Who won the currie cup in 1989?

Question

Who won the currie cup in 1989?

Answer 1

It was a tie in 1989. Northern Transvaal / Western Province

Answer 2

The trophy was shared between Northern Transvaal and Western Province.

Here's some interesting facts about the Currie Cup:

The Absa Currie Cup had its beginnings in 1884 when an inter-town competition was inaugurated. In 1889 it was upgraded to an inter-centre tournament.

The trademark gold trophy was donated by Sir Donald Currie in 1891 on the departure of WE Maclaglan’s British Isles team to South Africa. This was to be presented to the local team that did the best against the visitors. The trophy was presented to Griqualand West who, in turn, presented it to the Board for the inter-centre competition. Western Province became the first winners of the gold trophy in 1892.

Only five teams participated in this inaugural inter-centre tournament in 1892. Matches were played on a round-robin format at a central venue over a period of a week to ten days with the log winners getting the trophy. This structure remained in place until 1920. In these early years the competition was not played annually.

By 1939, the tournament had grown to 12 teams from across the country, split into North and South regions. The winners of each section faced each other in what was to be the very first Currie Cup final.

The next Currie Cup final was to take place seven years later in 1946, after the end of the Second World War. Again Western Province qualified for the final but they were beaten 11 – 9 by Northern Transvaal in Pretoria.

While the system was regularly changed to include either two or three sections, the Currie Cup competition has been played and a final held every year from 1968 to the present day. The period between the 1968 and 1981 saw the Blue Bulls’ golden years. Over a period of 14 years the men from Pretoria won the title outright nine times and shared it twice. This spectacular run included five straight titles between 1977 and 1981 (shared with WP in 1979).

Western Province took over the Champions mantle in the early to mid-eighties when they repeated Northerns’ feat of five consecutive wins between 1982 and 1986. Northerns won the title again in 1987 and 1988 and shared the spoils with Province in 1989. Natal, who won their first-ever title in 1990, eventually broke the 13-year dominance by Province and the Blue Bulls. Although Northerns came back to win against the odds in 1991, the nineties heralded a new Currie Cup rivalry – that between Transvaal and Natal.

The wheel turned full-circle when Western Province claimed the title for the first time in 11 years in the 1997 final against Free State. In 1998, the Blue Bulls claimed the title for the first time since 1991 and the Lions became the last champions of the 20th century when they beat the Natal Sharks in the 1999 final.

Winners of Currie Cup Finals

21 Blue Bulls (including three draws)

12 Western Province (including two draws)

8 Lions (including one draw)

4 Natal Sharks

2 Free State Cheetahs

1 Griqualand West

- The Blue Bulls played in 28 of the 45 finals (losing in 7 finals). Western Province (21), Lions (17), Natal (10), Free State (10), and Griqualand West, Boland and Eastern Transvaal (one each) also played in the finals

Answer 3

The BULLS and WP shared it, same as this year, a tie!!!