STAR Alliance and the WFR Headquarters are happy to announce the resurrection of the pre-season WFR African Challenge Championship.
Two groups of four have been drawn to play matches against each other with the winner of each group playing in the final for the trophy currently held by the Durban Sports Club.
First match will be a qualification match as the two lowest ranked African Franchises, the Gauteng Bombers and Southern Kings will battle for a place in Group B.
The winner will join Boland Kavaliers, Transvaal Lions and Walvis Bay Cheetahs.
| GROUP A | GROUP B |
| Durban Sports Club | Boland Kavaliers |
| Pretoria Bulls | Transvaal Lions |
| Cape Town Bulldogs | Walvis Bay Cheetahs |
| Nairobi Fire | Southern Kings |
| Qualification match | |
| Gauteng Bombers 07 – 33 Southern Kings – MATCH REPORT | |
| Round 1 | Round 1 |
| Durban Sports Club 39 v 03 Nairobi Fire | Boland Kavaliers 26 v 39 Southern Kings |
| Pretoria Bulls 17 v 17 Cape Town Bulldogs | Transvaal Lions 26 v 10 Walvis Bay Cheetahs |
| Round 2 | Round 2 |
| Nairobi Fire 23 v 09 Cape Town Bulldogs | Southern Kings 13 v 27 Walvis Bay Cheetahs |
| Durban Sports Club 27 v 07 Pretoria Bulls | Boland Kavaliers 18 v 14 Transvaal Lions |
| Round 3 | Round 3 |
| Pretoria Bulls 17 v 34 Nairobi Fire | Transvaal Lions 13 v 00 Southern Kings |
| Cape.Town.Bulldogs.07.v.36.Durban.Sports.Club | Walvis.Bay.Cheetahs.20.v.22.Boland.Kavaliers |
| GROUP A | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS |
| Durban Sports Club | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 17 | 12 |
| Nairobi Fire | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 65 | 8 |
| Pretoria Bulls | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 78 | 2 |
| Cape Town Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 76 | 2 |
| GROUP B | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS |
| Transvaal Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 28 | 8 |
| Boland Kavaliers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 73 | 8 |
| Southern Kings | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 66 | 4 |
| Walvis.Bay.Cheetahs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 61 | 4 |
WFR African Challenge Championship Final
Durban Sports Club 22 v 44 Transvaal Lions