1992 Currie Cup / Central Series

1992 Currie Cup / Central Series
Countries	South Africa
Date	3 April – 29 August 1992
Champions	Northern Transvaal (6th title) (Percy Frames Trophy) Western Transvaal (W.V. Simkins Trophy)
Matches played	24
← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 Currie Cup / Central Series was a rugby union competition held between the teams in the 1992 Currie Cup and 1992 Currie Cup Central A competitions, the top two tiers of the premier domestic competition in South Africa. This formed part of the 54th Currie Cup season since the competition started in 1889.

Teams

Eastern Province

Free State

Natal

Northern Transvaal

Transvaal

Western Province

Border

Eastern Transvaal

Northern Free State

Western Transvaal

Location of teams in the 1992 Currie Cup / Central Series
Currie Cup teams
Currie Cup Central A teams

1992 Currie Cup / Central Series
Border
Eastern Province
Eastern Transvaal
Free State
Natal
Northern Free State
Northern Transvaal
Transvaal
Western Province
Western Transvaal

Changes between 1991 and 1992 seasons

• Following the merger of all rugby governing bodies in South Africa, Western Province League were dissolved and Border replaced them in the Currie Cup Central A.^[1][2]

Changes between 1992 and 1993 seasons

• None

Competition

There were ten participating teams in the 1992 Currie Cup / Central Series, the six teams from the 1992 Currie Cup and the four teams from the 1992 Currie Cup Central A. These teams played the teams from the other league once over the course of the season, either at home or away. Teams received two points for a win and one points for a draw.^[3]

The Currie Cup team with the best record would win the Percy Frames Trophy, the Central A team with the best record would win the W.V. Simkins Trophy.

For the 1992 Currie Cup / Central A series, SARU introduced a handicap system, where the Currie Cup Central A sides would get a points head-start in each game. The handicaps were as follows:^[4]

1992 Currie Cup / Central A handicaps
Team	NTv	Tvl	FSt	WPr	Ntl	EPr
Western Transvaal	11	10	9	8	7	6
Northern Free State	12	11	10	9	8	7
Border	13	12	11	10	9	8
Eastern Transvaal	14	13	12	11	10	9

Log

1992 Currie Cup / Central Series — Currie Cup teams
Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Pts
1	Northern Transvaal	4	4	0	0	255	84	+171			8
2	Natal	4	4	0	0	190	50	+140			8
3	Western Province	4	4	0	0	206	85	+121			8
4	Eastern Province	4	4	0	0	105	69	+36			8
5	Transvaal	4	3	0	1	170	100	+70			6
6	Free State	4	2	0	2	117	120	–3			4
1992 Currie Cup / Central Series — Currie Cup Central teams
1	Western Transvaal	6	1	0	5	141	202	–61			2
2	Border	6	1	0	5	127	240	–113			2
3	Northern Free State	6	1	0	5	128	248	–120			2
4	Eastern Transvaal	6	0	0	6	112	353	–241			0
* Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TF = Tries For, TA = Tries Against, Pts = Log Points Points breakdown: *2 points for a win *1 point for a draw

Fixtures and Results

Round One

	3 April 1992	Northern Free State	33–21	Free State	Welkom
			Report[5]

	3 April 1992	Northern Transvaal	79–14	Eastern Transvaal	Pretoria
			Report[5]

	4 April 1992	Eastern Province	27–18	Western Transvaal	Port Elizabeth
			Report[6]

	4 April 1992	Natal	51–12	Border	Durban
			Report[7]

Bye/s: Transvaal, Western Province

Round Two

	10 April 1992	Northern Free State	14–38	Natal	Welkom
			Report[8]

	11 April 1992	Border	25–28	Transvaal	East London
			Report[9]

	11 April 1992	Eastern Transvaal	16–30	Eastern Province	Brakpan
			Report[9]

	11 April 1992	Western Province	45–24	Western Transvaal	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Report[10]

Bye/s: Free State, Northern Transvaal

Round Three

	16 May 1992	Eastern Province	22–17	Northern Free State	Port Elizabeth
			Report[11]

	16 May 1992	Western Transvaal	24–28	Free State	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Report[12]

Bye/s: Border, Eastern Transvaal, Natal, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province

Round Four

	29 May 1992	Natal	54–10	Eastern Transvaal	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
			Report[13]

	30 May 1992	Border	15–20	Western Province	East London
			Report[14]

Bye/s: Eastern Province, Free State, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Transvaal

Round Five

	12 June 1992	Northern Free State	22–36	Transvaal	Welkom
			Report[15]

	13 June 1992	Western Transvaal	24–38	Northern Transvaal	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Report[16]

Bye/s: Border, Eastern Province, Eastern Transvaal, Free State, Natal, Western Province

Round Six

	27 June 1992	Border	18–26	Eastern Province	East London
			Report[17]

	27 June 1992	Free State	41–35	Eastern Transvaal	Bloemfontein
			Report[18]

Round Seven

	11 July 1992	Eastern Transvaal	21–60	Western Province	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Report[19]

	11 July 1992	Northern Transvaal	88–29	Border	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Report[20]

Bye/s: Eastern Province, Free State, Natal, Northern Free State, Transvaal, Western Transvaal

Round Eight

	18 July 1992	Free State	27–28	Border	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
			Report[21]

Bye/s: Eastern Province, Eastern Transvaal, Natal, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal, Western Province, Western Transvaal

Round Nine

	25 July 1992	Western Province	81–25	Northern Free State	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Report[22]

	25 July 1992	Western Transvaal	14–47	Natal	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Report[23]

Bye/s: Border, Eastern Province, Eastern Transvaal, Free State, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal

Round Ten

	19 August 1992	Western Transvaal	37–17	Transvaal	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Report[24]

Bye/s: Border, Eastern Province, Eastern Transvaal, Free State, Natal, Northern Free State, Northern Transvaal, Western Province

Round Eleven

	28 August 1992	Northern Free State	17–50	Northern Transvaal	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Report[25]

	29 August 1992	Eastern Transvaal	16–89	Transvaal	Brakpan
			Report[26]

Bye/s: Border, Eastern Province, Free State, Natal, Western Province, Western Transvaal

See also

• 1992 Currie Cup
• 1992 Currie Cup Central A
• 1992 Currie Cup Central B
• 1992 Currie Cup Central / Rural Series
• 1992 Currie Cup Rural A & B
• 1992 Currie Cup Rural B
• 1992 Lion Cup

References

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