1997 Northern Transvaal Currie Cup season
# 1997 Northern Transvaal Currie Cup season

Northern Transvaal were one of fourteen teams that competed in the 1997 Currie Cup competition. They won eight out of their thirteen matches and ended the season in fifth position on the log, failing to qualify for the semi-finals.

At the conclusion of the season, the Northern Transvaal Rugby Union announced that they would change their name to the Blue Bulls for future seasons.

## Log

The final log of the round-robin stage of the 1997 Currie Cup:

1997 Currie Cup log :

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Western Province | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 567 | 286 | +281 | 79 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 48 | semi-finals |
| 2 | Sharks | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 566 | 241 | +325 | 76 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 48 | semi-finals |
| 3 | Free State Cheetahs | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 651 | 234 | +417 | 85 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 44 | semi-finals |
| 4 | Gauteng Lions | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 562 | 399 | +163 | 74 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 36 | semi-finals |
| 5 | Northern Transvaal | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 382 | 341 | +41 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| 6 | Griqualand West | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 410 | 313 | +97 | 54 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| 7 | Boland Cavaliers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 464 | 386 | +78 | 66 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| 8 | SWD Eagles | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 362 | 365 | −3 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| 9 | Mpumalanga Pumas | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 321 | 438 | −117 | 36 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 10 | Gauteng Falcons | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 349 | 600 | −251 | 40 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 11 | Border | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 277 | 569 | −292 | 35 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 12 | Northern Free State | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 344 | 744 | −400 | 37 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 13 | North West | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 346 | 507 | −161 | 43 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 14 | Eastern Province | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 284 | 462 | −178 | 31 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
