The Middelburg Tigers are a

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

n professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

club based in

Middelburg, Mpumalanga Middelburg is a large farming and industrial town in the South African province of Mpumalanga. History It was initially established as a halfway station between Lydenburg and Pretoria by the Republic of Lydenburg in 1860. That republic would merg ...

. The first competed in the 2011-12 season representing the ''Mpumalanga Panthers'', with the

Ermelo Tomahawks Ermelo may also refer to: * Ermelo, Mpumalanga, town in South Africa *Ermelo, Netherlands, a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. * , parish in Arcos de Valdevez Municipality, Portugal * , parish in Mondim de Ba ...

at the time. In the 2013-14 season, they became the runners-up to the

TUKS Rugby League Tuks Rugby League Football Club is a South African rugby league football club based at the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, Gauteng. They compete in the Rhino Cup as ''TUKS Reds'' and in the Protea Cup as the ''TUKS Blues''. They have won ...

club.

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* {{Rugby League in South Africa Rugby league in South Africa Rugby league teams Rugby clubs established in 2005

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