Currie Cup
SARU confirm Currie Cup changes
ESPNscrum Staff
August 12, 2011
President of the South African Rugby Union, Oregan Hoskins, South African and British and Irish Lions Banquet, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 4, 2009
SARU president Oregan Hoskins believes the change will benefit South African rugby as a whole © Getty Images
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The Currie Cup Premier Division will be contested by six teams from 2012 with eight teams set to battle the First Division title.

The decision to switch from the current eight-team Premier Division and six-team First Division was announed by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) General Council following a meeting at Newlands in Cape Town on Thursday.

The decision was confirmed after a majority vote was cast in favour of the new format by delegates of SARU's 14 provincial unions although they are yet to confirm the format for deciding which teams will be relegated from the Premier Division.

"The General Council accepted by majority vote an Executive Council proposal of an Absa Currie Cup Premier Division which will consist of six teams from next year," said SARU President, Regan Hoskins. "Our unions debated this proposal, as well as a counter-proposal, in a robust and mature manner and in the end they made a decision which will ultimately benefit South African rugby."

Hoskins, James Stoffberg (SARU Vice-President) and Jurie Roux (SARU CEO) were also confirmed as the SARU delegates to SASCOC, the SA Olympic body.

Another point on the agenda was the discussion of South African rugby franchises' participation in Super Rugby post-2012 with the topic deferred for discussion at the President's Forum to be held in November.

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