Olën Park


Olën Park, also known as Profert Olën Park for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
It was used for rugby union matches by the Leopards team in the First Division of the Currie Cup as well as the Vodacom Cup. Quite often the annual inter-varsity between the North-West University and the University of the Free State is also played here.
Profert Olën Park was named after Carl Ludwig Theodor Olën who was the President of the Western Transvaal Rugby Union from 1922 to 1934. The stadium can host approximately 22,000 spectators.
In recent times a local fertilizer company situated in Potchefstroom, Profert has been contributing not only financially but also with their products and expertise, towards the upkeep of the playing field and as thus obtained the naming rights of the stadium.
As from 2012 Profert Olën Park will again be the stadium where all the home fixtures of the Leopards will be played because the sponsorship of the Royal Bafokeng Sports of the Leopards, has been terminated at the end of 2011.
In 2018, the announced that financial constraints meant they could no longer afford the maintenance of the stadium and they would play their rugby elsewhere.

International Rugby Union Matches at Olën Park

YearResult
1938British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 26 - 9
1949New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 19 - 3
1953Australia beat Western Transvaal 50 - 12
1955Western Transvaal beat British & Irish Lions 9 - 6
1958Western Transvaal beat British Barbarians 11 - 3
1960New Zealand beat Transvaal Universities 45 - 6
1960New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 28 - 3
1961Ireland beat Western Transvaal 16 - 6
1962British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 11 - 6
1962British & Irish Lions beat Combined Services 20 - 6
1963Australia beat Western Transvaal 14 - 12
1967France beat Western Transvaal 38 - 11
1968British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 20 - 12
1969Western Transvaal beat Australia 18 - 6
1970New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 21 - 17
1970New Zealand beat South African Gazelles 29 - 25
1971France beat Western Transvaal 50 - 0
1973Western Transvaal beat Italy 32 - 6
1974British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 59 - 13
1976New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 42 - 3
1979International XV beat Western Transvaal 34 - 18
1979Western Transvaal beat Newport 38 - 22
1980British & Irish Lions beat Western Transvaal 22 - 19
1981Ireland beat South African Mining Invitational XV 46 - 7
1982South American Jaguars beat Western Transvaal Presidents XV 30 - 18
1986New Zealand Cavaliers beat Western Transvaal 26 - 18
1987South Sea Barbarians beat Combined Feeder Team 56 - 13
1992Australia beat Western Transvaal 46 - 13
1994England beat Western Transvaal 26 - 24
1994Western Transvaal beat Uruguay 83 - 10
1995North Harbour beat Western Transvaal 39 - 17
1995Western Transvaal beat Ivory Coast 67 - 10
1996New Zealand beat Western Transvaal 31 - 0
1998Ireland beat Western Transvaal 26 - 18
2000England beat Western Transvaal 52 - 22