Blue Bulls
Finals
¹ Northern Transvaal was renamed to the Blue Bulls. ² Transvaal was renamed to the Golden Lions.

Blue Bulls

Section Title: Finals
Table Section Text: ¹ Northern Transvaal was renamed to the Blue Bulls. ² Transvaal was renamed to the Golden Lions.

Season	Winners	Score	Runner-up	Venue

1946	Northern Transvaal	11 - 9	Western Province	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1954	Western Province	11 - 8	Northern Transvaal	Newlands, Cape Town

1956	Northern Transvaal	9 - 8	Sharks	Kings Park, Durban

1968	Northern Transvaal	16 - 3	Transvaal	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1969	Northern Transvaal	28 - 13	Western Province	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1970	Griqualand West	11 - 9	Northern Transvaal	De Beers, Kimberley

1971	Northern Transvaal, Transvaal (shared)	14 - 14	N/A	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

1973	Northern Transvaal	30 - 22	Orange Free State	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1974	Northern Transvaal	17 - 15	Transvaal	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1975	Northern Transvaal	12 - 6	Orange Free State	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

1977	Northern Transvaal	27 - 12	Orange Free State	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1978	Northern Transvaal	13 - 9	Orange Free State	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

1979	Northern Transvaal, Western Province (shared)	15 - 15	N/A	Newlands, Cape Town

1980	Northern Transvaal	39 - 9	Western Province	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1981	Northern Transvaal	23 - 6	Orange Free State	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1982	Western Province	24 - 7	Northern Transvaal	Newlands, Cape Town

1983	Western Province	9 - 3	Northern Transvaal	Newlands, Cape Town

1985	Western Province	22 - 15	Northern Transvaal	Newlands, Cape Town

1987	Northern Transvaal	24 - 18	Transvaal	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

1988	Northern Transvaal	19 - 18	Western Province	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1989	Northern Transvaal, Western Province (shared)	16 - 16	N/A	Newlands, Cape Town

1990	Sharks	18 - 12	Northern Transvaal	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1991	Northern Transvaal	27 - 15	Transvaal	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1998	Blue Bulls1	24 - 20	Western Province	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

2002	Blue Bulls	31 - 7	Golden Lions²	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

2003	Blue Bulls	40 - 19	Sharks	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

2004	Blue Bulls	42 - 33	Free State Cheetahs³	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

2005	Free State Cheetahs	29 - 25	Blue Bulls	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

2006	Blue Bulls, Free State Cheetahs (shared)	28 - 28	N/A	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

2008	Sharks	14 - 9	Blue Bulls	Kings Park Stadium, Durban

2009	Blue Bulls	36 - 24	Free State Cheetahs	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

2016	Free State Cheetahs	36 - 16	Blue Bulls	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Sentence(s)

The Blue Bulls won the 2004 final, defeating the Cheetah 42-33.

final_sentence: The Blue Bulls won the 2004 final, defeating the Cheetah 42-33.