1990 Lion Cup

The 1990 Lion Cup was the eighth edition of the Lion Cup, the premier domestic rugby union knock-out competition in South Africa.

1990 Lion Cup
Countries	South Africa
Date	31 March – 28 July 1990
Champions	Northern Transvaal (2nd title)
Runners-up	Western Province
Matches played	24

Teams

All 25 South African provincial teams took part in this competition. They were ranked as follows:[1]

1990 Lion Cup teams
Group	Ranking	Team
Group A	1	Northern Transvaal
	2	Western Province
	3	Free State
	4	Transvaal
Group B	5	Natal
	6	Northern Free State
	7	Eastern Province
	8	Western Transvaal
Group C	9	Griqualand West
	10	Eastern Transvaal
	11	Vaal Triangle
	12	South Eastern Transvaal
Group D	13	Boland
	14	Eastern Free State
	15	Far North
	16	Western Province League
Group E	17	Border
	18	North Eastern Cape
	19	South Western Districts
	20	Northern Natal
Group F	21	Stellaland
	22	Lowveld
	23	Winelands
	24	North Western Cape
	25	South African Rugby Association

Competition

This competition was a knock-out competition. The 25 teams were divided into six groups of four teams (with a fifth team in Group F). The teams ranked 24 and 25 played each other in the Qualifying Round with the winner advancing to Round One. In Round One, the teams from Group C played against the teams in Group E, while the teams in Group D played against the teams in Group F. In Round Two, the winners of the eight Round One ties played against each other for a place in Round Three. The winners of the four Round Two matches then joined teams in Group B for Round Three, with the winning teams progressing to the Quarter Finals (where they were joined by the teams from Group A), followed by Semi-Finals and the Final.[2]

Fixtures and Results

The fixtures were as follows:[3][4][5][6]

Qualifying Round

	20 March 1990	South African Rugby Association	24–7	North Western Cape	Welkom
			Report[7]

Round One

	31 March 1990	Border	9–18	Eastern Transvaal	East London
			Report[8]

	31 March 1990	Lowveld	18–40	Boland	Nelspruit
			Report[9]

	31 March 1990	North Eastern Cape	22–4	Vaal Triangle	Cradock
			Report[8]

	31 March 1990	Northern Natal	19–12	South Eastern Transvaal	Newcastle
			Report[8]

	31 March 1990	South Western Districts	19–37	Griqualand West	Mossel Bay
			Report[9]

	31 March 1990	Stellaland	16–50	Western Province League	Lichtenburg
			Report[9]

	31 March 1990	Winelands	15–20	Far North	Wellington
			Report[9]

	2 April 1990	Eastern Free State	15–21	South African Rugby Association	Welkom
			Report[10]

Bye/s: Eastern Province, Free State, Natal, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province, Western Transvaal

Round Two

	6 April 1990	Boland	19–22	Eastern Transvaal	Wellington
			Report[11]

	6 April 1990	North Eastern Cape	22–34	Far North	Cradock
			Report[12]

	6 April 1990	Northern Natal	13–33	Western Province League	Newcastle
			Report[13]

	9 April 1990	Griqualand West	31–0	South African Rugby Association	Kimberley
			Report[14]

Bye/s: Eastern Province, Free State, Natal, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province, Western Transvaal

Round Three

	21 April 1990	Eastern Transvaal	15–49	Western Transvaal	Springs
			Report[15]

	21 April 1990	Far North	13–9	Northern Free State	Pietersburg
			Report[15]

	21 April 1990	Griqualand West	9–45	Natal	Kimberley
			Report[15]

	21 April 1990	Western Province League	10–15	Eastern Province	Paarl
			Report[16]

Bye/s: Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province

Quarter Finals

	30 June 1990	Natal	43–6	Free State	Durban
			Report[17]

	30 June 1990	Northern Transvaal	37–12	Far North	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Report[18]

	30 June 1990	Transvaal	20–6	Eastern Province	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
			Report[19]

	30 June 1990	Western Transvaal	10–31	Western Province	Potchefstroom
			Report[20]

Semi-Finals

	7 July 1990	Northern Transvaal	15–10	Transvaal	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Report[21]

	7 July 1990	Western Province	27–21	Natal	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Report[22]

Final

	28 July 1990	Northern Transvaal	25–12	Western Province	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Report[23]

See also

• 1990 Currie Cup Division A
• 1990 Currie Cup Division B
• 1990 Santam Bank Trophy

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