| 1 | A | B | C | D | E |
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| 2 | Blue Bulls - Finals |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Season | Winners | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
| 4 | 1946 | Northern Transvaal | 11 - 9 | Western Province | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 5 | 1954 | Western Province | 11 - 8 | Northern Transvaal | Newlands, Cape Town |
| 6 | 1956 | Northern Transvaal | 9 - 8 | Sharks | Kings Park, Durban |
| 7 | 1968 | Northern Transvaal | 16 - 3 | Transvaal | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 8 | 1969 | Northern Transvaal | 28 - 13 | Western Province | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 9 | 1970 | Griqualand West | 11 - 9 | Northern Transvaal | De Beers, Kimberley |
| 10 | 1971 | Northern Transvaal, Transvaal (shared) | 14 - 14 | N/A | Ellis Park, Johannesburg |
| 11 | 1973 | Northern Transvaal | 30 - 22 | Orange Free State | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 12 | 1974 | Northern Transvaal | 17 - 15 | Transvaal | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 13 | 1975 | Northern Transvaal | 12 - 6 | Orange Free State | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein |
| 14 | 1977 | Northern Transvaal | 27 - 12 | Orange Free State | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 15 | 1978 | Northern Transvaal | 13 - 9 | Orange Free State | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein |
| 16 | 1979 | Northern Transvaal, Western Province (shared) | 15 - 15 | N/A | Newlands, Cape Town |
| 17 | 1980 | Northern Transvaal | 39 - 9 | Western Province | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 18 | 1981 | Northern Transvaal | 23 - 6 | Orange Free State | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 19 | 1982 | Western Province | 24 - 7 | Northern Transvaal | Newlands, Cape Town |
| 20 | 1983 | Western Province | 9 - 3 | Northern Transvaal | Newlands, Cape Town |
| 21 | 1985 | Western Province | 22 - 15 | Northern Transvaal | Newlands, Cape Town |
| 22 | 1987 | Northern Transvaal | 24 - 18 | Transvaal | Ellis Park, Johannesburg |
| 23 | 1988 | Northern Transvaal | 19 - 18 | Western Province | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 24 | 1989 | Northern Transvaal, Western Province (shared) | 16 - 16 | N/A | Newlands, Cape Town |
| 25 | 1990 | Sharks | 18 - 12 | Northern Transvaal | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 26 | 1991 | Northern Transvaal | 27 - 15 | Transvaal | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 27 | 1998 | Blue Bulls1 | 24 - 20 | Western Province | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 28 | 2002 | Blue Bulls | 31 - 7 | Golden Lions² | Ellis Park, Johannesburg |
| 29 | 2003 | Blue Bulls | 40 - 19 | Sharks | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 30 | 2004 | Blue Bulls | 42 - 33 | Free State Cheetahs³ | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 31 | 2005 | Free State Cheetahs | 29 - 25 | Blue Bulls | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 32 | 2006 | Blue Bulls, Free State Cheetahs (shared) | 28 - 28 | N/A | Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein |
| 33 | 2008 | Sharks | 14 - 9 | Blue Bulls | Kings Park Stadium, Durban |
| 34 | 2009 | Blue Bulls | 36 - 24 | Free State Cheetahs | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
| 35 | 2016 | Free State Cheetahs | 36 - 16 | Blue Bulls | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein |

Question: Who played the finals in 1977 and 1978 and what were the outcomes?
Answer: Northern Transvaal defeated the Orange Free State in the 1977 with 27-12 and 1978 with 13-9 at finals.