The 2019 Rugby Challenge – known as the SuperSport Rugby Challenge for sponsorship reasons – was the 2019 season of the
Rugby Challenge, the secondary domestic
rugby union
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competition in South Africa. It was the third edition of the competition organised by the
South African Rugby Union
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and was played between 27 April and 22 June 2019. There were sixteen teams participating in the competition; the fourteen provincial unions, plus n side the and the
Zimbabwe Academy. These teams were divided into two sections, with eight teams playing in each of the North Section and the South Section.
Competition rules and information
Each team in the competition played the other teams in their section once during the pool stage, either at home or away. The top two teams in each section will progress to the
semifinals
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, with the two semifinal winners meeting in the
final
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.
Teams
The teams that competed in the 2019 Rugby Challenge are:
North Section
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* The and qualified for the
semifinals
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
.
Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.
Matches
Round One
Round Two
Round Three
Round Four
Round Five
Round Six
Round Seven
South Section
Log
* The and qualified for the
semifinals
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
.
Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.
Matches
Round One
Round Two
Round Three
Round Four
Round Five
Round Six
Round Seven
Title play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Honours
The honour roll for the 2019 Rugby Challenge was as follows:
Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2019 Rugby Challenge:
See also
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2019 Currie Cup Premier Division
The 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 81st edition of the top tier of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. DirectAxis Financial Services was the tournament sponsor. It was organised by the South Afr ...
*
2019 Currie Cup First Division
Notes
References
External links
SARU website
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