rugby union in south africa is centrally administered by the south african sports union, which consists of fourteen provincial unions – the blue bulls rugby union, the boland rugby union, the border rugby football union, the eastern province rugby union, the free state rugby union, the golden lions rugby union, the griffons rugby union, the griqualand west rugby union, the kwazulu-natal rugby union, the leopards rugby union, the mpumalanga rugby union, the south western districts rugby football union, the valke rugby union and the western province rugby football union.