Absa Currie Cup fixtures: find them here
Check out the fixtures for this year's Absa Currie Cup.
EXCITEMENT has slowly been growing since the fixtures were announced by the by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) in March.
Rugby fans are urged to get their biltong and braai tongs ready for Friday, 8 August for the first premier division match at 7.10pm.
The entire fixture schedule can be found below:
August
Friday, 8 – Eastern Province Kings vs Western Province at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth at 7.10pm
Saturday, 9 – Griquas vs Sharks at GWK Park, Kimberley 3pm
Saturday, 9 – Golden Lions vs Blue Bulls at the Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg at 5.05pm
Saturday, 9 – Pumas vs Free State Cheetahs at the Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit 7.10pm
Friday, 15 – Sharks vs Pumas at Kings Park Stadium, Durban 7.10pm
Saturday, 16 – Golden Lions vs Eastern Province Kings at the Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg*
Saturday, 16 – Free State Cheetahs vs Griquas at the Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein*
Saturday, 16 – Western Province vs Blue Bulls at Newlands, Cape Town at 2pm
Friday, 22 – Pumas vs Griquas at the Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit at 7.10pm
Saturday, 23 – Blue Bulls vs Eastern Province Kings at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria 3pm
Saturday, 23 – Western Province vs Golden Lions at Newlands, Cape Town 5.05pm
Saturday, 23 – Sharks vs Free State Cheetahs at the Kings Park Stadium, Durban 7.10pm
Friday, 29 – Pumas vs Sharks at the Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit at 7.10pm
Saturday, 30 – Griquas vs Free State Cheetahs at GWK Park, Kimberley at 3pm
Saturday, 30 – Blue Bulls vs Western Province at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 5.05pm
Saturday, 30 – Eastern Province Kings vs Golden Lions at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth at 7.10pm
September
Friday, 5 – Western Province vs Eastern Province Kings at the Newlands stadium, Cape Town at 7.10pm.
Saturday, 6 – Free State Cheetahs vs Pumas at the Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein at 3pm.
Saturday, 6 – Sharks vs Griquas at the Kings Park stadium, Durban at 5.05pm.
Saturday, 6 – Blue Bulls vs Golden Lions at the Loftus Versfeld stadium, Pretoria at 7.10pm.
Friday, 12 – Eastern Province Kings vs Blue Bulls at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth at 7.10pm.
Saturday, 13 – Griquas v Pumas at GWK Park, Kimberley *
Saturday, 13 – Free State Cheetahs vs Sharks at the Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein at3pm.
Saturday, 13 – Golden Lions vs Western Province at Ellis Park, Johannesburg at 5.05pm
Friday, 19 – Golden Lions vs Pumas at Ellis Park, Johannesburg at 7.10pm.
Saturday, 20 – Eastern Province Kings vs Free State Cheetahs at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth *
Saturday, 20 – Western Province vs Griquas at the Newlands stadium, Cape Town at 3pm.
Saturday, 20 – Blue Bulls vs Sharks at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 5.05pm
Friday, 26 – Free State Cheetahs vs Blue Bulls at the Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein at 7.10pm.
Saturday, 27 – Pumas vs Western Province at the Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit *
Saturday, 27 – Griquas vs Golden Lions at GWK Park, Kimberley *
Saturday, 27 – Sharks vs Eastern Province Kings at Kings Park, Durban at 2pm.
October
Saturday, 4 – Pumas vs Blue Bulls at Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit *
Saturday, 4 – Griquas vs Eastern Province Kings at GWK Park, Kimberley *
Saturday, 4 – Free State Cheetahs vs Western Province at the Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein at 2pm.
Saturday, 4 – Sharks vs Golden Lions at Kings Park, Durban at 7.10pm.
Friday, 10 – Blue Bulls vs Griquas at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 7.10pm.
Saturday, 11 – Eastern Province Kings vs Pumas at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth *
Saturday, 11 – Western Province vs Sharks at Newlands, Cape Town 5.05pm
Saturday, 11 – Golden Lions vs Free State Cheetahs at Ellis Park, Johannesburg 7.10pm.
Saturday, 18 – Qualifier vs Qualifier TBC, TBC.
Saturday, 18 – Qualifier vs Qualifier TBC, TBC.
Saturday, 25 – Qualifier vs Qualifier TBC, TBC.
* Times to be announced.