Three provincial rugby unions have joined forces to provide their leading clubs with something new and different this year. At the conclusion of their respective Club league seasons, three each of the top Clubs from KZN and the Free State, together with two top Clubs from the Griffons Rugby Union, will play in a central provinces club competition. The eight teams will be divided into two sections and will each play 4 cross-pool matches. Section winners will then go through to a final.

With the city based provincial amateur teams from the three unions having withdrawn from SARU's inter-provincial amateur league, there is appreciation of the fact that the national body is supporting the new club competition.

The KZNRU believes that not only has qualification for this central provinces club competition provided an incentive for participation in local premier division rugby, it also provides an opportunity for the best clubs in KZN to test themselves against the best Clubs from the Free State and Griffons Rugby Unions. Pete Smith, CEO of the KwaZulu-Natal Rugby Union, is aware that "for many rugby followers this new club competition is seen as an interesting experiment, so we are determined to make sure it succeeds. To improve standards, and indeed to survive in some areas of our country, the game at club level needs to try new things. Making changes and introducing different challenges will hopefully keep players, coaches and officials at Club level more interested."

Current CEO of the Griffons Rugby Union and ex provincial coach, Eugene van Wyk, had this to say about the new competition, "There is no doubt that the opportunity for a Club to break from the usual league fixtures and play against different opposition will provide an exciting boost for our two top clubs and presumably for the other six participating clubs as well. By competing on a bigger stage the profile of the Club and its players will certainly be raised."
Fixture Schedule:

POOL 'A'	POOL 'B'
KZN 1 (College Rovers)	F. S. 1 (Old Greys)
KZN 2 (Old Boys)	F. S. 2 (C.U.T Bloem)
KZN 3 (DBN Collegians)	F. S. 3 (Bloemfontein Crusaders)
GR 1 (Welkom Rovers)	GR 2 (Welkom Club)

ROUND 1

Wednesday 19 August
Welkom Rovers vs Welkom Club Rovers 19h00

Friday 21 August
College Rovers vs Old Greys KP 3 19h00
Old Boys vs C.U. T Bloem Riverside 19h00
DBN Collegians vs Bloem Crusaders KP10 19h00

ROUND 2

Sunday 23 August
Welkom Rovers vs Bloem Crusaders Rovers 11h30
College Rovers vs Welkom Club KP 3 11h30
Old Boys vs Old Greys KP 2 11h30
DBN Collegians vs C.U. T Bloem KP 10 11h30

ROUND 3

Friday 28 August
C.U. T Bloem vs College Rovers Absa Park 20h00
Old Greys vs Welkom Rovers Absa Park 18h00
Bloem Crusaders vs Old Boys Clive Solomon Stadium 19h00
Welkom Club vs DBN Collegians Welkom Club 19h00

ROUND 4

Sunday 30 August
Old Greys vs DBN Collegians Old Greys Club 11h30
C.U. T Bloem vs Welkom Rovers Absa Park (CUT) 14h00
Bloem Crusaders vs College Rovers Clive Soloman Stadium 11h30
Welkom Club vs Old Boys Welkom Club 11h30

ROUND 5

Saturday 05 September

Final: Winner Pool A vs Winner Pool B tbc