History
On a shelf, amongst the liquor bottles in a bar in Pretoria, stood a trophy as decoration. The bar was frequented by rugby players. This trophy baffled them. One day the players started asking questions. However the bar attendant did not know it’s origin – where it came from or what it was doing there. The players then asked if they could have it as a trophy to play for. The owner, Lezard, agreed and the trophy was named after the bar “CARLTON”, and thus it was baptized as the Carlton Cup. This was about 1904. In 1938 Northern Transvaal Rugby broke away from Transvaal Rugby Union and became a rugby entity on it’s own.
Carlton Cup Winners
- 1938 - Garrison
- 1939 - Police
- 1940 - Pretoria
- 1941 - Police
- 1942 - Garrison
- 1943 - Police
- 1944 - Police
- 1945 - Police
- 1946 - Police
- 1947 - Police
- 1948 - Police & Pretoria
- 1949 - Police & Harlequins
- 1950 - Police
- 1951 - Harlequins
- 1952 - Harlequins
- 1953 - Police
- 1954 - Pretoria
- 1955 - Police
- 1956 - Police
- 1957 - Police
- 1958 - Pretoria
- 1959 - Police
- 1960 - Defence Force & Tuks
- 1961 - Police
- 1962 - Police
- 1963 - UP-Tuks
- 1964 - Oostelike & Defence Force
- 1965 - Oostelike
- 1966 - UP-Tuks
- 1967 - Police
- 1968 - Police
- 1969 - UP-Tuks
- 1970 - Pretoria
- 1971 - UP-Tuks
- 1972 - UP-Tuks
- 1973 - Police & Pretoria
- 1974 - Police
- 1975 - UP-Tuks
- 1976 - UP-Tuks
- 1977 - UP-Tuks
- 1978 - UP-Tuks
- 1979 - UP-Tuks & Police
- 1980 - Police
- 1981 - Defence Force
- 1982 - UP-Tuks
- 1983 - UP-Tuks
- 1984 - UP-Tuks
- 1985 - UP-Tuks
- 1986 - Defence Force
- 1987 - UP-Tuks & Police
- 1988 - UP-Tuks
- 1989 - Pretoria
- 1990 - Pretoria
- 1991 - Police
- 1992 - NKP
- 1993 - Correctional Services
- 1994 - Police
- 1995 - Police
- 1996 - Police
- 1997 - Police
- 1998 - Police – June (No final. Most league points)
- 1999 - Centurion – July Carlton Cup
- 2000 - Technicon
- 2001 - Correctional Services
- 2002 - UP-Tuks
- 2003 - Technikon won by default against UP-Tuks
- 2004 - TUT
- 2005 TUT (No final. Most league points)
- 2006 - Police
- 2007 - Tuks
- 2008 - Tuks
- 2009 - Police
- 2010 - UP-Tuks
- 2011 - UP-Tuks
- 2012 - Police
- 2013 - UP-Tuks
- 2014 - UP-Tuks
- 2015 - UP-Tuks
- 2016 - Centurion
- 2017 - Quins/Bobbies
- 2018 - (No final. Most league points) (UP Tuks vs Naka Bulle – non official final)
- 2019 - No finals played
- 2020 - No finals played
- 2021 - Naka Bulls
- 2022 - Centurion
- 2023 - Naka Bulls
- 2024 - Naka Bulls
The Blue Bulls (Blue Bulls Rugby Union) or Blou Bulle (Afrikaans) was formed in 1938 as the Northern Transvaal Rugby Union (N.T.R.U.). Prior to the formation of the union, the region's clubs were under the jurisdiction of the then Transvaal Rugby Union (now Golden Lions Rugby Union). Northern Transvaal (under the NTRU), captained by Danie Craven, played its first home game as an independent union on 28 May 1938. The game against the Orange Free State team ended in a draw, 11:11. In its first 75 years, the team competed for the Currie Cup in 55 seasons and won 23 Currie Cup titles in 53 finals. In the same period, 127 Springboks hailed from the Union, and it won 3 Super Rugby titles.
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