Bulls (rugby union)

The Bulls (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vodacom Bulls) are a South African professional rugby union team based in Pretoria. They play their home matches at Loftus Versfeld. They compete in the domestic Currie Cup competition (as the Blue Bulls) and in the United Rugby Championship. They also competed in Super Rugby until 2020.

The side won the Super 14 in 2007, 2009 and 2010, placing them among the most successful teams in Super Rugby history with three titles. They were the most successful team of the Super 14 era (2006–10), winning three out of the five titles. They are the only South African team to win a Super Rugby title.

Formerly known as Northern Transvaal the side has competed in the Currie Cup since 1937 before becoming the Bulls in 1997.

History

Northern Transvaal

The team as it is known today has its beginnings in 1938 when the then Northern Transvaal Rugby Union broke away from the Transvaal Rugby Football Union to gain status as an independent rugby union. The new team was named Northern Transvaal and donned light blue jerseys with a red Barberton Daisy emblem. However, in their very first match, they played in the red and gold hooped jerseys of the Pretoria Combined team that often "locked horns" with teams touring South Africa (red and gold being the colors of Pretoria).

Lion Cup

Northern Transvaal participated in the Lion Cup between 1983 and 1994. The Lion Cup was a domestic rugby union knock-out competition held in South Africa. Northern Transvaal tasted success in the competition on three occasions, winning the competition in 1985, 1990 and 1991. They also finished as runners-up three times in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Northern Transvaal claimed the Lion Cup 62–6 against in 1991 which is one of the biggest victories ever in a final.

Currie Cup / Central Series

The Northern Transvaal rugby team participated in the Currie Cup / Central Series from 1986 to 1994. The competition saw the top Currie Cup teams play the Currie Cup Central A teams, with the Currie Cup team with the best playing record awarded the Percy Frames Trophy. Northern Transvaal was the most successful team, claiming six consecutive titles between 1987 and 1992.

Early franchise history

Prior to the professional Super Rugby competition, Northern Transvaal competed in the Super 10, which was a tournament featuring ten teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tonga and Western Samoa, which ran from 1993 to 1995. The top three teams from the previous Currie Cup season qualified for each of the Super 10 tournaments.

Northern Transvaal competed in the 1993 season, where they were grouped in Pool B alongside Transvaal, New South Wales, North Harbour and Waikato. Transvaal finished at the top of the pool, with Northern Transvaal finishing third, behind New South Wales. Northern Transvaal did not qualify for the Super 10 (Southern Hemisphere competition)#1994 Super 10 or 1995 seasons.

Early Professional Era (1996–2005)

After rugby union went professional, the Super 10 tournament was restructured. The Super 12 was created, and was to be competed by teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Both Australia and New Zealand adopted new franchise models for their teams, whereas South Africa chose to use the Currie Cup to decide what teams were to be promoted in the Super 12 each season.

Competing in the inaugural Super 12 season of 1996, Northern Transvaal were one of the 12 teams. The side won eight of their 11 games and finished third on the table – behind only Auckland and Queensland. Jannie Kruger finished the season in the top three leading point-scorers, behind only Matt Burke and John Eales. The side was however soundly defeated in a semi-final by the Auckland Blues, with the final score being 48 points to 11. The game was played at Eden Park in Auckland.

After their fairly successful performance in the opening competition, the subsequent competition of 1997 saw them with three wins and three draws from 11 games. They finished at eighth. Following the 1997 season, South Africa adopted a similar franchise system to that of Australia and New Zealand's, abolishing the Currie Cup promotion system in favour of creating new franchises. The Bulls were formed as one of the four new teams. They did not make the semis in the 1998 season. The Bulls were considered one of the worst teams in the Super 12 competition, finishing last or second to last for five consecutive seasons from 1998 to 2003. In 2002, they became the first team ever to go through an entire Super Rugby season without winning a single game. This record remained until the Lions repeated the feat during the 2010 season. After finishing fourth in the inaugural competition, they did not make the semis again until the years 2003.

The Bulls finished in 6th place in both 2003 and 2004, though still missing out on a finals position. They equalled there 1996 performance in 2005, although there was a very poor start to the season, it was followed by six straight wins to earn them a semi-final berth, where they were defeated by the New South Wales Waratahs. Bryan Habana finished in the top three try-scorers by the end of the season, and was short-listed for IRB player of the year.

Super 14 Era (2006–10)

thumb|The Bulls playing the [[Western Force in Perth, Australia in 2006]]

In 2006, the Super 12 became the Super 14, with the addition of two new franchises, the Cheetahs and the Western Force. By the last round of the 2006 season, the Bulls, along with the Brumbies and Sharks were all in contention to take the fourth and final position on the ladder to make the semi-finals. After the Brumbies were defeated 33 to 3 by the Crusaders, the Bulls or Sharks could mathematically take the fourth spot. The Bulls defeated the Stormers at Newlands in Cape Town 43 points to 10, which ensured they went through to the semi-finals. The Bulls travelled to Christchurch where they were defeated 35 to 15 at Jade Stadium and knocked out of the finals.

The Bulls lost their first game of the 2007 Super 14 season, going down to the Sharks in Durban 17 points to 3. Entering week 14, the last round of the regular season, the Bulls were chasing an unlikely 72-point win over the Queensland Reds in order to move into second place and get a home semi-final. At Loftus, the Bulls defeated the Reds 92 points to 3, with the 89-point margin of victory setting a new Super rugby record.

The South African teams withdrew from the competition entirely, making the Bulls the only South African winners of any form of the Super Rugby trophy.

Pro14 and United Rugby Championship Era (2021–present)

The Pro14 Rainbow Cup was announced as an end-of-season cup competition to introduce the South African teams after their withdrawal from Super Rugby. After the regular season the top of the South African log Bulls faced European top Benetton in the final in Italy. The Bulls lost their first match in Europe as well as the Pro14 Rainbow Cup final 35–8.

The 2021–22 season was a tough start for the Bulls with two straight losses in Europe against Leinster 31-3 and Connacht 34–7. The Bulls got their first win in Europe on 9 October 2021 beating Cardiff Blues 29–19.

They went on to finish in 4th place on the overall standings after regular season, securing a home quarter-final.

Rivalries

Through the years the rivalry between the Blue Bulls and Western Province grew, and a clash between these two sides became one of the Currie Cup's biggest rivalries. The first time that the two sides met in a Currie Cup final was in 1946, which was also Northern Transvaal's first final contest. The match was played at Northern Transvaal's home ground at Loftus Versfeld, and saw Western Province go down 11 to 9.

After meeting in numerous other finals following 1946, it was not until the 1982 season, whenWestern Province defeated Northern Transvaal in a Currie Cup final. In the 1980s the two sides met in six Currie Cup finals, with Western Province winning three of them and one being drawn. One of the most recent Currie Cup seasons when both sides made it to the final was the 1998 season: The Blue Bulls beat the Western Province by four points, 24 to 20, at Loftus Versfeld.

Location

thumb|Bulletjie, the Blue Bulls mascot

The team is centred around the Blue Bulls Rugby Union, whose catchment covers Pretoria as well as Limpopo province, but also draws players from the Falcons Rugby Union, who represent the East Rand. Through 2005, the Bulls also drew players from the Pumas Rugby Union and Leopards Rugby Union, but in the realignment of franchise areas that came from the expansion of Super 12 to Super 14, these unions were moved into the Lions.

Stadium

The Bulls play all their home matches at the Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, which is also the home of the Blue Bulls during the Currie Cup season. The stadium is also a regular host for Springboks Test matches, and was a venue during the 1995 Rugby World Cup which South Africa hosted. Loftus was a venue for Pool D matches including France v Tonga, Scotland v Tonga and France v Scotland. Loftus was also used twice during the finals stages – for the New Zealand v Scotland quarter-final and the England v France third place play-off.

The ground has been used for rugby since 1908, and in 1932 the stadium was renamed to Loftus Versfeld in honor of Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, the founder of organized rugby in Pretoria. The stadium has undergone numerous renovations over the years, and is currently capable of holding 51,762 spectators.

Since 2005, the team's main sponsor has been mobile communications company Vodacom. On the team's website and all team-issued press releases, the Bulls are referred to as the Vodacom Bulls.

Current squad

The Bulls squad for the 2025–26 United Rugby Championship is:

Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

The following players have been included so far in the Blue Bulls squad for the 2025 Currie Cup Premier Division:

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:70%"

! colspan="100%" | Blue Bulls Currie Cup squad

|- valign="top"

Props

Casper Badenhorst
Jean Erasmus
Lizo Gqoboka
Cohen Kiewit ADD
Francois Klopper
Bryan le Roux ADD
Simphiwe Matanzima
Khutha Mchunu 12px
Dylan Smith
Mornay Smith ADD
Ruan Swart
Alulutho Tshakweni ADD

Hookers

Juann Else
Johan Grobbelaar ADD
Esethu Mnebelele
Shaun Schurmann
Joe van Zyl

Locks

Corné Beets 12px
Dylan de Leeuw
Jaco Grobbelaar
Sintu Manjezi
Marvin Orie
Heinrich Theron 12px
JJ Theron
Abri van der Westhuizen
JF van Heerden ADD
Cobus Wiese ADD

Loose forwards

Nizaam Carr 12px
Marcell Coetzee ADD
Marco Ferreira
Mpilo Gumede
Junior Pokomela
Jeandré Rudolph
Josh Strauss ADD
Nama Xaba (c)

Scrum-halves

Zak Burger
Paul de Wet ADD
Steven Nel
Brooklyn Newman
Daimon O'Connell
Embrose Papier ADD

Fly-halves

Boeta Chamberlain
Keagan Johannes ADD
Liam Koen
Jaco van der Walt

Centres

Demitre Erasmus
Stedman Gans
David Kriel ADD
Katlego Letebele
Jan Serfontein ADD
Chris Smit
Cornel Smit
PA van Niekerk
Harold Vorster ADD

Wings

Aphiwe Dyantyi
Alfondso Isaacs ADD
Stravino Jacobs
Cheswill Jooste

Fullbacks

Riyaad Bam
Henry Immelman
Devon Williams ADD

| colspan="100%" style="height: 10px;" |

| colspan="100%" style="text-align:center;" | (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, 12px denotes a player ruled out for the season through injury and ADD denotes an additional player from outside the main squad.

Coaches

Currie Cup, Lion Cup, Percy Frames Trophy

1968-1981: Brig. Buurman Van Zyl (11 Currie Cup Titles)
1982-1984: Dr. Ernst Dinkelmann
1985: Genl.Maj. Bert Wandrag (1 Lion Cup Title)
1986-1989: Dr John Williams (3 Currie Cup Titles);(3 Percy Frames Trophy Titles)
1990-1993: Eugene Van Wyk (1 Currie Cup Title);(2 Lion Cup Titles);(3 Percy Frames Trophy Titles)
1994-1997: Dr John Williams
1998-2000: Eugene Van Wyk (1 Currie Cup Title)
2001-2005: Heyneke Meyer (3 Currie Cup Titles)
2006-2007: Pote Human (1 Currie Cup Title)
2008-2010: Frans Ludeke (1 Currie Cup Title)
2011-2013: Pine Pienaar
2014: Frans Ludeke
2015-2017: Nollis Marais
2018: John Mitchell
2019: Pote Human
2020-2021: Jake White (2 Currie Cup Titles)
2022: Gert Smal
2023: Edgar Marutlulle
2024-2025: Phiwe Nomlomo
2026-Present: Johan Ackerman

Super Rugby

1996: Dr John Williams
1997: Kitch Christie
1998–1999: Eugene van Wyk
2000: Heyneke Meyer
2001: Phil Pretorius
2002: Heyneke Meyer
2003: Rudi Joubert
2004–2007: Heyneke Meyer (1 Super Rugby Title)
2008–2015: Frans Ludeke (2 Super Rugby Titles); (1 Super Rugby Conference trophy)
2016–2017: Nollis Marais
2018–2019: John Mitchell
2019: Pote Human
2020: Jake White (1 Super Rugby Unlocked Title)

URC

2020–2025: Jake White (1 United Rugby Championship SA Shield)
2026-Present: Johan Ackerman

Captains

1996–97: Ruben Kruger
1998: Adriaan Richter
1999: Schutte Bekker
2000: Ruben Kruger
2001: Joost van der Westhuizen
2002: Chris le Roux
2003: Joost van der Westhuizen
2004: Victor Matfield
2005: Anton Leonard
2006–07: Victor Matfield
2008: Fourie du Preez
2009–11: Victor Matfield
2012–13: Pierre Spies
2014: Flip van der Merwe & Victor Matfield
2015: Victor Matfield
2016: Adriaan Strauss
2017: Handré Pollard
2018: Burger Odendaal
2019: Lood de Jager
2020: Burger Odendaal and Trevor Nyakane
2020–21: Duane Vermeulen
2021–present: Marcell Coetzee

Former players

Statistics

Overall results by opponent in all competitions

The complete results for the Bulls vs different opponents in all competitions

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="text-align:center;line-height:90%;font-size:90%;width:100%"

!colspan=14| Super Rugby, Super Rugby Unlocked, Preparation Series, Pro14 Rainbow Cup, United Rugby Championship, European Rugby Champions Cup, EPCR Challenge Cup, Toyota Challenge

!style="width:12%;"| Opposition

!style="width:7%;" | Span

!style="width:5%;" | Played

!style="width:5%;" | Won

!style="width:5%;" | Drawn

!style="width:5%;" | Lost

!style="width:7%;" | Win%

!style="width:5%;" | Points for

!style="width:5%;" |

!style="width:17%;"| Best score

!style="width:17%;"| Worst score

!style="width:5%;" | 40–49 points

!style="width:5%;" | 50+ points

|align=left| ||1996–2025|| 47 || 28 || 3 || 16 || 59.57% || 1106 || 23.53 || 1021 ||44–10 (2023–24) URC|| 47–20 (2022–23) URC || 6 || 0

|align=left| ||1996–2019|| 22 || 12 || 0 || 10 || 54.55% || 506 || 23.00 || 609 ||48–38 (2010) Super Rugby||53–7 (2001) Super Rugby|| 1 || 0

|align=left| ||1996–2020|| 23 || 7 || 2 || 14 || 30.43% || 568 || 24.70 || 644 ||59–29 (1996) Super Rugby||65–23 (1999) Super Rugby|| 2 || 2

|align=left| ||1996–2020|| 23 || 10 || 0 || 13 || 43.48% || 614 || 26.70 || 521 ||92–3 (2007) Super Rugby||48–12 (2002) Super Rugby|| 2 || 2

|align=left| ||1996–2019|| 27 || 10 || 0 || 17 || 37.04% || 626 || 23.19 || 909 ||40–35 (2010) Super Rugby||75–27 (2000) Super Rugby|| 1 || 0

|align=left| ||1996–2020|| 23 || 7 || 2 || 14 || 30.43% || 588 || 25.57 || 759 ||59–26 (2009) Super Rugby||65–24 (2002) Super Rugby|| 2 || 1

|align=left| ||1996–2019|| 23 || 8 || 2 || 13 || 34.78% || 636 || 27.65 || 745 ||61–17 (2009) Super Rugby Final||53–24 (2002) Super Rugby|| 1 || 1

|align=left| ||1996–2025|| 39 || 25 || 1 || 13 || 64.10% ||1123|| 28.79 || 988 ||62–52 (2004) Super Rugby||57–24 (1999) Super Rugby|| 2 || 2

|align=left| ||1996–2019|| 22 || 10 || 0 || 12 || 45.45% || 567 || 25.77 || 602 ||48–14 (2013) Super Rugby||64–32 (1997) Super Rugby|| 4 || 0

|align=left| ||1996–2019|| 23 || 8 || 0 || 15 || 34.78% || 568 || 24.70 || 672 ||50–32 (2010) Super Rugby||73–9 (1999) Super Rugby|| 1 || 1

|align=left| ||1996–2025|| 47 || 18 || 1 || 28 || 38.30%|| 1086 || 23.11 || 1048 ||75–14 (2005) Super Rugby||42–19 (1999) Super Rugby|| 4 || 1

|align=left| ||1997–2022|| 22 || 16 || 0 || 6 || 72.73% || 669 || 30.41 || 496 ||60–20 (2008) Super Rugby||42–29 (2015) Super Rugby|| 2 || 3

|align=left| ||2006–2016|| 10 || 6 || 0 || 4 || 60.00% || 264 || 26.40 || 221 ||42–20 (2016) Super Rugby||30–27 (2007) Super Rugby|| 1 || 0

|align=left| ||2011–2019|| 7 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 85.71% || 253 || 36.14 || 125 ||47–10 (2011) Super Rugby||35–41 (2012) Super Rugby|| 4 || 0

|align=left| ||2013–2017|| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 75.00% || 150 || 37.50 || 55 ||48–18 (2013) Super Rugby||31–30 (2017) Super Rugby|| 1 || 0

|align=left| ||2016–2018|| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 60.00% || 171 || 34.20 || 114 ||50–3 (2016) Super Rugby||42–37 (2018) Super Rugby|| 0 || 1

|align=left| ||2016–2020|| 7 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 28.57% || 160 || 22.86 || 218 ||43–34 (2018) Super Rugby||54–25 (2018) Super Rugby|| 1 || 0

|align=left| ||2020–2020|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 30 || 30.00 || 23 ||30–23 (2020) Super Rugby Unlocked||23–30 (2020) Super Rugby Unlocked|| 0 || 0

|align=left| ||2020–2021|| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 69 || 34.50 || 36 ||48–31 (2020) Preparation Series||31–48 (2020) Preparation Series|| 1 || 0

|align=left| ||2021–2021|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 87 || 87.00 || 10 ||87–10 (2021) Preparation Series||10–87 (2021) Preparation Series|| 0 || 1

|align=left| ||2021–2024|| 6 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 83.33% || 201 || 33.50 || 159 ||56–35 (2023–24) URC||35–8 (2021) Rainbow Cup Final|| 2 || 1

|align=left| ||2021–2025|| 7 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 57.14% || 159 || 22.71 || 183 ||62–7 (2022–23) URC||47–14 (2023–24) URC|| 0 || 1

|align=left| ||2021–2024|| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 75.99% || 116 || 29.00 || 89 ||53–27 (2023–24) URC||34–7 (2021–22) URC|| 0 || 1

|align=left| ||2021–2025|| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100.00%|| 137 || 34.25 || 61 ||45–9 (2022–23) URC||21–45 (2024–25) URC|| 2 || 0

|align=left| ||2021–2025|| 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 50.00%|| 158 || 26.34 || 162 ||42–33 (2024–25) URC||34–28 (2024–25) URC|| 1 || 0

|align=left| ||2022–2025|| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100.00%||240|| 60.00 || 72 ||78–12 (2022–23) URC||29–54 (2023–24) URC|| 1 || 3

|align=left| ||2022–2025|| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 60.00%|| 84 || 21.00 || 95 ||29–24 (2021–22) URC||31–17 (2022–23) URC|| 0|| 0

|align=left| ||2022–2024|| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 50.67%|| 170 || 42.50 || 93 ||63–21 (2023–24) URC||37–28 (2022–23) URC|| 0|| 2

|align=left| ||2022–2025|| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100.00%|| 170 || 42.50 || 59 ||55–15 (2024–25) URC||20–55 (2021–22) URC|| 0|| 2

|align=left| ||2022–2024|| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 50.00%|| 123 || 30.75 || 95 ||47–21 (2024–25) URC||32–23 (2022–23) URC|| 1|| 0

|align=left| ||2022–2025|| 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 60.00% || 132 || 26.40 || 126 ||40–34 (2024–25) URC||35–21 (2022–23) URC|| 1|| 0

|align=left| ||2022–2024|| 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100.00%|| 171 || 42.75 || 100 ||61–24 (2023–24) URC||31–38 (2021–22) URC|| 1|| 1

|align=left| ||2022–2024|| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 50.00%|| 136 || 34.00 || 115 ||59–19 (2023–24) Champions Cup||36–42 (2022–23) Champions Cup|| 1|| 1

|align=left| ||2022–2023|| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 50.00%|| 53 || 26.50 || 72 ||39–28 (2022–23) Champions Cup||44–14 (2022–23) Champions Cup|| 0|| 0

|align=left| ||2023–2023|| 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 9 || 9.00 || 33 ||9–33 (2022–23) Champions Cup||33–9 (2022–23) Champions Cup|| 0|| 0

|align=left| ||2023–2024|| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 50.00% || 32 || 16.00 || 43 ||27–16 (2023–24) Champions Cup||27–5 (2024–25) Champions Cup|| 0|| 0

|align=left| ||2024–2024|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 31 || 31.00 || 17 ||31–17 (2023–24) Champions Cup||17–31 (2022–23) Champions Cup|| 0|| 0

|align=left| ||2024–2024|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 46 || 46.00 || 40 ||46–40 (2023–24) Champions Cup||40–46 (2022–23) Champions Cup|| 1|| 0

|align=left| ||2024–2024|| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 43 || 21.50 || 89 ||22–59 (2023–24) Champions Cup||59–22 (2022–23) Champions Cup|| 0|| 0

|align=left| || 2025–2025 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 10 || 10.00 || 49 || 10–49 (2024–25) || 49–10 (2024–25) || 0 || 0

|align=left| || 2025–2025 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 48 || 48.00 || 7 || 48–7 (2024–25) || 7–48 (2024–25) || 1 || 0

|align=left| || 2025–2025 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 32 || 32.00 || 22 || 32–22 (2024–25) || 22–32 (2024–25) || 0 || 0

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! Super Rugby || 1996–2020 || 335 || 158 || 11 || 166 || 47.16% || 8626 || 25.75 || 8875 || 92–3 vs Reds (2007) || 75–27 vs Crusaders (2000) || 30 || 14

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! Super Rugby Unlocked || 2020–2020 || 6 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 83.33% || 178 || 29.67 || 92 || 41–14 vs Sharks (2021) || 25–30 vs Lions (2021) || 1 || 0

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! Preparation Series || 2021–2021 || 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 75.00% || 181 || 45.25 || 115 || 87–10 vs Eastern Province Elephants (2021)|| 45–12 vs Sharks (2021) || 1 || 1

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! United Rugby Championship || 2021–2025 || 80 || 52 || 0 || 28 || 65.00% || 2484 || 31.05 || 1825 || 78–12 vs Zebre (2022–23) || 47–14 vs Leinster (2023–24) || 12 || 11

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! Pro14 Rainbow Cup || 2021–2021 || 7 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 71.43% || 191 || 27.29 || 152 || 43–9 vs Sharks (2021) || 35–8 vs Benetton (2021) || 1 || 0

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! European Rugby Champions Cup || 2022–2025 || 15 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 46.67% || 408 || 27.20 || 465 || 59–19 vs Lyon (2023–24) || 59–22 vs Northampton Saints (2023–24) || 3 || 1

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! EPCR Challenge Cup || 2025–2025 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 50.00% || 60 || 30.00 || 56 || 32–22 vs Bayonne (2024–25) || 34–28 vs Edinburgh (2024–25) || 0 || 0

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! Toyota Challenge || 2022–2022 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 14 || 14.00 || 17 || 14–17 vs Cheetahs (2022) || 17–14 vs Cheetahs (2022) || 0 || 0

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! Overall || 1996–2025 || 450 || 231 || 11 || 208 || 51.33% || 12142 || 26.98 || 11597 || 92–3 vs Reds (2007) || 75–27 vs Crusaders (2000) || 48 || 27

All these stats include playoff matches (qualifiers, semi-finals and finals)
All Super Rugby fixtures vs different opponents as Northern Transvaal 1996–1997 as Bulls 1998–2020 included
All 2020 Super Rugby Unlocked fixtures included
All 2021 Preparation Series fixtures included
2021 Pro14 Rainbow Cup included
2022 Toyota Challenge included
United Rugby Championship fixtures added 2021–22 – 2024–25
European Rugby Champions Cup included 2022–23 – 2024–25
Correct as of 7 December 2025

Results by opposition in the Currie Cup

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="text-align:center; line-height:90%; font-size:90%; width:90%;"

! colspan=14 | Currie Cup

! style="width:12%;" | Opposition

! style="width:7%;" | Span

! style="width:5%;" | Played

! style="width:5%;" | Won

! style="width:5%;" | Drawn

! style="width:5%;" | Lost

! style="width:7%;" | Win%

! style="width:5%;" | Points for

! style="width:5%;" |

! style="width:17%;" | Best score

! style="width:17%;" | Worst score

! style="width:5%;" | 40-49 points

! style="width:5%;" | 50+ points

| align=left | || 1996–2025 || 58 || 29 || 2 || 27 || 50.00% || 1623 || 27.98 || 1575 || 64–29 (2003) || 63–26 (2003) || 8 || 3

| align=left | || 1996–2025 || 55 || 29 || 4 || 22 || 52.73% || 1544 || 28.07 || 1483 || 64–36 (2017) || 57–27 (1997) || 4 || 4

| align=left | || 1996–2025 || 49 || 28 || 0 || 21 || 57.14% || 1420 || 28.98 || 1343 || 54–22 (2017) || 62–23 (2013) || 6 || 3

| align=left | || 1996–2025 || 47 || 36 || 0 || 11 || 76.60% || 1887 || 40.15 || 1193 || 77–30 (2001) || 58–37 (2000) || 18 || 10

| align=left | || 1996–2025 || 14 || 12 || 0 || 2 || 85.71% || 644 || 46.00 || 281 || 72–16 (2009) || 35–26 (2016) Qualification || 2 || 7

| align=left | || 1996–2016 || 17 || 14 || 1 || 2 || 82.35% || 673 || 39.59 || 316 || 80–22 (1996) || 36–33 (2000) Bankfin Cup || 4 || 4

| align=left | || 1996–2016 || 14 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 92.86% || 709 || 50.64 || 255 || 147–8 (1996) || 32–36 (1999) || 2 || 5

| align=left | || 1996–2024 || 11 || 9 || 0 || 2 || 81.82% || 559 || 50.82 || 248 || 89–31 (1999) || 37–43 (2000) Bankfin Cup || 1 || 7

| align=left | || 1997–2025 || 51 || 18 || 2 || 31 || 35.29% || 1260 || 24.71 || 1283 || 64–0 (2025) || 39–27 (2011) || 7 || 2

| align=left | || 1997–2025 || 33 || 26 || 0 || 7 || 78.79% || 1111 || 33.67 || 787 || 66–3 (2006) || 63–15 (2023) || 6 || 4

| align=left | || 1997–2016 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2 || 83.33% || 503 || 41.92 || 325 || 69–28 (2005) Qualification || 50–48 (2002) || 5 || 2

| align=left | || 1997–2016 || 15 || 14 || 0 || 1 || 93.33% || 737 || 49.13 || 356 || 92–21 (2011) || 51–26 (2016) Qualification || 3 || 6

| align=left | || 1997–2016 || 6 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 66.67% || 235 || 39.17 || 131 || 59–21 (1998) || 26–23 (2000) || 1 || 2

| align=left | || 2016–2016 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 95 || 95.00 || 12 || 95–12 (2016) Qualification || 12–95 (2016) Qualification || 0 || 1

|-class="sortbottom"

!Bottom | Overall || 1996–2025 || 383 || 243 || 9 || 131 || 63.45% || 13000 || 33.94 || 9588 || 147–8 SWD Eagles (1996) || 63–15 Pumas (2023) || 67 || 60

All this data includes all playoff matches (quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals)
2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2016 Currie Cup Qualification results included.
2000 Bankfin Cup results included.
Correct as of 7 December 2025

Bulls XV

The Blue Bulls Vodacom Cup and SuperSport Rugby Challenge results vs different opponents 1998-2019

Added together based on the fact that both competitions serves as the second tier in South African rugby. In some of these fixtures, the Blue Bulls were represented by the .

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="text-align:center; line-height:90%; font-size:90%; width:90%;"

! colspan=14 | Vodacom Cup and Rugby Challenge

! style="width:12%;" | Opposition

! style="width:7%;" | Span

! style="width:5%;" | Played

! style="width:5%;" | Won

! style="width:5%;" | Drawn

! style="width:5%;" | Lost

! style="width:7%;" | Win%

! style="width:5%;" | Points for

! style="width:5%;" |

! style="width:17%;" | Best score

! style="width:17%;" | Worst score

! style="width:5%;" | 40-49 points

! style="width:5%;" | 50+ points

| align=left | || 1998–2019 || 28 || 13 || 0 || 15 || 46.43% || 827 || 29.54 || 872 || 62–24 (2019) || 63–27 (2002) || 3 || 4

| align=left | || 1998–2019 || 23 || 18 || 1 || 4 || 78.26% || 805 || 35.00 || 566 || 63–36 (2019) || 41–45 (1999) || 6 || 2

| align=left | || 1998–2019 || 22 || 9 || 1 || 12 || 40.91% || 613 || 27.86 || 635 || 49–16 (2005) || 51–22 (1999) || 3 || 0

| align=left | || 1998–2019 || 21 || 16 || 0 || 5 || 76.19% || 823 || 39.19 || 462 || 74–14 (2013) || 39–21 (2002) || 2 || 6

| align=left | || 1998–2019 || 19 || 9 || 0 || 10 || 47.37% || 542 || 28.53 || 550 || 52–20 (2002) || 40–25 (2000) || 6 || 1

| align=left | || 1998–2019 || 15 || 14 || 0 || 1 || 93.33% || 631 || 42.07 || 299 || 89–10 (2013) || 36–25 (1999) || 3 || 4

| align=left | || 1998–2017 || 11 || 7 || 0 || 4 || 63.64% || 316 || 28.73 || 258 || 51–18 (2004) || 57–27 (1998) || 1 || 1

| align=left | || 1999–2019 || 10 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 625 || 62.50 || 203 || 92–7 (2017) || 34–58 (2010) || 2 || 7

| align=left | || 2000–2017 || 11 || 6 || 0 || 5 || 54.55% || 328 || 29.82 || 238 || 60–33 (2002) || 37–35 (2008) || 2 || 1

| align=left | || 2001–2011 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 2 || 77.78% || 344 || 38.22 || 262 || 50–29 (2002) || 45–47 (2002) || 4 || 1

| align=left | || 2001–2015 || 14 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 92.85% || 526 || 37.57 || 382 || 68–22 (2008) || 50–23 (2004) || 5 || 1

| align=left | || 2001–2011 || 7 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 71.43% || 259 || 37.00 || 125 || 52–12 (2001) || 33–26 (2005) || 0 || 2

| align=left | || 2001–2011 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 60.00% || 154 || 30.80 || 134 || 46–31 (2002) || 33–27 (2008) || 1 || 0

| align=left | || 2006–2013 || 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 75.00% || 138 || 34.50 || 117 || 43–22 (2006) || 34–31 (2013) || 1 || 0

| align=left | || 2011–2011 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 31 || 15.50 || 41 || 22–27 (2011) || 27–22 (2011) || 0 || 0

| align=left | || 2013–2015 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 307 || 102.33 || 13 || 114–0 (2014) || 13–83 (2015) || 0 || 3

|-class="sortbottom"

!Bottom | Overall || 1998–2019 || 204 || 136 || 2 || 66 || 66.67% || 7269 || 35.63 || 5157 || 114–0 vs Limpopo Blue Bulls Vodacom Cup 2014 || 63–27 Vs Golden Lions (2002) || 39 || 33

Fixtures as the included.
All this data includes all playoff matches (quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals)
All fixtures added 1998 - 2019

Other notable results:

{| class="wikitable"

!Date

!Opponent

!Location

!Result

!Bulls score

!Opponent score

!Notes

| 1 February 2001

| Fiji Developmental side

| Fiji

| Lost

| 27

| 35

| Report

| 3 February 2001

| Fiji

| Won

| 33

| 19

| Report

| 7 February 2001

| Fiji Warriors

| Fiji

| Won

| 19

| 14

| Report

| 31 January 2015

| Allianz Park, London

| Won

| 39

| 26

| Report

| 17 July 2021

| South Africa A

| Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

| Won

| 17

| 14

| Report

Bulls records

United Rugby Championship (Rainbow Cup), Champions Cup, EPCR Challenge Cup and Super Rugby records

Individual Records

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"

|- style="background:#BCD4E6

!Individual Records

!United Rugby Championship

!Champions Cup

!EPCR Challenge Cup

!Super Rugby

|Most points

|388 by Chris Smith|| 58 by Johan Goosen ||15 by David Kriel|| 1487 by Morné Steyn

|Most tries

|24 by Kurt-Lee Arendse || 4 by David Kriel, Sebastian de Klerk, Marcell Coetzee, Embrose Papier, Cameron Hanekom ||3 by David Kriel||37 by Bryan Habana (2005–09) 2nd Akona Ndungane 33 tries (2005–14)

|Most conversions

|92 by Chris Smith|| 18 by Johan Goosen ||3 by Johan Goosen, Keagan Johannes|| 245 by Morné Steyn

|Most penalty kicks

|57 by Chris Smith|| 8 by Chris Smith ||1 by Johan Goosen, Keagan Johannes|| 283 by Morné Steyn

|Most drop goals

| 1 by Chris Smith|| record not set ||record not set|| 26 by Morné Steyn

Match Records

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"

|- style="background:#BCD4E6

!Match Records

!United Rugby Championship

!Champions Cup

!EPCR Challenge Cup

!Super Rugby

|Biggest victory.

|78–12 (v. , 2023)||59-19 (v. , 2024) ||32-22 (v. , 2025)||92–3 (v. Queensland Reds, 2007)

|Largest points for

|78 (v. , 2023)||59 (v. , 2024) ||32 (v. , 2025)||92 (v. Queensland Reds, 2007)

|Biggest defeat

|14–47 (v. , 2024)||5-50 (v. , 2025) ||34-28 (v. , 2025)||9–73 (v ACT Brumbies, 1999)

|Most points conceded

|47 (v. , 2022), (v. , 2024)||61 (v. , 2026) ||34 (v. , 2025)||75 (v Crusaders, 2000)

|Most tries:

|11 (v. , 2023)||9 (v. , 2024) ||4 tries on two occasions||13 (v Queensland Reds, 2007)

|Most tries conceded

|7 (v. , 2024)||9 (v. , 2024), (v. , 2026) ||4 (v. , 2025)||11 (v , 2000)

|Most points by a player

|23 by Johan Goosen (v. 2023)||13 by Chris Smith (v. , 2023) ||10 by David Kriel (v. , 2025)||35 by Morné Steyn (v , 2005, v 2010)

|Most tries by a player

|3 (hat-trick) by Cornal Hendricks (v. Ospreys, 2022),Canan Moodie (v. 2023),David Kriel (v. 2023), Canan Moodie (v. 2024), Johan Grobbelaar (v. Ospreys, 2025)||2 tries on 6 occasions ||2 by David Kriel (v. , 2025)||3 by Adriaan Richter (v. , 1997), Fourie du Preez (v. , 2004), Wynand Olivier (v. , 2011), Bjorn Basson (v. , 2016), Warrick Gelant (v. , 2017), Adriaan Strauss (v. , 2018), Warrick Gelant (v. , 2018), Rosko Specman (v. , 2020)

|Most conversions by a player

|10 by Johan Goosen (v. 2023)||6 by Morné Steyn (v. , 2022), Handre Pollard (v. , 2026) ||2 on two occasions||11 by Derick Hougaard (v. Queensland Reds, 2007)

| Most penalties by a player

|5 by Morné Steyn (v. Sharks, 2021), Chris Smith (v. Cardiff 2021), Chris Smith (v. 2022)|| 3 by Chris Smith (v. , 2023), Chris Smith (v. , 2023), Handre Pollard (v. , 2026) ||1 on two occasions||8 by Jannie de Beer (v. , 1996), Derick Hougaard (v. , 2007)

|Most drop goals by a player

|1 by Chris Smith (v. 2022), Keagan Johannes (v. 2025)|| record not set ||record not set||4 by Morné Steyn (v. , 2009)

Winning Streaks

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"

|- style="background:#BCD4E6

!Winning Streaks

!United Rugby Championship

!Champions Cup

!EPCR Challenge Cup

!Super Rugby

|Most consecutive victories

|6 (27 April 2024 – 22 June 2024)|| 3 victories || 1 victory ||12 (25 April 2009 – 27 March 2010)

Season Records

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"

|- style="background:#BCD4E6

!Season Records

!United Rugby Championship

!Champions Cup

!EPCR Challenge Cup

!Super Rugby

|Most points

|710 (2023–24)||213 (2023–24) ||60 (2024-25)||500 (2010)

|Most team tries

|92 (2023–24)||28 (2023–24) ||8 (2024-25)|| 59 (2018)

|Most team conversions

|70 (2023–24)||23 (2023–24) ||6 (2024-25)|| 47 (2018)

|Most team penalties

|36 (2023–24)||9 (2023–24) ||2 (2024-25)|| 62 (2010)

|Most team drop goals

|1 (2021–22)|| record not set ||record not set|| 11 (2009)

|Most points by a player

|167 by Johan Goosen (2023–24)||41 by Johan Goosen ||15 by David Kriel||263 by Morné Steyn (2010 – Super Rugby record)

|Most tries by a player

|12 by Akker van der Merwe (2023–24)|| 3 by David Kriel, Marcell Coetzee, Embrose Papier, Sebastian de Klerk (2023–24), Cameron Hanekom (2024-25), Stravino Jacobs (2025-26) ||3 by David Kriel||11 by Bjorn Basson (2012)

|Most conversions by a player

|45 by Johan Goosen (2023–24)||16 by Johan Goosen (2023–24)||3 by Johan Goosen, Keagan Johannes||38 by Morné Steyn (2010)

|Most penalty kicks by a player

|24 by Johan Goosen (2023–24)||4 by Chris Smith (2022–23)&(2023–24) ||1 by Johan Goosen, Keagan Johannes||51 Morné Steyn (2010 – Super Rugby Record)

|Most drop goals by a player

|1 by Chris Smith (2021–22)||record not set ||record not set||11 by Morné Steyn (2009, Super Rugby Record)

Correct as of 13 April 2025 (United Rugby Championship not updated with current season yet)
Pro14 Rainbow Cup also included as URC points.

Season Awards

United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship Team of the Year

The following Bulls players were selected in the URC team of the year.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Season !! Players

| 2021–22 || Johan Grobbelaar, Ruan Nortjé, Marcell Coetzee [https://www.unitedrugby.com/latest/news/the-united-rugby-championship-dream-team-has-been-named]

| 2022–23 || Kurt-Lee Arendse [https://www.unitedrugby.com/latest/news/urc-awards-2022-23-elite-xv-has-been-named]

| 2023–24 || Wilco Louw, Akker van der Merwe, Ruan Nortjé(2), Elrigh Louw, Cameron Hanekom, Kurt-Lee Arendse(2) [https://www.unitedrugby.com/awards/2023-24]

| 2023–24 || Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Wilco Louw (2), Cameron Hanekom (2) [https://www.unitedrugby.com/awards/hall-of-fame#2024-2025]

United Rugby Championship Golden Boot

The Golden Boot is awarded to the kicker who has successfully converted the highest percentage of place kicksTo be eligible, the player must have taken at least 20 kicks at goal.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Season !! Winner !! Percentage

| 2022–23 || Johan Goosen || 90%

| 2023–24 || Chris Smith || 90%

United Rugby Championship Ironman of the Year

The award for having played the most minutes in the URC during the season.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Season !! Players

| 2021–22 || Ruan Nortjé (1,394)

United Rugby Championship Next-Gen Player of the Year

The award is to recognize young up and coming talent.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Season !! Players

| 2024–25 || Cameron Hanekom

All Time Records

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"

|- style="background:#BCD4E6

!Individual Records

!Held by

|Most points

|1708 by Morné Steyn (2005 – 2023)

|Most tries

|37 by Bryan Habana (2005–2009)

|Most conversions

|309 by Morné Steyn (2005 – 2023)

|Most penalty kicks

|314 by Morné Steyn (2005 – 2023)

|Most drop goals

|26 by Morné Steyn (2005 – 2023)

|- style="background:#BCD4E6

All 2021 Super Rugby Unlocked points included
All 2021 Preparation Series points included
2021 Pro14 Rainbow Cup points included
United Rugby Championship points included 2021–22 – 2022–23
Correct as of 3 June 2023

Currie Cup records

Bulls Currie Cup records:

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:75%;"

! colspan="5" | Team Match Records

! style="width:25%;" | Record

! style="width:30%;" | Opposition

! style="width:25%;" | Venue

! style="width:10%;" | Season

! style="width:10%;" |

| Biggest win: || || Polokwane || style="text-align:center" | 1996 || style="text-align:center" | 147–8

| Heaviest defeat: || || Pretoria || style="text-align:center" | 2023 || style="text-align:center" | 15–63

| Highest score: || || Polokwane || style="text-align:center" | 1996 || style="text-align:center" | 147

| Most points conceded: || || || style="text-align:center" | 1997 || style="text-align:center" | 64

| Most tries: || || Polokwane || style="text-align:center" | 1996 || style="text-align:center" | 23

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:75%;"

! colspan="6" | Player Match Records

! style="width:25%;" | Record

! style="width:15%;" | Player

! style="width:15%;" | Opposition

! style="width:25%;" | Venue

! style="width:10%;" | Season

! style="width:10%;" |

<!--Record || Player || Opposition || Venue

| Season || No-->

| Most points by a player: || Casper Steyn || || Pretoria

| style="text-align:center" | 2000 || style="text-align:center" | 40

| Most tries by a player: || Jacques Olivier || || Polokwane

| style="text-align:center" | 1996 || style="text-align:center" | 7

| Most conversions by a player: || Willie du Plessis

| || Lephalale

| style="text-align:center" | 2013 || style="text-align:center" | 15

| Most Currie Cup conversions by a player: || Lance Sherrell || || Polokwane

| style="text-align:center" | 1996 || style="text-align:center" | 14

| rowspan="2" | Most penalties by a player: || Jannie Kruger || || Pretoria

| style="text-align:center" | 1996 || style="text-align:center" | 9

| Derick Hougaard || || Pretoria

| style="text-align:center" | 2002 || style="text-align:center" | 9

| Most drop goals by a player: || Naas Botha || || Pretoria

| style="text-align:center" | N/A || style="text-align:center" | 5

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:75%;"

! colspan="4" | Team Season Records

! style="width:25%;" | Record

! style="width:55%;" | Matches

! style="width:10%;" | Season

! style="width:10%;" |

| Most team points: || in 28 matches || style="text-align:center" | 1996 || style="text-align:center" | 1193

| Most Currie Cup team points: || in 13 matches || style="text-align:center" | 1996 || style="text-align:center" | 783

| Most team tries: || in 28 matches || style="text-align:center" | 2004 || style="text-align:center" | 142

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:75%;"

! colspan="4" | Player Season Records

! style="width:25%;" | Record

! style="width:55%;" | Player

! style="width:10%;" | Season

! style="width:10%;" |

| Most points by a player: || Casper Steyn || style="text-align:center" | 1999 || style="text-align:center" | 361

| Most Currie Cup points by a player: || Johan Heunis || style="text-align:center" | 1989 || style="text-align:center" | 268

| Most tries by a player: || Pierre Spies || style="text-align:center" | 1975 || style="text-align:center" | 25

| Most Currie Cup tries by a player: || Ettienne Botha || style="text-align:center" | 2004 || style="text-align:center" | 18

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:75%;"

! colspan="4" | Player Career Records

! style="width:25%;" | Record

! style="width:55%;" | Player

! style="width:10%;" | Seasons

! style="width:10%;" |

| Most appearances: || Burger Geldenhuys || style="text-align:center" | 1977–1989 || style="text-align:center" | 184

| Most points: || Naas Botha || style="text-align:center" | 1977–1992 || style="text-align:center" | 2511

| Most tries: || Deon Oosthuysen || style="text-align:center" | 1986–1994 || style="text-align:center" | 85

Play-off honours

Finals

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!colspan="2"| Finalists

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|2007||Won the Super Rugby final 20–19 against the Sharks ||19 May 2007

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|2009||Won the Super Rugby final 61–17 against the Chiefs||30 May 2009

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|2010||Won the Super Rugby final 25–17 against the Stormers||29 May 2010

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|2021||Lost the Pro14 Rainbow Cup final 8–35 against Benetton||19 June 2021

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|2022||Lost the United Rugby Championship final 13–18 against the Stormers||18 June 2022

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|2024||Lost the United Rugby Championship final 16–21 against Glasgow||22 June 2024

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|2025||Lost the United Rugby Championship final 7–32 against Leinster||14 June 2025

Semi-Finals

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!colspan="3"| Semi-finalists

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|1996||Lost Super Rugby semi-final 11–48 to Blues||19 May 1996

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|2005||Lost Super Rugby semi-final 13–23 to Waratahs||21 May 2005

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

| 2006||Lost Super Rugby semi-final 15–35 to Crusaders||20 May 2006

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

| 2013||Lost Super Rugby semi-final 23–26 to Brumbies||27 July 2013

Quarter-Finals

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!colspan="3"| Quarter-finalists

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

|2012||Lost Super Rugby quarter-final 13–28 to Crusaders||21 July 2012

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

| 2019||Lost Super Rugby quarter-final 28–35 to Hurricanes||22 June 2019

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

| 2023|| Lost United Rugby Championship quarter-final 33–21 to Stormers || 6 May 2023

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

| 2024||Lost European Rugby Champions Cup quarter-final 59–22 to Northampton Saints|| 13 April 2024

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

| 2025||Lost EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-final 28–34 to Edinburgh|| 12 April 2025

Trophies and Honours

Team of the Year for the 2010 season [https://www.ougrote.com/2010/11/01/sa-rugby-awards-2010-live/]
Team of the Year for the 2020 season [https://rugby365.com/tournaments/currie-cup/news-currie-cup/south-africas-player-of-the-year-revealed/]

Major International and Domestic Honours

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:100%;"

! colspan=8 | Major Honours in international competitions

! style="width:10%;" | Competition

! style="width:5%;" | Span

! style="width:5%;" | Titles won

! style="width:5%;" | Runner-up

! style="width:5%;" | Semi-finalists

! style="width:5%;" | Quarter-finalists

! style="width:5%;" | Qualifying-finalists

! style="width:5%;" | Round of 16

| style="text-align:left;" | Super 10 ||1993|| style="background:gold"| (0) || style="background:silver"| (0) || style="background:#000000"|' || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Super Rugby ||1996-2020|| style="background:gold"| (3) 2007, 2009, 2010 || style="background:silver"| (0) || (4) 1996, 2005, 2006, 2013 || (1) 2019 || (1) 2012 || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Super Rugby Conference trophy ||2011-2019|| style="background:gold"| (1) 2013 || style="background:silver"| (4) 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | United Rugby Championship ||2021-2025 || style="background:gold"| (0) || style="background:silver"| (3) 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25 || (0) || (1) 2022–23 || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | United Rugby Championship SA Shield ||2021-2025|| style="background:gold"| (1) 2023–24 || style="background:silver"| (2) 2021–22, 2022–23 || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Pro14 Rainbow Cup ||2021|| style="background:gold"| (0) || style="background:silver"| (1) 2021|| style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Super Rugby Unlocked ||2020|| style="background:gold"| (1) 2020 || style="background:silver"| (0) || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | European Rugby Champions Cup ||2022-2025|| style="background:gold"| (0) || style="background:silver"| (0) ||(0)||(1) 2023–24|| style="background:#000000"| ||(2) 2022–23, 2025–26

| style="text-align:left;" | EPCR Challenge Cup ||2025|| style="background:gold"| (0) || style="background:silver"| (0) || (0) || (1) 2024-25 || style="background:#000000"| || (0)

! colspan=8 | Major Honours in domestic competitions

| style="text-align:left;" | Currie Cup ||1939-2025|| style="background:gold"| (25) 1946, 1956, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2020–21, 2021 (Title shared in 1971, 1979, 1989, 2006) || style="background:silver"| (9) || (10) || (1) || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Currie Cup First Division ||2000|| style="background:gold"| (1) 2000 || style="background:silver"| (0) || (0) || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Lion Cup ||1983-1994|| style="background:gold"| (3) 1985, 1990, 1991 || style="background:silver"| (3) 1987, 1988, 1989 || (4) 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993|| (1) 1994|| style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Vodacom Cup ||1998-2015|| style="background:gold"| (3) 2001, 2008, 2010 || style="background:silver"| (6) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011 || (4) 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015 || (2) 2000, 2013 || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Rugby Challenge ||2017-2019|| style="background:gold"| (0) || style="background:silver"| (0) || (1) 2017|| (1) 2018 || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | SA Rugby Under-23 Cup ||2026|| style="background:gold"| (1) 2026 || style="background:silver"| (0) || (0) || (0) || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Toyota Challenge ||2022|| style="background:gold"| (0) || style="background:silver"| (1) 2022|| (0) || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | M-Net Nite Series ||1992-1995|| style="background:gold"| (3) 1992, 1993, 1995 || style="background:silver"| (0) || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Percy Frames Trophy ||1986-1994|| style="background:gold"| (6) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 || style="background:silver"| (1) 1994|| style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Teljoy Cup ||1986-1992|| style="background:gold"| (5) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992 || style="background:silver"| (1) 1991|| style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

| style="text-align:left;" | Ellis Park Challenge Series ||1985|| style="background:gold"| (1) 1985 || style="background:silver"| (0) || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"| || style="background:#000000"|

Currie Cup finals

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; border-collapse:collapse;"

|- style="background:#C1D8FF;"

!Season

!Winners

!Score

!Runner-up

!Venue

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1946

|Northern Transvaal

|11 - 9

|Western Province

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|1954

|Western Province

|11 - 8

|Northern Transvaal

|Newlands, Cape Town

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1956

|Northern Transvaal

|9 - 8

|Kings Park, Durban

|1968

|Northern Transvaal

|16 - 3

|Transvaal

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1969

|Northern Transvaal

|28 - 13

|Western Province

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|1970

||Griqualand West

|11 - 9

|Northern Transvaal

|De Beers, Kimberley

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1971

|Northern Transvaal, Transvaal (shared)

|14 - 14

|Ellis Park, Johannesburg

|1973

|Northern Transvaal

|30 - 22

|Orange Free State

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1974

|Northern Transvaal

|17 - 15

|Transvaal

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|1975

|Northern Transvaal

|12 - 6

|Orange Free State

|Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1977

|Northern Transvaal

|27 - 12

|Orange Free State

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|1978

|Northern Transvaal

|13 - 9

|Orange Free State

|Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1979

|Northern Transvaal, Western Province (shared)

|15 - 15

|Newlands, Cape Town

|1980

|Northern Transvaal

|39 - 9

|Western Province

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1981

|Northern Transvaal

|23 - 6

|Orange Free State

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|1982

|Western Province

|24 - 7

|Northern Transvaal

|Newlands, Cape Town

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1983

|Western Province

|9 - 3

|Northern Transvaal

|Newlands, Cape Town

|1985

|Western Province

|22 - 15

|Northern Transvaal

|Newlands, Cape Town

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1987

|Northern Transvaal

|24 - 18

|Transvaal

|Ellis Park, Johannesburg

|1988

|Northern Transvaal

|19 - 18

|Western Province

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1989

|Northern Transvaal, Western Province (shared)

|16 - 16

|Newlands, Cape Town

|1990

|18 - 12

|Northern Transvaal

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|1991

|Northern Transvaal

|27 - 15

|Transvaal

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|1998

|Blue Bulls1

|24 - 20

|Western Province

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|2002

|Blue Bulls

|31 - 7

|Golden Lions²

|Ellis Park, Johannesburg

|2003

|Blue Bulls

|40 - 19

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|2004

|Blue Bulls

|42 - 33

|Free State Cheetahs³

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|2005

|Free State Cheetahs

|29 - 25

|Blue Bulls

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|2006

|Blue Bulls, Free State Cheetahs (shared)

|28 - 28

|Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

|2008

|14 - 9

|Blue Bulls

|Kings Park Stadium, Durban

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|2009

|Blue Bulls

|36 - 24

|Free State Cheetahs

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|2016

|Free State Cheetahs

|36 - 16

|Blue Bulls

|Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

|- style="background:#F5FAFF;"

|2020–21

|Blue Bulls

|26 - 19

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

|2021

|Blue Bulls

|44 - 10

|Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

1 Northern Transvaal was renamed to the Blue Bulls.

2 Transvaal was renamed to the Golden Lions.

3 The Orange Free State have since been renamed to the Free State Cheetahs.

Minor Honours

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:80%;"

! colspan=6 | Minor honours

! style="width:10%;" | Competition

! style="width:5%;" | Number of titles

! style="width:5%;" | Runner-up

| style="text-align:left;" | Gauteng Rugby Cup || style="background:gold"| (1) 2013 || style="background:silver"| (0)

| style="text-align:left;" | Sanlam Challenge Shield || style="background:gold"| (1) 2015 || style="background:silver"| (0)

| style="text-align:left;" | Lafarge Zimbabwe Champions Cup || style="background:gold"| (0) || style="background:silver"| (1) 2016

| style="text-align:left;" | World Club 10s || style="background:gold"| (2) 2017, 2018|| style="background:silver"| (0)

| style="text-align:left;" | Officeconomix Goodwill Challenge || style="background:gold"| (1) 2022 || style="background:silver"| (0)

| style="text-align:left;" | IBG Challenge Cup|| style="background:gold"| (1)2024|| style="background:silver"| (0)

| style="text-align:left;" | Mapungubwe Rugby Cup|| style="background:gold"| (1)2024|| style="background:silver"| (0)

Season-by-season record

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:100%;"

| colspan=19 | Bulls season standings and results

! Competition !! Season !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! Playoffs !! Season Result!! Conference/Shield !! Top points scorer !! Points !! Top try scorer !! Tries

|- bgcolor=#DBB2D1

| rowspan="1" | EPCR Challenge Cup

|align=left| ↓ 2024–25

|align=left|N/A

| N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A|| Lost quarter-final 28-34 vs Edinburgh || style="background:#CEF6F5; | Quarter-finalists ||N/A|| David Kriel || 15 || David Kriel || 3

|- bgcolor=#66b466

| rowspan="5" | European Rugby Champions Cup

|- bgcolor=#66b466

|align=left|2025–26

|align=left|4th Pool 4

| 4||1||0||3||113||181||-68||3||7|| Lost Round of 16 21-25 vs Glasgow Warriors ||style="background:#E8CCD7; | Round of 16 ||N/A||Handre Pollard || 35 ||Stravino Jacobs || 3

|- bgcolor=#66b466

|align=left|2024–25

|align=left|5th Pool 3

| 4||1||0||3||84||113||-29||1||5|| || Qualified to Challenge Cup ||N/A|| Cameron Hanekom || 15 || Cameron Hanekom || 3

|- bgcolor=#66b466

|align=left|2023–24

|align=left|2nd Pool A

| 4||3||0||1||132||102||+30||3||15|| Lost quarter-final 22-59 vs Northampton Saints || style="background:#CEF6F5; | Quarter-finalists ||N/A|| Johan Goosen || 41 || David Kriel, Marcell Coetzee, Embrose Papier, Sebastian de Klerk || 3

|- bgcolor=#66b466

|align=left|2022–23

|align=left|7th Pool A

| 4||2||0||2||102||139||-37||2||10|| Lost Round of 16 9-33 vs Toulouse ||style="background:#E8CCD7; | Round of 16 ||N/A||Chris Smith, Morné Steyn || 16 ||Chris Smit, Wandisile Simelane, Bernard van der Linde, Stravino Jacobs || 2

|- bgcolor=#E8FFD8

| rowspan="6" | United Rugby Championship

|- bgcolor=#E8FFD8

|align=left|2025–26

|align=left|N/A

|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||N/A|| || || || || || ||

|- bgcolor=#E8FFD8

|align=left|2024–25

|align=left|2nd

|18||14||0||4||542||361||+181||12||68|| Lost final 7–32 to Leinster. || style="background:silver"| Runners up🥈 (3) || 3rd || David Kriel || 71 || David Kriel || 8

|- bgcolor=#E8FFD8

|align=left|2023–24

|align=left|2nd

|18||13||0||5||639||433||+206||14||66|| Lost final 16–21 to Glasgow. || style="background:silver"| Runners up🥈 (2) || style="background:gold"|Champions 🏆 1st || Johan Goosen || 167 || Akker van der Merwe || 12

|- bgcolor=#E8FFD8

|align=left|2022–23

|align=left|6th

|18||10||0||8||613||448||+165||13||53|| Lost quarter-final 21–33 to Stormers || style="background:#CEF6F5; | Quarter-finalists ||style="background:silver"| Runners up (2) || Chris Smith || 129 || Canan Moodie || 8

|- bgcolor=#E8FFD8

|align=left|2021–22

|align=left|4th

| 18||11||0||7||518||388||+130||14||58|| Lost final 13–18 to Stormers. || style="background:silver"| Runners up🥈 (1) ||style="background:silver"| Runners up (1)|| Chris Smith || 153 || Marcell Coetzee || 11

|- bgcolor=#ECEBBD

| Pro14 Rainbow Cup

|align=left|2021

|1st

|6||5||0||1||183||117||+66|| 5 || 25 ||Lost final 35–8 to Benetton.|| style="background:silver"| Runners up🥈 || N/A || Morné Steyn || 53 || Madosh Tambwe || 4

|- bgcolor=#E3AB57

| Preparation Series

|align=left|2021

|1st

|4||3||0||1||181||115||+66|| 3 || 15 || No trophy or playoffs || Top of pool A || N/A || Chris Smith || 38 || Joe van Zyl || 4

|- bgcolor=#FFBD88

| Super Rugby Unlocked

|align=left|2020

|1st

|6||5||0||1||178||92||+86||3||23|| No playoffs ||style="background:gold"| Champions🏆 || N/A || Morné Steyn || 62 || Stedman Gans || 5

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

| rowspan="11" | Super Rugby

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2020

|align=left|12th

|6||1||0||5||115||152||-37||1||6|| Season cancelled due to COVID-19 || || 4th || Morné Steyn || 40 || Rosko Specman || 4

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2019

|align=left|5th

|16||8||2||6||410||369||+41||3||41|| Lost quarterfinals 35–28 to the Hurricanes. || style="background:#CEF6F5; | Quarter-finalists ||style="background:silver"| Runners up (4) || Handré Pollard || 194 || Cornal Hendricks, Rosko Specman, Hanro Liebenberg || 5

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2018

|align=left|12th

|16||6||0||10||441||502||-61||2||29|| || || 5th || Handré Pollard || 144 || Jesse Kriel || 8

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2017

|align=left|15th

|15||4||0||11||339||459||-120||4||20|| || || 3rd || Tian Schoeman || 80 || Jesse Kriel || 5

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2016

|align=left|9th

|15||9||1||5||399||339||+60||4||42|| || || style="background:silver"| Runners up (3) || Francois Brummer || 109 || Adriaan Strauss, Travis Ismaiel || 6

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2015

|align=left|9th

|16||7||0||9||397||388||+9||10||38|| || || 3rd || Handré Pollard || 167 || Francois Hougaard || 7

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2014

|align=left|9th

|16||7||1||8||365||335||+30||8||38|| || ||style="background:silver"| Runners up (2) || Jacques-Louis Potgieter || 144 || Jono Ross || 4

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2013

|align=left|2nd

|16||12||0||4||448||330||+118||7||63||Lost semi-final 23–26 to the Brumbies.|| style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists ||style="background:gold"|Champions 🏆 1st || Morné Steyn || 248 || Jano Vermaak ||5

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2012

|align=left|5th

|16||10||0||6||472||369||+103||11||59||Lost qualifiers 28–13 to the Crusaders.|| style="background:#CEF6F5; | Qualifying-finalists || style="background:silver"| Runners up (1) || Morné Steyn || 228 ||Bjorn Basson ||10

|- bgcolor=#FED8B1

|align=left|2011

|align=left|7th

|16||10||0||6||416||370||+46||6||54|| || || 3rd || Morné Steyn || 216 || Bjorn Basson || 9

|- bgcolor=#FAFAD2

| rowspan="5"| Super 14

|align=left|2010

|align=left|1st

|13||10||0||3||436||345||+91||7||47||Defeated the Stormers 25–17 || style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 3rd || N/A || Morné Steyn || 263 || Gerhard van den Heever || 8

|- bgcolor=#FAFAD2

|align=left|2009

|align=left|1st

|13||10||0||3||338||271||+67||6||46||Defeated the Chiefs 61–17 || style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 2nd || N/A || Morné Steyn || 191 || Bryan Habana || 8

|- bgcolor=#FAFAD2

|align=left|2008

|align=left|10th

|13||6||0||7||324||347||−23||4||28|| || || N/A || Morné Steyn || 82 || Akona Ndungane || 7

|- bgcolor=#FAFAD2

|align=left|2007

|align=left|1st

|13||9||0||4||388||223||+165||6||42||Defeated the Sharks 19–20 || style="background:gold"| Champions🏆 1st || N/A || Derick Hougaard || 161 || Bryan Habana || 8

|- bgcolor=#FAFAD2

|align=left|2006

|align=left|4th

|13||7||1||5||355||290||+65||8||38||Lost semi-final 35–15 to Crusaders. || style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists || N/A || Derick Hougaard || 93 || Bryan Habana || 7

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

| rowspan="11" | Super 12

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|2005

|align=left|3rd

|11||7||0||4||301||229||+72||6||34||Lost semi-final 23–13 to Waratahs. || style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists || N/A || Morne Steyn || 110 || Bryan Habana || 9

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|2004

|align=left|6th

|11||5||1||5||302||320||−18||6||28|| || || N/A || Derick Hougaard || 101 || Fourie du Preez || 5

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|2003

|align=left|6th

|11||6||0||5||320||354||−34||5||30|| || || N/A || Louis Koen || 139 || Frikkie Welsh || 5

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|2002

|align=left|12th

|11||0||0||11||232||500||−268||1||1|| || || N/A || Boeta Wessels || 29 || Adrian Jacobs, Wylie Human || 5

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|2001

|align=left|12th

|11||2||0||9||241||378||−137||3||11|| || || N/A || Casper Steyn || 97 || Frikkie Welsh, Friedrich Lombard, Adrian Jacobs || 4

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|2000

|align=left|11th

|11||1||2||8||231||395||−164||3||11|| || || N/A || Jannie de Beer || 123 || Deon de Kock || 3

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|1999

|align=left|12th

|11||1||0||10||203||447||−244||3||7|| || || N/A || Franco Smith || 59 || Jan-Harm van Wyk, Schutte Bekker, Pierre Ribbens || 2

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|1998

|align=left|11th

|11||3||0||8||249||306||−57||4||16|| || || N/A || Franco Smith || 65 || Casper Steyn || 5

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|1997

|align=left|8th

|11||3||3||5||264||342||−78||4||22|| || || N/A || Casper Steyn || 50 || Jacques Olivier || 4

|- bgcolor=#FFE9BD

|align=left|1996

|align=left|4th

|11||8||0||3||329||208||+121||6||38||Lost semi-final 48–11 to Auckland Blues. || style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists || N/A || Jannie Kruger || 139 || Adriaan Richter || 4

|- bgcolor=#F0E68C

|rowspan="3"| Super 10 (amateur era)

|align=left| 1995

| || || || || || || || || ||Did not qualify || || N/A || || || ||

|- bgcolor=#F0E68C

|align=left|1994

| || || || || || || || || ||Did not qualify || || N/A || || || ||

|- bgcolor=#F0E68C

|align=left|1993

|3rd

|4||2||0||2||109||109||0||0||8|| || || N/A || || || ||

Gold background denotes champions Silver background denotes runner-up Bronze background denotes semi-finalists Cyan background denotes quarter-finalists Purple background denotes Round of 16

<nowiki>↑</nowiki> After entering the Champions Cup competition from the EPCR Challenge Cup

<nowiki>↓</nowiki> After dropping into the EPCR Challenge Cup competition from the Champions Cup

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; width:100%"

| colspan=100% style="height:10px" |

| Key:

| style="background:#F0E68C;" colspan=2 | Super 10

| style="background:#FFE9BD;" colspan=2 | Super 12

| style="background:#FAFAD2;" colspan=2 | Super 14

| style="background:#FED8B1;" colspan=2 | Super Rugby

| style="background:#FFBD88;" colspan=2 | Super Rugby Unlocked

| style="background:#E3AB57;" colspan=2 | Preparation Series

| style="background:#ECEBBD;" colspan=2 | Pro 14 Rainbow Cup

| style="background:#E8FFD8;" colspan=2 | United Rugby Championship

| style="background:#66b466;" colspan=2 | European Rugby Champions Cup

| style="background:#DBB2D1;" colspan=2 | EPCR Challenge Cup

| colspan=100% style="height:10px" |

Currie Cup Season-by-Season Standings

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center; line-height:95%; font-size:90%; width:90%;"

! colspan="100%" | Blue Bulls season by season standings in the Currie Cup Premier Division 1996-2025 (professional era)

! style="padding:1px;" | Season

! style="padding:1px;" | Log

! style="padding:1px;" |

! Top points scorer

! Top try scorer

! Tries

<!--

|Pos|| Team

|Season|| P || W || D || L || PF || PA || PD || TF || TA || TB || LB || Pts ||Notes|| || Top points scorer|| Points || Top try scorer

-->

| 2025 |||| 6th|| 7 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 200 || 209 || −9 || 29 || 29 || 3 || 0 || 15||Did not qualify for Play-offs. || ||Boeta Chamberlain|| 45 ||Jeandre Rudolph|| 4

|- style="background:#E8FFD8;"

| 2024||||2nd||10||7||1||2||384||266||+118||54||37||7||1||38||Semi-final was drawn 40 all after extra time. The Sharks advanced due to scoring more tries in the match 6–4.||style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists|| Jaco van der Walt ||81|| Mpilo Gumede || 7

|- style="background:#E8FFD8;"

| 2023||||4th||14||7||0||7||399||415||-16||57||53||8||2||38||Lost semi-final 10–39 to Cheetahs||style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists||Johan Goosen||49||David Kriel||7

|- style="background:#E8FFD8;"

| 2022||||2nd||12||9||1||2||398||306||+92||56||42||9||0||47||Lost semi-final 19–30 to Griquas||style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists||Chris Smith||54||David Kriel||5

|- style="background:#E8FFD8;"

| 2021||||1st || 12 || 7 || 3 || 2 || 334 || 260 || +74 || 46 || 30 || 8 || 1 || 49|| Beat the Sharks 44–10 in the Final||style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 25th ||Johan Goosen||99||Zak Burger, Cornal Hendricks|| 5

|- style="background:#E8FFD8;"

| 2020–21||||1st || 12 || 8 || 1 || 3 || 305 || 216 || +89 || 32 || 22 || 3 || 2 || 39|| Beat the Sharks 26–19 in the Final. Each team started with the log points from the Super Rugby Unlocked competition.||style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 24th ||Morné Steyn|| 62 ||Marco van Staden|| 3

| 2019 |||| 6th|| 6 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 143 || 191 || −48 || 20 || 25 || 2 || 0 || 10||Did not qualify for Play-offs. || ||Manie Libbok|| 46 ||Rosko Specman|| 5

|- style="background:#E8FFD8;"

|2018|||| 4th || 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 170 || 179 || −9 || 24 || 25 || 4 || 1 || 17||Lost semi-final 32–35 to Western Province ||style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists ||Manie Libbok|| 68 ||Ruan Steenkamp|| 5

|- style="background:#E8FFD8;"

|2017|||| 4th || 12 || 5 || 0 || 7 || 457 || 442 || +15 || 63 || 62 || 9 || 3 || 32||Lost semi-final 27–37 to Sharks ||style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists ||Tony Jantjies|| 70 ||Warrick Gelant|| 10

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

| rowspan=2 | 2016

| align=left | || 7th || 14 || 7 || 0 || 7 || 459 || 376 || +83 || 65 || 45 || 8 || 2 || 38|| 2016 Currie Cup qualification round || style="background:#000000"| || Joshua Stander || 77 || Marquit September || 8

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

| align=left | || 2nd || 8 || 6 || 0 || 2 || 310 || 207 || +103 || 40 || 26 || 5 || 1 || 30||Lost final 16–36 to Free State Cheetahs ||style="background:#C0C0C0;|Runner-up ||Tian Schoeman|| 146 ||Jamba Ulengo|| 7

|- style="background:#E8FFD8;"

| 2015|||| 2nd || 10 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 342 || 238 || +104 || 41 || 26 || 7 || 0 || 39|| Lost semi-final 18–23 to Western Province ||style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists ||Tian Schoeman|| 135 ||Jamba Ulengo|| 11

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

|2014|||| 4th || 10 || 6 || 0 || 4 || 271 || 235 || +36 || 27 || 23 || 3 || 1 || 28||Lost semi-final 23–31 to Western Province||style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists ||Jacques-Louis Potgieter|| 125 ||Bjorn Basson, Sampie Mastriet, Deon Stegmann|| 4

|2013|||| 5th || 10 || 3 || 1 || 6 || 225 || 253 || –28 || 24 || 28 || 2 || 1 || 17||Did not qualify for Play-offs. || ||Handré Pollard|| 62 ||Francois Venter|| 4

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

|2012 ||||4th || 10 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 280 || 291 || −11 || 19 || 29 || 1 || 1 || 23||Lost semi-final 3–20 to Sharks ||style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists ||Louis Fouché|| 137 ||CJ Stander|| 5

|2011 |||| 5th || 14 || 8 || 1 || 5 || 452 || 368 || +84 || 54 || 40 || 5 || 1 || 40||Did not qualify for Play-offs. || ||Louis Fouché|| 126 ||Bjorn Basson|| 10

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

|2010 |||| 4th || 14 || 9 || 0 || 5 || 437 || 374 || +63 || 47 || 39 || 6 || 5 || 47||Lost semi-final 12–16 to Sharks||style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists ||Jacques-Louis Potgieter||171||Stefan Watermeyer||6

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

|2009 ||||3rd ||14||9||0||5||475||299||+176||56||28||6||4||46|| Beat Cheetahs 36–24 in the Final || style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 23rd || Morné Steyn || 105 || Gerhard van den Heever || 11

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

|2008 ||||2nd ||14||11||0||3||482||235||+247||61||27||8 ||1||53|| Lost final 9–14 to Sharks || style="background:#C0C0C0;|Runner-up ||Morné Steyn || 192 || John Mametsa ||7

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

|2007||||4th||14||8||0||6||424||282||+142||54||33||6||1||39|| Lost semi-final 6–11 to Free State Cheetahs || style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists || Derick Hougaard || 114 || John Mametsa || 14

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

|2006 ||||2nd||14||10||0||4||479||284||+195||63||32||8||2||50|| Drew 28–28 with Free State Cheetahs || style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 22nd || Morné Steyn ||138|| Derick Kuun, Marius Delport, Dries Scholtz ||7

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

| rowspan=2 | 2005

| align=left |Sect X|| 3rd || 6 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 261 || 141 || +120 || 38 || 18 || 4 || 1 || 21|| 2005 Currie Cup qualifying round ||style="background:#000000"| || Kennedy Tsimba || 43 || John Mametsa || 6

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

| align=left |Sect X|| 1st || 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 347 || 115 || +232 || 46 || 12 || 5 || 0 || 37 || Lost final 25–29 to Free State Cheetahs || style="background:#C0C0C0;|Runner-up || Morné Steyn || 118 || Akona Ndungane, Pedrie Wannenburg ||6

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

|2004 |||| 1st || 14 || 11 || 2 || 1 || 545 || 315 || +230 || 69 || 38 || 7 || 1 || 56|| Beat Free State Cheetahs 42–33 in the Final || style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 21st || Derick Hougaard ||188|| Ettienne Botha ||18

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

| 2003|||| 1st || 14 || 11 || 0 || 3 || 538 || 372 || +166 || 73 || 44 || 9 || 2 || 55|| Beat the Sharks 40–19 in the Final || style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 20th || Louis Strydom || 133 || Johan Roets || 9

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

| rowspan=2 | 2002

| align=left |Sect Y|| 2nd || 6 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 185 || 125 || +60 || 21 || 14 || 3 || 1 || 22|| 2002 Currie Cup qualifying round (Points of 3 matches vs the Currie Cup teams retained for Premier Div log) ||style="background:#000000"| ||style="background:#000000"| ||style="background:#000000"| ||style="background:#000000"| ||style="background:#000000"|

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

| align=left |Premier Div|| 4th || 7 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 225 || 136 || +89 || 21 || 13 || 2 || 1 || 25|| Beat the Lions 31–7 in the Final || style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 19th || Derick Hougaard || 151 || Jaco van der Westhuyzen || 5

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

| rowspan=2 | 2001

| align=left |Sect Y ||3rd || 6 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 231 || 148 || +83 || 30 || 13 || 3 || 1 || 20|| 2001 Currie Cup qualification||style="background:#000000"| ||style="background:#000000"| ||style="background:#000000"| ||style="background:#000000"| ||style="background:#000000"|

| align=left |Top 8|| 7th || 7 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 191 || 187 || +4 || 11 || 14 || 2 || 2 || 12|| Did not qualify for Play-offs. || || Jaco van der Westhuyzen || 81 || Jaco van der Westhuyzen || 5

| rowspan=2 | 2000

| align=left |Sect Y || 6th || 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 232 || 228 || +4 || 22 || 25 || 3 || 1 || 16 || 2000 Currie Cup qualification Did not qualify for Currie Cup Premier Div. (6 points carried forward to the Bankfin Cup.)||style="background:#000000"| ||Casper Steyn || 149 || Casper Steyn || 6

|- style="background:#E8FFD8; "

| align=left |Bankfin Cup|| 2nd || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 205 || 178 || +27 || 25 || 20 || 4 || 2 || 18|| Beat the Mighty Elephants 41–20 in the Bankfin Cup Final || style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 1st || Franco Smith || 77|| McNeil Hendricks || 7

|1999||||5th|| 13 || 8 || 1 || 4 || 483 || 346 || +137 || - || - || 5 || 2 || 41|| Did not qualify for Play-offs. || || Casper Steyn || 252 || Casper Steyn || 12

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|1998||||2nd|| 13 || 10 || 0 || 3 || 461 || 231 || +230 || 65 || 28 || 7 || 2 || 49|| Beat Western Province 24–20 in the Final || style="background:gold"| Champions 🏆 18th || Franco Smith || 112 || Grant Esterhuizen || 8

|1997||||5th|| 13 || 8 || 0 || 5 || 382 || 341 || +41 || 39 || 33 || 6 || 2 || 40|| Did not qualify for Play-offs. || || Casper Steyn || 106 || Archer Dames || 5

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|1996||Sect B||1st|| 12 || 11 || 0 || 1 || 707 || 207 || +500 || 93 || 23 || - || - || 22|| Lost semi-final 21–31 to Transvaal || style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists || Theo van Rensburg || 111 || Hannes Venter ||13

Bulls XV

Blue Bulls XV results for each season were as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; width:90%;"

! colspan=17 | Seasons

! style="width:5%;" | Competition

! style="width:5%;" | Season

! style="width:8%;" | Section

! style="width:5%;" | Pos

! style="width:5%;" | Pl

! style="width:5%;" | W

! style="width:5%;" | D

! style="width:5%;" | L

! style="width:5%;" | PF

! style="width:5%;" | PA

! style="width:5%;" | PD

! style="width:5%;" | Pts

! style="width:13%;" | Play-offs

! style="width:10%;" | Top points scorer

! style="width:5%;" | Points

! style="width:15%;" | Top try scorer

! style="width:5%;" | Tries

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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | SA Rugby Under-23 Cup

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| 2026 || || 2nd || 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 230 || 152 || +78 || 18 || style="background: gold"| Champions 1st 🏆 || Keagan Johannes || 22 || JJ Theron, Henry Immelman || 4

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| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | SuperSport Rugby Challenge

|- align=center bgcolor=#E8FFD8

| 2019 || align=left | Northern Section || 3rd || 7 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 332 || 190 || +142 || 25 || Did not qualify for Play-offs. || JT Jackson || 52 || Duncan Matthews || 6

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| 2018 || align=left | Northern Section || 3rd || 8 || 5 || 0 || 3 || 317 || 255 || +62 || 27 || style="background:#CEF6F5; | Quarter-Finalists || Earll Douwrie || 79 || Xolisa Guma || 6

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| 2017 || align=left | Northern Section || 2nd || 8 || 5 || 0 || 3 || 376 || 240 || +136 || 29 || style="background:#CD7F32; |Semi-Finalists|| Tinus de Beer || 44 || Boom Prinsloo, Franco Naudé || 6

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| rowspan=1 |

| 20161 || || || || || || || || || || || No competition || || || ||