2006 Vodacom Cup

The 2006 Vodacom Cup was the 9th edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions.

2006 Vodacom Cup
Champions	Falcons
Matches played	92
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Competition

There were 14 teams participating in the 2006 Vodacom Cup competition. All these teams played in a group stage, where teams would play all the teams once over the course of the season, either at home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top two teams in the group stage qualified for the final, where the team that finished first in the group stage had home advantage against the teams that finished second.

Teams

Pumas

Border Bulldogs

Boland Cavaliers

Golden Lions

Griffons

Leopards

Falcons

Mighty Elephants

Natal Wildebeest

SWD Eagles

Blue Bulls

Free State Cheetahs

Western Province

Griquas

Location of teams in 2006 Vodacom Cup

Changes from 2005

• The two sections were scrapped and all teams were played in one single pool.

Team Listing

The following teams took part in the 2006 Vodacom Cup competitions:

2006 Vodacom Cup
Team	Stadium/s
Border Bulldogs	Absa Stadium, East London
Boland Cavaliers	Boland Stadium, Wellington
Golden Lions	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Griffons	North West Stadium, Welkom
Leopards	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
	Vryburg
Falcons	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
Mighty Elephants	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	WJ de Wet Stadium, Despatch
Natal Wildebeest	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Pumas	@lantic Park, Witbank
	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
SWD Eagles	Outeniqua Park, George
	Greenhaven Sports Stadium, Great Brak River
	Pacaltsdorp
Blue Bulls	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Free State Cheetahs	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Western Province	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Griquas	Griqua Park, Kimberley

Tables

2006 Vodacom Cup Table
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Natal Wildebeest	13	11	1	1	490	206	+284	68	21	9	1	56
2	Falcons	13	10	0	3	435	284	+151	52	30	8	2	50
3	Blue Bulls	13	9	0	4	383	278	+105	46	29	7	2	45
4	Golden Lions	13	7	1	5	328	297	+31	42	36	5	3	38
5	Pumas	13	7	0	6	371	264	+107	36	27	5	4	37
6	Boland Cavaliers	13	7	0	6	395	331	+64	54	40	7	2	37
7	Western Province	13	7	0	6	375	330	+45	48	36	5	3	36
8	Free State Cheetahs	13	7	1	5	344	368	-24	48	49	6	0	36
9	Griquas	13	6	2	5	374	349	+25	43	42	6	1	35
10	Leopards	13	7	0	6	366	395	-29	49	47	5	1	34
11	Griffons	13	3	1	9	314	381	-67	29	51	2	3	19
12	Mighty Elephants	13	3	0	10	290	457	-167	32	60	3	3	18
13	Border Bulldogs	13	3	0	10	262	468	-206	31	63	3	3	18
14	SWD Eagles	13	1	0	12	263	582	-319	30	77	3	3	10
The top 2 teams qualified for the Final. Note: These are the final tables as per the official site,[1] however Falcons had home advantage in the final, the reason for this venue switch is unknown. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Results

Round One

	2006-02-10	Free State Cheetahs	8–36	Blue Bulls	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
			Scoreboard[2]

	2006-02-10	Mighty Elephants	26–17	Western Province	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[3]

	2006-02-11	Leopards	25–44	Pumas	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[4]

	2006-02-11	SWD Eagles	9–51	Natal Wildebeest	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[5]

	2006-02-11	Griffons	22–28	Falcons	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[6]

	2006-02-11	Boland Cavaliers	40–19	Griquas	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[7]

Round Two

	2006-02-17	Boland Cavaliers	17–31	Pumas	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[8]

	2006-02-17	Mighty Elephants	31–36	Griquas	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[9]

	2006-02-18	Natal Wildebeest	22–13	Blue Bulls	Absa Stadium, Durban
			Scoreboard[10]

	2006-02-18	Griffons	60–10	Border Bulldogs	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[11]

	2006-02-18	SWD Eagles	6–38	Falcons	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[12]

	2006-02-18	Western Province	20–24	Golden Lions	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Scoreboard[13]

Round Three

	2006-02-24	Griquas	42–48	Western Province	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[14]

	2006-02-24	Falcons	26–15	Free State Cheetahs	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[15]

	2006-02-24	Pumas	35–29	Golden Lions	@lantic Park, Witbank
			Scoreboard[16]

	2006-02-24	Border Bulldogs	21–39	Blue Bulls	Absa Stadium, East London
			Scoreboard[17]

	2006-02-24	Mighty Elephants	32–33	Leopards	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[18]

	2006-02-25	SWD Eagles	23–33	Griffons	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[19]

Round Four

	2006-03-03	Griquas	38–38	Free State Cheetahs	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[20]

	2006-03-03	Border Bulldogs	17–7	Mighty Elephants	Absa Stadium, East London
			Scoreboard[21]

	2006-03-03	Griffons	20–10	Boland Cavaliers	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[22]

	2006-03-03	Falcons	7–6	Golden Lions	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[23]

	2006-03-04	Western Province	19–51	Natal Wildebeest	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Scoreboard[24]

	2006-03-04	Leopards	49–28	SWD Eagles	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[25]

	2006-03-04	Pumas	12–21	Blue Bulls	@lantic Park, Witbank
			Scoreboard[26]

Round Five

	2006-03-10	Pumas	15–17	Free State Cheetahs	@lantic Park, Witbank
			Scoreboard[27]

	2006-03-10	Falcons	21–27	Western Province	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[28]

	2006-03-10	Leopards	19–17	Blue Bulls	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[29]

	2006-03-10	Border Bulldogs	13–15	Golden Lions	Absa Stadium, East London
			Scoreboard[30]

	2006-03-11	Griquas	22–40	Natal Wildebeest	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[31]

	2006-03-11	Boland Cavaliers	76–22	SWD Eagles	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[32]

	2006-03-11	Griffons	34–38	Mighty Elephants	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[33]

Round Six

	2006-03-17	Pumas	14–15	Western Province	@lantic Park, Witbank
			Scoreboard[34]

	2006-03-17	Border Bulldogs	14–20	Free State Cheetahs	Absa Stadium, East London
			Scoreboard[35]

	2006-03-17	Leopards	15–14	Golden Lions	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[36]

	2006-03-18	Griffons	6–30	Blue Bulls	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[37]

	2006-03-18	Falcons	34–31	Natal Wildebeest	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[38]

	2006-03-18	Mighty Elephants	16–31	Boland Cavaliers	WJ de Wet Stadium, Despatch
			Scoreboard[39]

Round Seven

	2006-03-24	Border Bulldogs	9–18	Western Province	Absa Stadium, East London
			Scoreboard[40]

	2006-03-25	SWD Eagles	36–43	Mighty Elephants	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[41]

	2006-03-25	Falcons	33–6	Griquas	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[42]

	2006-03-25	Pumas	13–26	Natal Wildebeest	@lantic Park, Witbank
			Scoreboard[43]

	2006-03-25	Boland Cavaliers	38–35	Blue Bulls	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[44]

	2006-03-25	Griffons	32–51	Golden Lions	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[45]

	2006-03-25	Leopards	48–17	Free State Cheetahs	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[46]

Round Eight

	2006-03-31	Griquas	24–24	Golden Lions	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[47]

	2006-03-31	Mighty Elephants	9–15	Pumas	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[48]

	2006-04-01	Natal Wildebeest	51–14	Free State Cheetahs	Absa Stadium, Durban
			Scoreboard[49]

	2006-04-01	SWD Eagles	37–29	Border Bulldogs	Greenhaven Sports Stadium, Great Brak River
			Scoreboard[50]

	2006-04-01	Falcons	29–50	Blue Bulls	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[51]

	2006-04-01	Boland Cavaliers	39–25	Leopards	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[52]

Round Nine

	2006-04-07	Griquas	19–15	Pumas	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[53]

	2006-04-07	Border Bulldogs	8–49	Natal Wildebeest	Absa Stadium, East London
			Scoreboard[54]

	2006-04-07	SWD Eagles	18–21	Blue Bulls	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[55]

	2006-04-08	Boland Cavaliers	18–27	Golden Lions	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[56]

	2006-04-08	Leopards	35–28	Western Province	Rus Vryburg
			Scoreboard[57]

	2006-04-08	Griffons	25–41	Free State Cheetahs	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[58]

Round Ten

	2006-04-12	Griffons	21–43	Western Province	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[59]

	2006-04-13	Boland Cavaliers	20–34	Free State Cheetahs	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[60]

	2006-04-13	Border Bulldogs	20–27	Griquas	Absa Stadium, East London
			Scoreboard[61]

	2006-04-13	Leopards	16–38	Natal Wildebeest	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[62]

	2006-04-13	Mighty Elephants	22–43	Blue Bulls	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[63]

	2006-04-15	SWD Eagles	22–27	Golden Lions	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[64]

	2006-04-15	Pumas	41–44	Falcons	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
			Scoreboard[65]

Round Eleven

	2006-04-21	Pumas	46–7	Border Bulldogs	@lantic Park, Witbank
			Scoreboard[66]

	2006-04-21	Griquas	41–6	Griffons	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[67]

	2006-04-21	Leopards	23–30	Falcons	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[68]

	2006-04-21	Mighty Elephants	31–42	Free State Cheetahs	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[69]

	2006-04-22	Blue Bulls	8–31	Golden Lions	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Scoreboard[70]

	2006-04-22	SWD Eagles	15–70	Western Province	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[71]

	2006-04-22	Boland Cavaliers	9–11	Natal Wildebeest	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[72]

Round Twelve

	2006-04-27	Pumas	37–27	Griffons	@lantic Park, Witbank
			Scoreboard[73]

	2006-04-28	Golden Lions	17–42	Free State Cheetahs	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
			Scoreboard[74]

	2006-04-28	Falcons	29–36	Boland Cavaliers	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[75]

	2006-04-28	Griquas	49–15	SWD Eagles	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[76]

	2006-04-28	Border Bulldogs	46–35	Leopards	Absa Stadium, East London
			Scoreboard[77]

	2006-04-28	Mighty Elephants	20–71	Natal Wildebeest	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[78]

	2006-04-29	Blue Bulls	45–35	Western Province	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Scoreboard[79]

Round Thirteen

	2006-05-05	Border Bulldogs	50–47	Boland Cavaliers	Absa Stadium, East London
			Scoreboard[80]

	2006-05-05	Free State Cheetahs	13–23	Western Province	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
			Scoreboard[81]

	2006-05-05	Pumas	53–8	SWD Eagles	@lantic Park, Witbank
			Scoreboard[82]

	2006-05-05	Falcons	48–3	Mighty Elephants	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[83]

	2006-05-06	Griquas	17–25	Blue Bulls	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[84]

	2006-05-06	Leopards	29–28	Griffons	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[85]

	2006-05-06	Golden Lions	29–49	Natal Wildebeest	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
			Scoreboard[86]

Round Fourteen

	2006-05-12	Griffons	0–0	Natal Wildebeest	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[87]

	2006-05-12	Mighty Elephants	12–34	Golden Lions	EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[88]

	2006-05-12	Falcons	68–18	Border Bulldogs	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[89]

	2006-05-13	Griquas	34–14	Leopards	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[90]

	2006-05-13	Boland Cavaliers	14–12	Western Province	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Scoreboard[91]

	2006-05-13	SWD Eagles	24–43	Free State Cheetahs	Pacaltsdorp
			Scoreboard[92]

Final

	2006-05-20	Falcons	25–17	Natal Wildebeest	Bosman Stadium, Brakpan
			Scoreboard[93]

Winners

2006 Vodacom Cup

CHAMPIONS

Falcons

1st title