Well done, Pumas, but does the Currie Cup have a future?

With the big franchises focusing on Europe, perhaps its time for a new, incentivised competition for smaller unions

26 June 2022 - 19:59 By Gavin Rich

The emotion in the faces of Pumas supporters after the Currie Cup final spoke of how much the old trophy still means to those who win it, but it would be wrong to let the occasion deflect the questions that need to be asked about the competition’s future...

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