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PROMOTION/ RELEGATION EXPLAINED

PROMOTION /RELEGATION

 As from 2012, two promotion/relegation matches will be played at the end of the each season, the team with the lowest number of log points in the Currie Cup Premier Division, will play two promotion/relegation matches, home and away, against the team with the most number of log points in the Curri…e Cup First Division as follows: Premier Division 6 versus First Division 1 (home & away) The first round match will be played at the venue of the team from the Premier Division and the second round match at the venue of the team from the First Division. These matches will be played in accordance with paragraph 8 of Section 2 – Log Points Format – of the Rules of the Competition. After completion of the promotion/relegation matches, the team with the most log points accumulated during these two matches will play in the Currie Cup Premier Division in the following season. In the event of an equal number of log points, the winner will be determined as follows: a) b) c) the best nett points difference i.e. points for minus points against, and if equal, the team who scored the most tries, and if equal, the status quo will remain.