The team currently plays in the First Division of the Currie Cup, attracting crowds of around 4,000 to home games in at North West Stadium in Welkom. Their traditional rivals are the Free State Cheetahs and North West Province Leopards.
The Griffons rugby union was formed in 1968 when the late Dr Danie Craven, the president of SA rugby, had a vision to spread the game to rural areas in South Africa. The Griffons were one of four new provincial teams formed, originally known as Northern Free State (or Noord Vrystaat in Afrikaans).[1]
In 1996, with the start of professional rugby, the then South African rugby football union, under Louis Luyt, decided to re-divide the unions to have only 14 provinces in South Africa, with Northern Free State being one. The Eastern Free State province was incorporated into Northern Free State. In 1999, Northern Free State changed their name to the Griffons.
griffons, rugby, union, northern, free, state, griffons, currently, known, novavit, griffons, sponsorship, reasons, south, african, rugby, union, team, that, participates, annual, currie, rugby, challenge, tournaments, they, play, welkom, north, west, stadium,. The Northern Free State Griffons currently known as the Novavit Griffons for sponsorship reasons are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge tournaments They play out of Welkom at North West Stadium and draw players from roughly the eastern third of Free State Province the remainder of the province comprises the territory of the Free State Cheetahs GriffonsFull nameGriffonsUnionGriffons Rugby UnionEmblem s GriffonFounded1968RegionPart of the Free State Province South AfricaGround s North West Stadium Welkom Capacity 17 000 Coach es Jacques JuriesCaptain s Duann PretoruisLeague s Currie Cup Premier Division2022Champions 1st on log Promoted to Premier Division Team kitOfficial websitegriffonsnfs wbr co wbr zaCurrent seasonPlayers from the Griffons are eligible for selection to the Cheetahs Super Rugby team along with players from the Free State Cheetahs and Griquas The team currently plays in the First Division of the Currie Cup attracting crowds of around 4 000 to home games in at North West Stadium in Welkom Their traditional rivals are the Free State Cheetahs and North West Province Leopards Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 Current squad 4 ReferencesHistory EditThe Griffons rugby union was formed in 1968 when the late Dr Danie Craven the president of SA rugby had a vision to spread the game to rural areas in South Africa The Griffons were one of four new provincial teams formed originally known as Northern Free State or Noord Vrystaat in Afrikaans 1 In 1996 with the start of professional rugby the then South African rugby football union under Louis Luyt decided to re divide the unions to have only 14 provinces in South Africa with Northern Free State being one The Eastern Free State province was incorporated into Northern Free State In 1999 Northern Free State changed their name to the Griffons Honours EditThe team s major tournament wins include Currie Cup First Division 2008 2014 2016 2017 and 2022 2 Vodacom Cup 2001 Vodacom Shield Paul Roos Trophy 1970Current squad EditThe following players have been included in the Griffons squad for the 2023 Currie Cup Premier Division 3 Griffons Currie Cup squadProps Doctor Booysen Stephan de Jager Xolani Jacobs Neo Mohapi Buhle NojekwaHookers Dandre Delport HP van Schoor Chadley WennLocks Michael Benadie Mitchell Carstens Lungi Mbiko Wikus Nieuwenhuis Thomas Ongera Curtley Thomas Jaco Willemse Loose Forwards Thato Mavundla Jean Jacques Pretorius Ludio Williams Soso XakalasheScrum halves Richman Gora Jaywinn Juries Ethan WilliamsFly halves Carl Evert Pienaar Duan Pretoruis c Centres Carel Jan Coetzee Jared Kruger Alistair Mumba Robbie Petzer Marquit SeptemberWingers Donovan Don Randall Fielies Duren Hoffman Granwill Matthys Jamba UlengoFullbacks Domenic Smit Keanu Vers c Denotes team captain References Edit Welcome to the Griffons Rugby Union griffons rugby co za Retrieved 19 January 2012 Griffons thrash Eastern Province to win Currie Cup First Division title The South African 24 June 2022 Retrieved 25 June 2022 Currie Cup Team Griffons Retrieved 13 March 2023 This South African rugby union team article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Griffons rugby union amp oldid 1146432920, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
