The Carling Currie Cup First Division will return after the teams missed out last year and a new champion will be crowned from the Boland Kavaliers, Border Bulldogs, Eastern Province, the Down Touch Griffons, Leopards, South Western Districts Eagles and Valke.
Claws will be out when the Eagles and Valke get the Carling Currie Cup ball rolling in George on Friday (17h00) in a First Division clash. The two other First Division encounters take place in the Eastern Cape on Saturday – the Border Bulldogs host 2019 runners up, the Down Touch Griffons, in East London (14h00), and Eastern Province and the Leopards square off in Gqeberha (15h00).
First Division
SWD Eagles v Valke
Date: Friday, 18 June
Venue: Outeniqua Park, George
Kick-off: 17h00
Referee: Ruhan Meiring
Border Bulldogs v Down Touch Griffons
Date: Saturday, 19 June
Venue: Police Park, East London
Kick-off: 14h00
Referee: Paul Mente
Eastern Province v Leopards
Date: Saturday, 19 June
Venue: Isaac Wolfson Stadium, Gqeberha
Kick-off: 15h00
Referee: Griffin Colby