The 2025 SA Cup was the second edition of this annual domestic rugby union cup competition. The SA Cup is played between provincial teams in South Africa and the competition serves as qualification to the Currie Cup Premier Division and Currie Cup First Division respectively."Currie Cup gets new window in major revamp for local season", sarugby.co.za, 3 March 2025
Danrich Visagie top scored in the tournament with 112 points and Gurshwin Wehr scored 15 tries."Airlink Pumas Claim Maiden SA Cup Title with Dominant Win Over Suzuki Griquas", https://southafricatoday.net, 25 May 2025
Competition 10 teams participated in the 2025 SA Cup, as in 2024. The top four teams qualified to join the four United Rugby Championship teams in the 2025 Currie Cup Premier Division and the remaining six teams battled it out for the 2025 Currie Cup First Division title.
Standings 2025 SA CupTeamPWDLPFPAPDTFTAPts Pumas 9 9 0 0 543 192 351 81 25 45 Griquas 9 8 0 1 533 184 349 80 26 42 Free State Cheetahs 9 6 0 3 502 227 275 77 30 34 9 5 0 4 413 232 181 59 33 32 9 6 0 3 337 350 −13 48 51 30 9 4 0 5 354 307 47 53 44 26 9 4 0 5 252 327 −75 34 46 21 9 2 0 7 150 505 −355 19 77 10 9 1 0 8 202 474 −272 29 70 8 9 0 0 9 142 630 −488 18 96 3 Green background (rows 1 to 2) indicates qualification places for the SA Cup grand final and 2026 Currie Cup Premier Division. Blue background (rows 3 to 4) indicates other teams qualified for the 2026 Currie Cup Premier Division. Plain background (row 5-10) indicates other teams qualified for the 2026 Currie Cup First Division. Source = springboks.rugby
Teams
Fixtures and results
Regular season
Round one
https://rugby365.com/countries/south-africa/early-pacesetters-in-currie-cup-race/
Round two
https://www.springboks.rugby/news-features/articles/2025/03/16/three-teams-remain-unbeaten-in-the-sa-cup/
Round three
https://www.sarugby.co.za/news-features/articles/2025/03/23/leading-trio-tighten-grip-on-sa-cup-as-valke-and-ep-soar/
Round four
https://www.sarugby.co.za/news-features/articles/2025/03/30/cheetahs-and-boland-return-to-winning-ways-in-sa-cup/
Round five
https://www.sarugby.co.za/news-features/articles/2025/04/06/cheetahs-clinch-free-state-derby-to-move-into-sa-cup-top-four/
Round six
https://www.sarugby.co.za/news-features/articles/2025/04/13/cheetahs-kavaliers-and-valke-make-strides-in-sa-cup-race/
Round seven
https://rugby365.com/tournaments/currie-cup/pumas-go-top-as-sa-cup-top-four-race-heats-up/
Round eight
https://www.sarugby.co.za/news-features/articles/2025/05/04/three-teams-chase-last-sa-cup-semi-final-spot/
Round nine
https://www.springboks.rugby/news-features/articles/2025/05/10/boland-lock-down-last-qualifying-spot-in-sa-cup/
Semi-finals
Grand Final
Pumas: FB 15 Tino Swanepoel RW 14 Lundi Msenge OC 13 Sango Xamlashe IC 12 Wian van Niekerk LW 11 Darren Adonis FH 10 Danrich Visagie SH 9 Ross Braude N8 8 Willie Engelbrecht BF 7 Ruwald van der Merwe OF 6 Ntsika Fisanti RL 5 Jeandré Leonard LL 4 Heinz Bertram TP 3 Sampie Swiegers HK 2 Eduan Swart LP 1 Etienne Janeke Substitutes: HK 16 Darnell Osuagwu PR 17 Stephan de Jager PR 18 Dewald Maritz BR 19 Kwanda Dimaza BR 20 André Fouche FH 21 Clinton Swart CE 22 Jay-Cee Nel FB 23 Stefan Coetzee Coach: Jimmy StonehouseGriquas: FB 15 Cameron Hufke RW 14 Dylan Maart OC 13 Zane Bester IC 12 Mnombo Zwelendaba LW 11 Gurshwin Wehr FH 10 George Whitehead SH 9 Thomas Bursey N8 8 Gustav Erlank BF 7 Marco de Witt OF 6 Lourens Oosthuizen RL 5 Albert Liebenberg LL 4 Dylan Sjoblom TP 3 Cebo Dlamini HK 2 Janco Uys LP 1 Leon Lyons Substitutes: HK 16 Gustav du Rand PR 17 Eddie Davids PR 18 Junior Banda LK 19 Athenkosi Khethani BR 20 Phumzile Maqondwana SH 21 Bobby Alexander CE 22 Tyler Sefoor CE 23 Tom Nel Coach: Pieter Bergh Assistant Referees:
Television match official:
See also Rugby union in South Africa Currie Cup Mzanzi Challenge SuperSport Rugby Challenge Vodacom Cup Bankfin Nite Series
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