Teams
Currently, South Africa is divided into 14 unions. Four draw players from an entire province:
- Griquas - Northern Cape (home matches in Kimberley)
- Leopards - North West (home matches in Potchefstroom)
- Natal Sharks - KwaZulu-Natal (home matches in Durban)
- Pumas - Mpumalanga (home matches in Witbank)
The Eastern Cape contains two unions:
- Border Bulldogs - eastern (home matches in East London)
- Eastern Province Kings - western (home matches in Port Elizabeth)
as does Free State:
- Free State Cheetahs - central and western (home matches in Bloemfontein)
- Griffons - eastern (home matches in Welkom)
Western Cape has three unions:
- Boland Cavaliers (Afrikaans: Boland Kavaliers) - northern (home matches in Wellington)
- Eagles - eastern (home matches in George)
- Western Province - Cape Town metropolitan area
Gauteng has two unions that draw exclusively from portions of that province:
- Falcons (Afrikaans: Valke) - the East Rand and other municipalities to the east and south of Johannesburg (home matches in Brakpan)
- Golden Lions - Johannesburg and municipalities to its west (home matches in Johannesburg)
Finally, one union draws players from part of Gauteng plus the entirety of another province:
- Blue Bulls - Pretoria, the two Gauteng municipalities to its east, and Limpopo Province (home matches in Pretoria)
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