions}} 2 : Rugby Challenge|Rugby union competitions for provincial teams |
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