Currie Cup Teams
From 1996 to 2015, the following 14 provincial unions participated in the Currie Cup:
| Currie Cup Teams | |||
| Team | Home Base | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bulls | Pretoria | The Pretoria metropolitan area and the entire Limpopo province | |
| Boland Cavaliers | Wellington | Northern and central districts of the Western Cape province | |
| Border Bulldogs | East London | Eastern districts of the Eastern Cape province | |
| Eastern Province Elephants | Port Elizabeth | Western districts of the Eastern Cape province | |
| Falcons | Kempton Park | The East Rand and other municipalities to the east and south of Johannesburg in Gauteng province | |
| Free State Cheetahs | Bloemfontein | Central and western districts of the Free State province | |
| Golden Lions | Johannesburg | Johannesburg and the West Rand | |
| Griffons | Welkom | Northern and eastern districts of the Free State province | |
| Griquas | Kimberley | The entire Northern Cape province | |
| Leopards | Potchefstroom | The entire North West province | |
| Pumas | Mbombela | The entire Mpumalanga province | |
| Sharks | Durban | The entire KwaZulu-Natal province | |
| SWD Eagles | George | Eastern districts of the Western Cape province | |
| Western Province | Cape Town | Cape Town metropolitan area | |
In 2016 and 2017, the Currie Cup added Welwitschias, a team from Namibia, and in 2019, the Jaguares XV from Argentina. From the 2022 the tournament adds a Georgian team.