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For such a hotly contested rivalry, especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the power gradually shifted down the N1 from Tshwane to Johannesburg, the
Bulls and the Lions have hardly met in Currie Cup play-off games in the professional era.
The Lions and the Bulls, in their former names, engaged in some thrilling playoff contests, with the 1987 Naas Botha final and the 1991 encounter being two prominent ones.
The dominance of the Bulls has been very clear though, especially in the years when they’ve won the Currie with the exception of 2005 when the Cheetahs staged what remains the most improbable of Currie Cup final heists.