The 2002 Currie Cup was the 2002 season of the

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n domestic

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

competition, the Absa

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

premier division, played from 19 July 2002 – 26 October 2002. The finals were played at

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where the

Blue Bulls The Blue Bulls (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vodacom Blue Bulls) is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by the Blue Bulls Rugby Union and are based at Loftus Versfe ...

beat the

Golden Lions The Golden Lions (currently known as the Sigma Golden Lions for sponsorship reasons) is a South African professional rugby union team based in Johannesburg who compete in the annual Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge. The team is governed by the ...

31–7 to win the Cup. This would be the first win for the Blue Bulls in a streak of 3 consecutive Currie Cup wins from 2002-2004. South African pay TV channel SuperSport obtained exclusive rights to broadcast the 2002 Currie Cup. The public broadcaster, the

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could only begin broadcasting the matches 2 hours after SuperSport began their broadcast.

Qualification

The final log of the 2002 Currie Cup qualification series: The following matches were played in the 2002 Currie Cup qualification series:

Section X

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Section Y

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Log

The final log of the 2002 Currie Cup Top 8 series:

Currie Cup Top 8

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Semifinals

Grand final

Final squads

References

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