1990 Santam Bank Trophy

The 1989 Santam Bank Trophy was the third tier of domestic South African rugby, below the two Currie Cup divisions.

1990 Santam Bank Trophy
Countries	South Africa
Date	5 May – 15 September 1990
Champions	Border
Runners-up	Stellaland
Matches played	37
← 1989 1991 →

Teams

Border

Lowveld

North Eastern Cape

Northern Natal

North Western Cape

SARU

South Western Districts

Stellaland

Winelands

Location of teams in 1990 Santam Bank Trophy

1990 Santam Bank Trophy
Border
Lowveld
North Eastern Cape
Northern Natal
North Western Cape
SARU
South Western Districts
Stellaland
Winelands

Changes between 1989 and 1990 seasons

• Divisions A and B merged into one nine-team division.
• Boland, Far North and Western Province League were promoted to the Currie Cup Division B.

Changes between 1990 and 1991 seasons

• The 1990 season was the last edition of the Santam Bank Trophy. Instead, these teams were included in a Currie Cup Rural Division, which had a four-team Division C and a five-team Division D.^[1]
• Border were promoted to the 1991 Currie Cup Central B.
• Eastern Free State were relegated from 1990 Currie Cup Division B to the 1991 Currie Cup Rural C.
• North Eastern Cape, Northern Natal and Stellaland moved to the 1991 Currie Cup Rural C.
• Lowveld, North Western Cape, SARU, South Western Districts and Winelands moved to the 1991 Currie Cup Rural D.

Competition

Regular season and title play-offs

There were nine participating teams in the Santam Bank Trophy Division A. Teams played each other once over the course of the season, either at home or away. Teams received two points for a win and one points for a draw. The top two teams in the division qualified for the title play-off finals. The team that finished first would play at home against the team that finished second.

Log

The final standings after the pool stage of the Santam Bank Trophy was as follows:^[2]

1990 Santam Bank Trophy Log
Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Pts
1	Border	8	7	0	1	196	90	+106	22	10	14
2	Stellaland	8	6	0	2	179	123	+56	24	12	12
3	North Eastern Cape	8	5	0	3	224	119	+105	38	13	10
4	Northern Natal	8	5	0	3	159	156	+3	20	15	10
5	South Western Districts	8	4	0	4	110	106	+4	11	9	8
6	SARU	8	3	0	5	152	209	–57	21	29	6
7	Lowveld	8	3	0	5	110	153	–43	12	24	6
8	Winelands	8	2	0	6	120	171	–51	20	28	4
9	North Western Cape	8	1	0	7	124	247	–123	11	39	2
Border was promoted to the 1991 Currie Cup Central B. Border and Stellaland qualified for the trophy Final. * Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TF = Tries for, TA = Tries against, Pts = Log points Points breakdown: *2 points for a win *1 point for a draw

Fixtures and results

Round one

	5 May 1990	North Eastern Cape	7–27	Border	Cradock
			Report[3]

	5 May 1990	South Western Districts	19–30	SARU	Mossel Bay
			Report[3]

	5 May 1990	Stellaland	28–26	Winelands	Mafikeng
			Report[3]

	12 May 1990	Northern Natal	21–19	North Western Cape	Newcastle
			Report[4]

Bye/s: Lowveld

Round two

	19 May 1990	Border	15–7	South Western Districts	Queenstown
			Report[5]

	19 May 1990	SARU	16–20	Northern Natal	Orkney

	19 May 1990	North Western Cape	18–37	Stellaland	Upington
			Report[5]

	19 May 1990	Winelands	4–13	Lowveld	Worcester
			Report[6]

Bye/s: North Eastern Cape

Round three

	2 June 1990	Lowveld	23–9	North Western Cape
			Report[7]

	2 June 1990	Northern Natal	16–26	Border
			Report[7]

	2 June 1990	South Western Districts	12–10	North Eastern Cape	Oudtshoorn
			Report[7]

	2 June 1990	Stellaland	20–11	SARU
			Report[7]

Bye/s: Winelands

Round four

	16 June 1990	Border	12–9	Stellaland	East London
			Report[8]

	16 June 1990	North Eastern Cape	22–18	Northern Natal	Cradock
			Report[8]

	16 June 1990	North Western Cape	22–12	Winelands	Upington
			Report[8]

	16 June 1990	SARU	17–18	Lowveld	Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Report[8]

Bye/s: South Western Districts

Round five

	23 June 1990	Lowveld	16–34	Border	Nelspruit
			Report[9]

	23 June 1990	Northern Natal	19–16	South Western Districts	Newcastle
			Report[9]

	23 June 1990	Stellaland	18–13	North Eastern Cape	Lichtenburg
			Report[9]

	23 June 1990	Winelands	27–19	SARU	Wellington
			Report[10]

Bye/s: North Western Cape

Round six

	30 June 1990	Border	33–10	Winelands	East London
			Report[11]

	7 July 1990	North Eastern Cape	26–13	Lowveld	Cradock
			Report[12]

	7 July 1990	South Western Districts	21–12	Stellaland	Knysna
			Report[12]

	7 July 1990	SARU	34–31	North Western Cape	Pretoria
			Report[12]

Bye/s: Northern Natal

Round seven

	3 August 1990	Lowveld	6–12	South Western Districts	Nelspruit
			Report[13]

	4 August 1990	North Western Cape	9–39	Border	Upington
			Report[14]

	4 August 1990	Stellaland	21–16	Northern Natal

	4 August 1990	Winelands	13–24	North Eastern Cape	Wellington
			Report[14]

Bye/s: SARU

Round eight

	17 August 1990	South Western Districts	0–7	Winelands	Oudtshoorn
			Report[15][16]

	18 August 1990	Border	10–16	SARU	East London
			Report[17]

	18 August 1990	North Eastern Cape	58–9	North Western Cape	Graaff-Reinet
			Report[18]

	18 August 1990	Northern Natal	17–15	Lowveld	Newcastle
			Report[19]

Bye/s: Stellaland

Round nine

	1 September 1990	Lowveld	6–34	Stellaland
			Report

	1 September 1990	North Western Cape	7–23	South Western Districts	Upington
			Report[20]

	1 September 1990	SARU	9–64	North Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth
			Report[20]

	1 September 1990	Winelands	21–32	Northern Natal	Worcester
			Report[20]

Bye/s: Border

Final

	15 September 1990	Border	22–4	Stellaland	East London
			Report[21]

See also

• 1990 Currie Cup Division A
• 1990 Currie Cup Division B
• 1990 Lion Cup