The union's headquarters and home stadium is Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
The union operates teams in United Rugby Championship (the Bulls), and in South Africa's domestic Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge competitions (both the Blue Bulls).
Northern Transvaal (under the NTRU), captained by Danie Craven, played its first home game as an independent union on 28 May 1938.
The game against the Orange Free State team ended in a draw, 11:11.
In the same period 127 Springboks hailed from the Union, and it won 3 Super Rugby titles.