Western Province (rugby team)

Western Province is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The team has won the Currie Cup on 32 occasions and has the most supporters of any Currie Cup team. The team plays in blue and white hooped jerseys,and its home ground is the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.They are nicknamed "Die Streeptruie" (The Striped Jerseys) in reference to their legendary blue and white hooped jerseys. These Striped Jerseys were the colours of Malmesbury Rugbyfootball Club, established in 1881.They are also known simply as "Province" by all South African rugby lovers. Afrikaans speaking supporters refer to the team by its abbreviation, W.P. (pronounced: "vee pee") The Western Province also competes as the DHL Stormers in the Super Rugby competition.

History

The club was established in 1883. The club claimed their first Currie Cup title in 1889; they repeated this success just three years later, winning the title again in 1892. Western Province continued to dominate the Currie Cup throughout the 1890s, winning the competition in 1894, 1895, 1897 and 1898. This success continued into the early 1900s, as they won in 1904, 1906 and 1908. The competition still being contested irregularly at this stage, was next won by the Western Province in 1914. They won a further seven times over the next two decades – four times in the 1920s and again three times in the 1930s, sharing two with Border. When the first Currie Cup...
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