2007 Vodacom Cup

The 2007 Vodacom Cup was the 10th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions.

2007 Vodacom Cup
Champions	Griquas
Matches played	49

Competition

There were 14 teams participating in the 2007 Vodacom Cup competition. These teams were geographically divided into two sections - the Northern Section and the Southern Section, each with seven teams. Teams would play all the other teams in their section once over the course of the season, either at home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top four teams in each section qualified for the play-offs. In the quarter finals, the teams that finished first in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished fourth in the other section and the teams that finished second in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished third in the other section. The winners of these quarter finals then played each other in the semi-finals, with the higher placed team having home advantage. The two semi-final winners then met in the final.

Teams

Boland Cavaliers

Border Bulldogs

Falcons

Free State Cheetahs

Golden Lions

Griffons

Leopards

Mighty Elephants

Natal Wildebeest

SWD Eagles

Blue Bulls

Western Province

Griquas

Pumas

Location of teams in 2007 Vodacom Cup
Northern Section
Southern Section

Changes from 2006

• The single pool was scrapped and all teams were geographically divided into two sections.

Team Listing

The following teams took part in the 2007 Vodacom Cup competition:

Northern Section
Team	Stadium/s
Falcons	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
	John Vorster Stadium, Nigel
Golden Lions	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
	Rand Leases Sports Ground, Roodepoort
	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
Griffons	North West Stadium, Welkom
Leopards	Santam Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
Pumas	Witbank Mica Stadium, Witbank
Blue Bulls	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	Eersterust
Griquas	Griqua Park, Kimberley
	Jumbo Harris Stadium, Beeshoek

Southern Section
Team	Stadium/s
Boland Cavaliers	Boland Stadium, Wellington
	King Edward Stadium, Montagu
Border Bulldogs	Absa Stadium, East London
Mighty Elephants	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	Mickey Yili Stadium, Grahamstown
Free State Cheetahs	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
	Seisa Ramabodu Stadium, Botshabelo
Natal Wildebeest	Absa Stadium, Durban
	Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg
SWD Eagles	Outeniqua Park, George
	Riverville Stadium, Riversdale
Western Province	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
	Florida Park, Parow

Tables

Northern Section

2007 Vodacom Cup Northern Section Table
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Griquas	6	5	0	1	200	99	+101	24	13	3	1	24
2	Blue Bulls	6	5	0	1	184	104	+80	24	13	3	0	23
3	Pumas	6	3	0	3	172	141	+31	24	15	3	1	16
4	Leopards	6	3	0	3	159	144	+15	20	19	3	1	16
5	Falcons	6	3	0	3	137	134	+3	18	14	1	2	15
6	Golden Lions	6	2	0	4	137	234	-97	19	31	3	0	11
7	Griffons	6	0	0	6	104	237	-133	11	35	0	2	2
The top 4 teams qualified for the Quarter Finals. 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

Southern Section

2007 Vodacom Cup Southern Section Table
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Western Province	6	6	0	0	214	100	+114	28	13	4	0	28
2	Free State Cheetahs	6	3	0	3	166	132	+34	21	15	3	2	17
3	Boland Cavaliers	6	3	0	3	178	155	+23	22	20	3	1	16
4	Mighty Elephants	6	3	0	3	157	174	-17	20	23	3	1	16
5	Natal Wildebeest	6	3	0	3	142	129	+13	18	13	1	1	14
6	SWD Eagles	6	2	0	4	135	165	-30	18	22	1	1	10
7	Border Bulldogs	6	1	0	5	93	230	-137	10	31	0	0	4
The top 4 teams qualified for the Quarter Finals. 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

Round One

2007-02-23

Griffons	13 - 17	Falcons
	Scoreboard[1]

North West Stadium, Welkom

2007-02-23

Griquas	31 - 21	Leopards
	Scoreboard[2]

Griqua Park, Kimberley

2007-02-24

Pumas	38 - 10	Golden Lions
	Scoreboard[3]

Witbank Mica Stadium, Witbank

Round Two

2007-03-02

Blue Bulls	56 - 15	Griffons
	Scoreboard[4]

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

2007-03-03

Leopards	38 - 21	Pumas
	Scoreboard[5]

Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom

2007-03-03

Falcons	24 - 19	Griquas
	Scoreboard[6]

John Vorster Stadium, Nigel

Round Three

2007-03-09

Griquas	20 - 3	Blue Bulls
	Scoreboard[7]

Griqua Park, Kimberley

2007-03-10

Pumas	29 - 23	Falcons
	Scoreboard[8]

Witbank Mica Stadium, Witbank

2007-03-10

Golden Lions	27 - 25	Leopards
	Scoreboard[9]

Rand Leases Sports Ground, Roodepoort

Round Four

2007-03-16

Griffons	19 - 54	Griquas
	Scoreboard[10]

North West Stadium, Welkom

2007-03-16

Falcons	40 - 30	Golden Lions
	Scoreboard[11]

Bosman Stadium, Brakpan

2007-03-17

Blue Bulls	25 - 24	Pumas
	Scoreboard[12]

LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria

Round Five

2007-03-23

Pumas	43 - 16	Griffons
	Scoreboard[13]

Witbank Mica Stadium, Witbank

2007-03-24

Leopards	26 - 25	Falcons
	Scoreboard[14]

Santam Olën Park, Potchefstroom

2007-03-24

Golden Lions	17 - 51	Blue Bulls
	Scoreboard[15]

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Round Six

2007-03-30

Blue Bulls	32 - 20	Leopards
	Scoreboard[16]

Eersterust

2007-03-31

Griffons	33 - 38	Golden Lions
	Scoreboard[17]

North West Stadium, Welkom

2007-03-31

Griquas	29 - 17	Pumas
	Scoreboard[18]

Jumbo Harris Stadium, Beeshoek

Round Seven

2007-04-13

Falcons	8 - 17	Blue Bulls
	Scoreboard[19]

Bosman Stadium, Brakpan

2007-04-14

Golden Lions	15 - 47	Griquas
	Scoreboard[20]

Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg

2007-04-14

Leopards	29 - 8	Griffons
	Scoreboard[21]

Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom

Round One

2007-02-23

Natal Wildebeest	24 - 16	Boland Cavaliers
	Scoreboard[22]

Absa Stadium, Durban

2007-02-23

Border Bulldogs	15 - 23	Free State Cheetahs
	Scoreboard[23]

Absa Stadium, East London

2007-02-24

Mighty Elephants	44 - 24	SWD Eagles
	Scoreboard[24]

Mickey Yili Stadium, Grahamstown

Round Two

2007-03-02

Free State Cheetahs	47 - 8	Mighty Elephants
	Scoreboard[25]

Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

2007-03-03

SWD Eagles	25 - 16	Natal Wildebeest
	Scoreboard[26]

Outeniqua Park, George

2007-03-03

Western Province	51 - 21	Border Bulldogs
	Scoreboard[27]

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

Round Three

2007-03-09

Natal Wildebeest	24 - 21	Free State Cheetahs
	Scoreboard[28]

Woodburn Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

2007-03-09

Mighty Elephants	5 - 46	Western Province
	Scoreboard[29]

EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth

2007-03-10

Boland Cavaliers	36 - 17	SWD Eagles
	Scoreboard[30]

King Edward Stadium, Montagu

Round Four

2007-03-16

Border Bulldogs	31 - 25	Mighty Elephants
	Scoreboard[31]

Absa Stadium, East London

2007-03-17

Free State Cheetahs	27 - 36	Boland Cavaliers
	Scoreboard[32]

Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

2007-03-17

Western Province	19 - 13	Natal Wildebeest
	Scoreboard[33]

Florida Park, Parow

Round Five

2007-03-24

Natal Wildebeest	65 - 3	Border Bulldogs
	Scoreboard[34]

Absa Stadium, Durban

2007-03-24

SWD Eagles	24 - 30	Free State Cheetahs
	Scoreboard[35]

Riverville Stadium, Riversdale

2007-03-24

Boland Cavaliers	24 - 37	Western Province
	Scoreboard[36]

Boland Stadium, Wellington

Round Six

2007-03-30

Border Bulldogs	20 - 40	Boland Cavaliers
	Scoreboard[37]

Absa Stadium, East London

2007-03-31

Mighty Elephants	45 - 0	Natal Wildebeest
	Scoreboard[38]

EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth

2007-03-31

Western Province	36 - 19	SWD Eagles
	Scoreboard[39]

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

Round Seven

2007-04-13

SWD Eagles	26 - 3	Border Bulldogs
	Scoreboard[40]

Outeniqua Park, George

2007-04-14

Free State Cheetahs	18 - 25	Western Province
	Scoreboard[41]

Seisa Ramabodu Stadium, Botshabelo

2007-04-14

Boland Cavaliers	26 - 30	Mighty Elephants
	Scoreboard[42]

Boland Stadium, Wellington

Quarter Finals

2007-04-20

Free State Cheetahs	30 - 33	Pumas
	Scoreboard[43]

Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

2007-04-20

Blue Bulls	43 - 27	Boland Cavaliers
	Scoreboard[44]

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

2007-04-21

Western Province	14 - 30	Leopards
	Scoreboard[45]

Newlands Stadium, Cape Town

2007-04-21

Griquas	53 - 19	Mighty Elephants
	Scoreboard[46]

Griqua Park, Kimberley

Semi-Finals

2007-04-27

Blue Bulls	32 - 25	Leopards
	Scoreboard[47]

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

2007-04-28

Griquas	46 - 26	Pumas
	Scoreboard[48]

Griqua Park, Kimberley

Final

2007-05-04

Griquas	33 - 29	Blue Bulls
	Scoreboard[49]

Griqua Park, Kimberley

Winners

2007 Vodacom Cup

CHAMPIONS

Griquas

3rd title

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