- Source: 2015 SARU Community Cup
The 2015 SARU Community Cup (known as the 2015 Cell C Community Cup for sponsorship reasons) will be the third season of the SARU Community Cup competition. The qualification to the tournament will take place in 2014, while the competition proper will be contested in 2015. The tournament is the top competition for non-university rugby union clubs in South Africa.
Competition
= Qualification format
=Qualification to the Community Cup will be determined via the club leagues of the fourteen provincial unions, plus Blue Bulls Limpopo. All university and other tertiary institutions are ineligible to participate in the Community Cup.
The highest-placed eligible team in each of the fifteen leagues will automatically qualify to the Community Cup (league rules determined if this is after the league stages or after the title-play-offs). As holders, Rustenburg Impala are guaranteed qualification to the Community Cup. In addition, post-season play-offs will be held between runners-up in the provincial leagues to take the number of participants up to twenty.
= Finals format
=The format of the Community Cup is the same as the Rugby World Cup. The teams will be divided into four pools, each containing five teams. They will then play four pool games, playing other teams in their respective pools once. Each team will play two home games and two away games.
The winner and runner-up of each pool will enter the play-off stage, to be held at a central venue over the Easter long weekend each year. The play-offs will consist of quarter finals, semi-finals and the final. The winner of each pool will meet the runner-up of a different pool in a quarter final. The winner of each quarter-final will go on to the semi-finals and the semi-final winners to the final, to be held at a neutral venue.
The losing semi-finalists will play each other in the Plate final. The losing quarter finalists will meet in the Bowl semi-final, the winners of which will play in the Bowl final, the losers playing in the Shield final.
Qualification
The highest-placed non-university clubs in the 2014 season of each of the fourteen provincial unions' club leagues, as well as defending champions Rustenburg Impala and play-off winners will all qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup competition.
= Blue Bulls
=The log leader after the pool stage Second Round will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
= Blue Bulls Limpopo
=The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
Boet Fick League
= Semi-final =
= Final =
Waterberg League
= Semi-final =
= Final =
Play-off
= Boland
=The log leader after the pool stage will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
= Border
=The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
= Eastern Province
=The log leader after the pool stage will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
= Free State
=The log leader after the pool stage will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
Town Challenge Cup
The Town Challenge Cup is the title play-off matches.
= Semi-final =
= Final =
Rowan Cup
The Rowan Cup is the play-off for fourth place.
= Final =
= Golden Lions
=The log leader after the pool stage will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
= Griffons
=The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
Final
= Griquas
=The log leader after the pool stage will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
= KwaZulu-Natal
=The log leader after the pool stage will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
= Leopards
=Rustenburg Impala will qualify as the defending champions. Vaal Reefs will take part in the play-offs.
Rustenburg Impala and NWU Pukke participate in the Golden Lions Pirates Grand Challenge, while Vaal Reefs compete in the Valke Peregrine League.
= Mpumalanga
=The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
= South Western Districts
=The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
= Valke
=The play-off final winner will qualify to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
= Western Province
=The log leader after the pool stage qualified to the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
= Play-offs
=The runners-up in the provincial leagues would qualify to the play-offs, with the four Round Three winners also qualifying to the SARU Community Cup, as well as the winner of the repechage.
Round one
Sasol progressed after Potgietersrus withdrew.
Round two
College Rovers progressed after Kroonstad withdrew.
Round three
The Round Three winners – College Rovers, Port Elizabeth Police, Wanderers and Wesbank – qualified for the 2015 SARU Community Cup.
The Round Three losers – Durbanville-Bellville, Mossel Bay Barbarians, Sasol and Upington Dorp – qualified to the Repechage Semi-finals.
Repechage Semi-finals
Durbanville-Bellville progressed after Mossel Bay Barbarians withdrew.
Repechage Final
Teams
The following teams qualified for the 2015 SARU Community Cup:
= Team listing
=Pool Stages
The 20 teams were drawn in the following four pools:
= Pool A
=Log
Fixtures and results
= Round one =
= Round two =
= Round three =
= Round four =
= Round five =
= Pool B
=Log
Fixtures and results
= Round one =
= Round two =
= Round three =
= Round four =
= Round five =
= Pool C
=Log
Fixtures and results
= Round one =
= Round two =
= Round three =
= Round four =
= Round five =
= Pool D
=Log
Fixtures and results
= Round one =
= Round two =
= Round three =
= Round four =
= Round five =
Play-offs
The play-offs will be played at the home of the 2014 champions, Rustenburg Impala, from 2 to 6 April 2015. This will be the first time that the play-offs will be hosted in Rustenburg, with the previous two play-offs in 2013 and 2014 held in George.
= Quarter-finals
=The winning teams will qualify to the Cup semi-finals, while the losing teams will qualify to the Plate Semi-finals.
= Cup semi-finals
=The winning teams qualify to the Cup final, while the losing teams qualify to the Cup Third-place play-off.
= Plate Semi-finals
=The winning teams qualify to the Plate final, while the losing teams qualify to the Plate Third-place play-off.
= Cup final
== Cup Third-place play-off
== Plate final
== Plate Third-place play-off
=Honours
Players
= Squad lists
=The teams released the following squad lists:
Bloemfontein Crusaders
College Rovers
Despatch
Durban Collegians
Durbanville-Bellville
Evergreens
Hamiltons
Noordelikes
Old Selbornians
Port Elizabeth Police
Pretoria Police
Raiders
Rustenburg Impala
Sishen
Springs
Villagers Worcester
Wanderers
Welkom Rovers
Wesbank
Witbank Ferros
= Player statistics
=The following table contain points which have been scored in the 2015 SARU Community Cup:
Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2015 SARU Community Cup:
Rodney Boneparte
Johre Botha
Renie Coetzee
Ruaan du Preez
Stephan Geldenhuys
AJ Jacobs
Cwengile Jadezweni
Jason Jaftha
Jaco Kotze
Pieter Maritz
Ruhan Meiring
Paul Mente
Godwill Morebe
Vusi Msibi
Jacques Nieuwenhuis
Sindile Ngcese
Tahla Ntshakaza
Francois Pretorius
Jaco Pretorius
Khotso Raleting
Oregopotse Rametsi
Egon Seconds
Archie Sehlako
Fernando Uithaler
Ricus van der Hoven
Lourens van der Merwe
Renier Vermeulen
External links
"SA Rugby Competition – 2015 Cell C Community Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
Cell C Community Cup on Twitter
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 2015 SARU Community Cup
- 2014 SARU Community Cup
- 2013 SARU Community Cup
- Gold Cup (rugby union)
- 2015 Rugby World Cup
- 2016 Gold Cup (rugby union)
- Brendon Groenewald
- Marnus Hugo
- Villagers Worcester
- Sebastian Ferreira
