2014 Currie Cup Premier Division

The 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 76th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 9 August to 25 October 2014. The tournament (known as the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition.

Competition
There was eight participating teams in the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division. A proposed expansion to eight teams was initially rejected, but was then subsequently approved on 13 February 2014.

Qualification
The six franchise 'anchor' teams plus the automatically qualified to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division, plus the winner of a qualifying tournament between the other seven teams.

Regular season and title playoffs
The eight teams were divided into two sections, based on their 2013 positions. Teams in each section played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. Teams also played cross-section matches, playing one match (either home or away) against the teams in the other sections.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.

Relegation playoffs
Non-franchise teams finishing in the bottom two would be included in the qualification rounds for the following season.

Attendances
The following attendance figures were published at the end of the season:

Log
The final log of the round-robin stage of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division is:

Fixtures and results
The fixtures for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division were released on 11 March 2014:

Player statistics
The following table contain points which have been scored in the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division:

Squad Lists
The following players have been named in the squads for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division:

Forwards

Backs
 * Jacques du Plessis
 * Jacques Engelbrecht
 * Dean Greyling
 * Grant Hattingh
 * Nico Janse van Rensburg
 * Werner Kruger
 * Wiaan Liebenberg
 * Bandise Maku
 * Bongi Mbonambi
 * Morné Mellett
 * Jono Ross
 * Basil Short
 * Deon Stegmann
 * Marcel van der Merwe
 * Hencus van Wyk
 * Callie Visagie
 * Paul Willemse
 * Did not play:
 * Arno Botha
 * Irné Herbst
 * Frik Kirsten
 * Victor Matfield
 * Marvin Orie
 * Juan Schoeman
 * Roelof Smit
 * Pierre Spies
 * Flip van der Merwe
 * Nardus van der Walt
 * Jaco Visagie

Coach
 * Bjorn Basson
 * Ulrich Beyers
 * JJ Engelbrecht
 * Tony Jantjies
 * Jesse Kriel
 * Sampie Mastriet
 * Akona Ndungane
 * Ryan Nell
 * Burger Odendaal
 * Rudy Paige
 * Handré Pollard
 * Jacques-Louis Potgieter
 * Tian Schoeman
 * William Small-Smith
 * Joshua Stander
 * Jamba Ulengo
 * Piet van Zyl
 * Jurgen Visser
 * Did not play:
 * Francois Hougaard
 * Travis Ismaiel
 * Lohan Jacobs
 * Jan Serfontein
 * Dries Swanepoel


 * Frans Ludeke

Forwards

Backs
 * Tim Agaba
 * Thembelani Bholi
 * Tom Botha
 * David Bulbring
 * Steve Cummins
 * Aidon Davis
 * Albé de Swardt
 * Charl du Plessis
 * Martin Ferreira
 * Lizo Gqoboka
 * Simon Kerrod
 * Cameron Lindsay
 * Charles Marais
 * Edgar Marutlulle
 * Shaun McDonald
 * Darron Nell
 * Devin Oosthuizen
 * Paul Schoeman
 * Steven Sykes
 * BG Uys
 * CJ van der Linde
 * Michael van Vuuren
 * Luke Watson
 * Stefan Willemse
 * Did not play:
 * Brenden Olivier
 * Dane van der Westhuyzen

Coach
 * Tobie Botes
 * Ronnie Cooke
 * Ntabeni Dukisa
 * Shane Gates
 * Siyanda Grey
 * Jaco Grobler
 * Dwayne Jenner
 * Kevin Luiters
 * Siviwe Soyizwapi
 * Gary van Aswegen
 * Scott van Breda
 * George Whitehead
 * Tim Whitehead
 * Did not play:
 * Enrico Acker
 * Eben Barnard
 * Hansie Graaff
 * Paul Perez
 * Sergeal Petersen
 * Marlou van Niekerk


 * Carlos Spencer

Forwards

Backs
 * Dolph Botha
 * Tienie Burger
 * Neil Claassen
 * Jean Cook
 * Luan de Bruin
 * Lood de Jager
 * Brendon Groenewald
 * Vince Jobo
 * Lappies Labuschagné
 * AJ le Roux
 * Hercú Liebenberg
 * Werner Lourens
 * George Marich
 * Oupa Mohojé
 * Trevor Nyakane
 * Caylib Oosthuizen
 * Coenie Oosthuizen
 * Boom Prinsloo
 * Bees Roux
 * Kevin Stevens
 * Francois Uys
 * Torsten van Jaarsveld
 * Henco Venter
 * Waltie Vermeulen
 * Carl Wegner
 * Did not play:
 * Peet Coetzee
 * Jacques du Toit
 * Freddy Ngoza
 * Adriaan Strauss

Coach
 * Rayno Benjamin
 * Clayton Blommetjies
 * AJ Coertzen
 * Pieter-Steyn de Wet
 * Maphutha Dolo
 * JP du Plessis
 * Willie du Plessis
 * Joubert Engelbrecht
 * Sarel Pretorius
 * Raymond Rhule
 * Francois Venter
 * Shaun Venter
 * Elgar Watts
 * Did not play:
 * Renier Botha
 * Cornal Hendricks
 * Verner Horn
 * Henry Immelman
 * Cameron Jacobs
 * Tertius Kruger
 * Willie le Roux
 * Nico Lee
 * Marco Mason


 * Rory Duncan

Forwards

Backs
 * Willie Britz
 * Robbie Coetzee
 * Ruan Dreyer
 * Jaco Kriel
 * MB Lusaseni
 * Malcolm Marx
 * Derick Minnie
 * Franco Mostert
 * Martin Muller
 * Julian Redelinghuys
 * Kwagga Smith
 * Warwick Tecklenburg
 * Akker van der Merwe
 * Schalk van der Merwe
 * Jacques van Rooyen
 * Chris van Zyl
 * Willie Wepener
 * Warren Whiteley
 * Did not play:
 * Fabian Booysen
 * Cyle Brink
 * Stephan de Wit
 * Lambert Groenewald
 * Ruaan Lerm
 * Tyson Mulamba
 * Mark Pretorius
 * Dylan Smith
 * Schalk van Heerden

Coach
 * Marnitz Boshoff
 * Andries Coetzee
 * Ruan Combrinck
 * Guy Cronjé
 * Ross Cronjé
 * Stokkies Hanekom
 * Alwyn Hollenbach
 * Lionel Mapoe
 * Howard Mnisi
 * Mark Richards
 * Ricky Schroeder
 * Courtnall Skosan
 * Jaco van der Walt
 * Harold Vorster
 * Did not play:
 * Michael Bondesio
 * Robert de Bruyn
 * Lloyd Greeff
 * Deon Helberg
 * Lohan Jacobs
 * Ruhan Nel
 * Deon van Rensburg
 * Anthony Volmink
 * Vainon Willis


 * Johan Ackermann

Forwards

Backs
 * Jonathan Adendorf
 * Ryno Barnes
 * Martin Bezuidenhout
 * Wesley Cloete
 * Carel Greeff
 * Hugo Kloppers
 * Ruaan Lerm
 * RJ Liebenberg
 * Hilton Lobberts
 * Jaco Nepgen
 * Steph Roberts
 * Burger Schoeman
 * Marnus Schoeman
 * Boela Serfontein
 * Ewald van der Westhuizen
 * Maks van Dyk
 * Janro van Niekerk
 * Wendal Wehr
 * Simon Westraadt
 * Did not play:
 * Stephan Greeff
 * Luxolo Koza
 * Justin Pappin
 * Stephan Pretorius

Coach
 * Ederies Arendse
 * Francois Brummer
 * Danie Dames
 * Johnathan Francke
 * Dean Grant
 * Abrie Griesel
 * Jacquin Jansen
 * Rocco Jansen
 * Dustin Jinka
 * Doppies la Grange
 * Niel Marais
 * Tian Meyer
 * Gouws Prinsloo
 * Nico Scheepers
 * Marais Schmidt
 * Wayne Stevens
 * Rudi van Rooyen
 * PJ Vermeulen
 * Did not play:
 * Logan Basson
 * Howard Mnisi
 * Sandile Ngcobo
 * Reohn van Zyl


 * Hawies Fourie

Forwards

Backs
 * Lourens Adriaanse
 * JC Astle
 * Jacques Botes
 * Dale Chadwick
 * Kyle Cooper
 * Thomas du Toit
 * Monde Hadebe
 * Wiehan Hay
 * Francois Kleinhans
 * Stephan Lewies
 * Khaya Majola
 * Franco Marais
 * Johan Meyer
 * Danie Mienie
 * Tera Mtembu
 * Etienne Oosthuizen
 * Matt Stevens
 * Marco Wentzel
 * Did not play:
 * Willem Alberts
 * Marcell Coetzee
 * Bismarck du Plessis
 * Jannie du Plessis
 * Pieter-Steph du Toit
 * Ryan Kankowski
 * Tendai Mtawarira

Coach
 * Tonderai Chavhanga
 * Lionel Cronjé
 * André Esterhuizen
 * Conrad Hoffmann
 * Paul Jordaan
 * Patrick Lambie
 * SP Marais
 * Lwazi Mvovo
 * Odwa Ndungane
 * Cobus Reinach
 * S'bura Sithole
 * Tim Swiel
 * Jaco van Tonder
 * Hanco Venter
 * Heimar Williams
 * Cameron Wright
 * Fred Zeilinga
 * Did not play:
 * Tyler Fisher
 * Sizo Maseko
 * JP Pietersen
 * François Steyn
 * Stefan Ungerer


 * Brad McLeod-Henderson

Forwards

Backs
 * Renaldo Bothma
 * Jaco Bouwer
 * Uzair Cassiem
 * Marius Coetzer
 * François du Toit
 * Corné Fourie
 * Frank Herne
 * RW Kember
 * Vincent Koch
 * Giant Mtyanda
 * Brian Shabangu
 * Frikkie Spies
 * Corné Steenkamp
 * De-Jay Terblanche
 * Did not play:
 * JJ Breet
 * Stephan Kotzé
 * Doppies le Roux
 * Rudi Mathee
 * Jacques Momberg
 * Sabelo Nhlapo
 * Justin Pappin
 * Pieter Stemmet
 * Drew van Coller
 * Eduan van der Walt

Coach
 * JW Bell
 * Dylon Frylinck
 * Ruwellyn Isbell
 * JW Jonker
 * Sino Nyoka
 * Trompie Pretorius
 * JC Roos
 * Hennie Skorbinski
 * Roscko Speckman
 * Heinrich Steyl
 * Reynier van Rooyen
 * Justin van Staden
 * Coenie van Wyk
 * Stefan Watermeyer
 * Did not play:
 * Bernado Botha
 * Faf de Klerk
 * Johan Herbst
 * Wilmaure Louw
 * Michael Nienaber
 * Dewald Pretorius
 * Marcello Sampson
 * Deon Scholtz
 * Ashwin Scott


 * Jimmy Stonehouse

Forwards

Backs
 * Justin Ackerman
 * Gavin Annandale
 * Ruan Botha
 * Manuel Carizza
 * Nizaam Carr
 * Pat Cilliers
 * Stephan Coetzee
 * Rynhardt Elstadt
 * Eben Etzebeth
 * Gerbrandt Grobler
 * Brok Harris
 * Oli Kebble
 * Rohan Kitshoff
 * Jean Kleyn
 * Siya Kolisi
 * Tiaan Liebenberg
 * Frans Malherbe
 * Sikhumbuzo Notshe
 * Scarra Ntubeni
 * Pat O'Brien
 * Neil Rautenbach
 * Michael Rhodes
 * Jurie van Vuuren
 * Anton van Zyl
 * Alistair Vermaak
 * Did not play:
 * Tazz Fuzani
 * Steven Kitshoff
 * Rayn Smid
 * De Kock Steenkamp
 * Duane Vermeulen

Coach
 * Demetri Catrakilis
 * Kurt Coleman
 * Juan de Jongh
 * Robert du Preez
 * Justin Geduld
 * Nic Groom
 * Patrick Howard
 * Cheslin Kolbe
 * Dillyn Leyds
 * Godlen Masimla
 * Louis Schreuder
 * Seabelo Senatla
 * Jaco Taute
 * Michael van der Spuy
 * Kobus van Wyk
 * EW Viljoen
 * Devon Williams
 * Did not play:
 * Willy Ambaka
 * Damian de Allende
 * Jean de Villiers
 * Ryno Eksteen
 * Chevandré van Schoor


 * Allister Coetzee