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ABSA Currie Cup
[2018 Currie Cup] Round 1 - (17 August 2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="unrated" data-source="post: 913981" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p>You can look at it like this:</p><p>Each Super rugby team has Currie Cup equivalent. But not every Currie Cup team has a Super rugby or Pro 14 equivalent.</p><p></p><p>Sharks in super rugby = Sharks in Currie cup</p><p>Lions in Super rugby = Golden Lions in the Currie Cup</p><p>Stormers in Super rugby = Western Province in Currie cup</p><p>Cheetahs in pro 14 = Free state Cheetahs in Currie cup (the difference here is that with the super rugby teams they can basically play the exact same team in the Currie cup without their Springboks but as the Pro 14 is the same time as Currie cup you can expect two different Cheetah teams in the competitions with small movement here and there)</p><p>Bulls in Super rugby = Blue Bulls in Currie Cup</p><p></p><p>Then we obviously have the other Currie cup sides who does not have a Super Rugby of Pro 14 equivalent. They then negotiate deals with the Super rugby franchises to send their best players to whatever Franchise. But i dont think the unions are still contractually linked to the Super rugby franchises and with that i mean that a team such as the Pumas can sen some of their guys to the lions during Super rugby and others to the Bulls or Sharks, same goes for the Griquas. Its up to the player to decide which franchise he wants to play for (If they actually want him) But at the end of the day the Sharks, Bulls, lions, and WP will look 90% similar to the Super rugby sides.</p><p></p><p>So obviously WP supporters will support the Stormers in Super rugby but thats not to say that cavaliers supporters will do the same. They are free to choose any team they wish as only a few of their players will play for the Stormers the thing is though that because they are so geographically close and they will most likely support the Super rugby team representing their Province.</p><p></p><p>I dont even think that the Sharks are playing with any players contracted to other unions. Every player as far as i know who played for the Sharks in Super rugbyis either now playing for the Currie cup side, the Springboks or for a Japanese club.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unrated, post: 913981, member: 45773"] You can look at it like this: Each Super rugby team has Currie Cup equivalent. But not every Currie Cup team has a Super rugby or Pro 14 equivalent. Sharks in super rugby = Sharks in Currie cup Lions in Super rugby = Golden Lions in the Currie Cup Stormers in Super rugby = Western Province in Currie cup Cheetahs in pro 14 = Free state Cheetahs in Currie cup (the difference here is that with the super rugby teams they can basically play the exact same team in the Currie cup without their Springboks but as the Pro 14 is the same time as Currie cup you can expect two different Cheetah teams in the competitions with small movement here and there) Bulls in Super rugby = Blue Bulls in Currie Cup Then we obviously have the other Currie cup sides who does not have a Super Rugby of Pro 14 equivalent. They then negotiate deals with the Super rugby franchises to send their best players to whatever Franchise. But i dont think the unions are still contractually linked to the Super rugby franchises and with that i mean that a team such as the Pumas can sen some of their guys to the lions during Super rugby and others to the Bulls or Sharks, same goes for the Griquas. Its up to the player to decide which franchise he wants to play for (If they actually want him) But at the end of the day the Sharks, Bulls, lions, and WP will look 90% similar to the Super rugby sides. So obviously WP supporters will support the Stormers in Super rugby but thats not to say that cavaliers supporters will do the same. They are free to choose any team they wish as only a few of their players will play for the Stormers the thing is though that because they are so geographically close and they will most likely support the Super rugby team representing their Province. I dont even think that the Sharks are playing with any players contracted to other unions. Every player as far as i know who played for the Sharks in Super rugbyis either now playing for the Currie cup side, the Springboks or for a Japanese club. [/QUOTE]
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