Women's Premier Division


The Women's Premier Division is a rugby union club competition for women that is played in South Africa. it is supported by the South African Rugby Union.

History

The first South African Inter-Provincial Women's Rugby tournament was held in August 2002 in Port Elizabeth and was won by Falcons. The first women rugby union championship was launched in April 2003 under the name of SARU Women's Interprovincial Championship.
In 2018 SARU decided to reform the Championship which was renamed the Women's Premier Division. Western Province won in 2019 and Border Ladies won in 2021 for the fifth time.
In May 2023, the Bulls Daisies became the first professional women's rugby side in South Africa. They swept to the 2023 title, winning all 14 games.

List of winners

SARU Women's Interprovincial Championship winners

SeasonWinnersScoreRunner-upVenue
2003Blue Bulls39–0Eastern ProvinceLoftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
2004Blue Bulls–Mighty ElephantsLoftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
2005 –
2006 –
2007 –
2008 –
2009 –
2010 –
2011Western Province–Blue BullsTheo Marais Stadium, Cape Town
2012Western Province–
2013Border Ladies41–8Western ProvinceBuffalo City Stadium, East London
2014Border Ladies–Buffalo City Stadium, East London
2015Border Ladies20–9Blue BullsBuffalo City Stadium, East London
2016 –
2017 –
2018 –