1990 Lion Cup

Date31 March – 28 July 1990

ChampionsNorthern Transvaal (2nd title)

The 1990 Lion Cup was the eighth edition of the Lion Cup, the premier domestic rugby union knock-out competition in South Africa.

	20 March 1990	SARU	24–7	North Western Cape	Welkom
			Report^[7]

	31 March 1990	Border	9–18	Eastern Transvaal	East London
			Report^[8]

	31 March 1990	Lowveld	18–40	Boland	Nelspruit
			Report^[9]

	31 March 1990	North Eastern Cape	22–4	Vaal Triangle	Cradock
			Report^[8]

Competition

	31 March 1990	Northern Natal	19–12	South Eastern Transvaal	Newcastle
			Report^[8]

	31 March 1990	South Western Districts	19–37	Griqualand West	Mossel Bay
			Report^[9]

	31 March 1990	Stellaland	16–50	Western Province League	Lichtenburg
			Report^[9]

	6 April 1990	Boland	19–22	Eastern Transvaal	Wellington
			Report^[11]

	6 April 1990	North Eastern Cape	22–34	Far North	Cradock
			Report^[12]

	6 April 1990	Northern Natal	13–33	Western Province League	Newcastle
			Report^[13]

	21 April 1990	Eastern Transvaal	15–49	Western Transvaal	Springs
			Report^[15]

	21 April 1990	Far North	13–9	Northern Free State	Pietersburg
			Report^[15]

	21 April 1990	Western Province League	10–15	Eastern Province	Paarl
			Report^[16]

	30 June 1990	Northern Transvaal	37–12	Far North	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Report^[18]

	30 June 1990	Transvaal	20–6	Eastern Province	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
			Report^[19]

	30 June 1990	Western Transvaal	10–31	Western Province	Potchefstroom
			Report^[20]

	7 July 1990	Northern Transvaal	15–10	Transvaal	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Report^[21]

	7 July 1990	Western Province	27–21	Natal	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Report^[22]

	28 July 1990	Northern Transvaal	25–12	Western Province	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Report^[23]