22 South African provincial teams took part in this competition.
Three teams - SARU, Western Province League and Winelands – withdrew following a merger between all the governing bodies of rugby in South Africa.
Those sixteen teams then played a straight knockout competition until the final.
However, due to fixture congestion it was initially indicated that the competition would be scrapped.
[2] In July 1992, it was announced that the competition would indeed take place and would run from September to October.