![]() The SuperSport Rugby Challenge will deliver a combination of school, club and provincial rugby action at their rugby festivals in 2020, with two new venues also added to the already impressive variety of communities across the country reached by this popular tournament. The tournament kicks off on the weekend of 25 April, with the first Rugby Festival scheduled for Sunday 26 April when SWD Eagles host the EP Elephants. The venue for this match, and the other festivals, will be confirmed in due course. These two teams will play in the South Section alongside DHL Western Province, Boland Cavaliers, Toyota Free State XV, Cell C Sharks XV, Border and Zimbabwe Academy, who will again play out of their Cape Town base at False Bay Rugby Club in Constantia. Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek will host three of the Welwitschias’ home matches as the Namibians will again play alongside defending champions Tafel Lager Griquas, Phakisa Pumas, Vodacom Blue Bulls, Down Touch Griffons, Xerox Golden Lions XV, Leopards and Valke in the North Section. The latter will host the first festival in the North Section on Sunday, 3 May when they face the defending champions on the East Rand. The remaining five Rugby Festivals will be played on consecutive Sundays until the semi-finals (13/14 June), with the final scheduled for the last weekend in June. All the Festivals will be televised by SuperSport and will include a school and club match with the SuperSport Rugby Challenge encounter. The first weekend of action in the North Section will see the Phakisa Pumas take on the Valke, Tafel Lager Griquas hosting Down Touch Griffons, the Xerox Golden Lions XV will face Leopards and the Vodacom Blue Bulls XV will travel to Windhoek to face the Welwitschias. In the South Section, the Toyota Free State XV will host Boland Cavaliers, the Cell C Sharks XV host Zimbabwe Academy and DHL Western Province will take on Border before the South Eastern Cape derby. SuperSport Rugby Challenge Fixtures 2020 (home teams first, venues and kick-off times to be confirmed) Round 1 (24-26 April) North Phakisa Pumas v Valke Tafel Lager Griquas v Down Touch Griffons Xerox Golden Lions XV v Leopards Welwitschias v Vodacom Blue Bulls XV South DHL Western Province v Border Cell C Sharks XV v Zimbabwe Academy Toyota Free State XV v Boland Cavaliers Festival: SWD vs EP Elephants Round 2 (1-3 May) North Leopards v Down Touch Griffons Vodacom Blue Bulls XV v Phakisa Pumas Xerox Golden Lions XV vs Welwitschias Festival: Valke v Tafel Lager Griquas South Cell C Sharks XV v Toyota Free State XV EP Elephants v Boland Cavaliers DHL Western Province v SWD Zimbabwe Academy v Border Round 3 (8-10 May) North Leopards v Phakisa Pumas Tafel Lager Griquas v Welwitschias Down Touch Griffons v Vodacom Blue Bulls XV Valke v Xerox Golden Lions XV South Toyota Free State XV vs Eastern Province Zimbabwe Academy v SWD Border v Boland Cavaliers Festival: DHL Western Province v Cell C Sharks XV Round 4 (15-17 May) North Vodacom Blue Bulls XV v Tafel Lager Griquas Phakisa Pumas v Xerox Golden Lions XV Welwitschias v Down Touch Griffons Valke v Leopards South Zimbabwe Academy v DHL Western Province SWD v Toyota Free State XV Boland Cavaliers v Cell C Sharks XV Festival: EP Elephants v Border Round 5 (22-24 May) North Tafel Lager Griquas v Phakisa Pumas Leopards v Welwitschias Down Touch Griffons v Valke Festival: Xerox Golden Lions XV v Vodacom Blue Bulls South Toyota Free State XV v Zimbabwe Academy EP Elephants v DHL Western Province Boland Cavaliers v SWD Border v Cell C Sharks XV Round 6 (29-31 May) North Welwitschias v Phakisa Pumas Down Touch Griffons v Xerox Golden Lions XV Vodacom Blue Bulls XV v Valke Tafel Lager Griquas v Leopards South Zimbabwe Academy v Boland Cavaliers DHL Western Province v Toyota Free State XV Cell C Sharks XV v EP Elephants Festival: Border vs SWD Round 7 (5-7 June) North Phakisa Pumas v Down Touch Griffons Valke v Welwitschias Xerox Golden Lions XV v Tafel Lager Griquas Leopards v Vodacom Blue Bulls XV South EP Elephants v Zimbabwe Academy SWD v Cell C Sharks XV Border v Toyota Free State XV Festival: Boland Cavaliers vs DHL Western Province Issued by SA Rugby Communications Comments are closed.
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