Falcons (rugby union)

Falcons
Full nameFalcons / Valke
UnionFalcons Rugby Union
Emblem(s)Falcon
Founded1947
RegionEastern Gauteng
Ground(s)Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park (Capacity: 7,000)
CEOEttienne de Lange
PresidentJan Wiegand
Coach(es)JP Immelman
Captain(s)Dwayne Pienaar
League(s)Currie Cup First Division
2022Finals: DNQ
5th on log
Team kit
Official website
www.valke.co.za
Current season

The Falcons – better known by their Afrikaans name the Valke and now known as the Hino Valke for sponsorship reasons – are a South African rugby union team in Gauteng province that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament.

Their home ground is Barnard Stadium in Kempton Park, to which they have returned in 2009.[1][2] The Falcons have operated from Bosman Stadium in Brakpan and Pam Brink Stadium in Springs. They occasionally still host matches at Bosman Stadium. The Falcons draw players from Ekurhuleni and other municipalities to the east and south of Johannesburg.

  1. ^ "Falcons migrate again". Rugby365.com. 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011.
  2. ^ "We can upset the Sharks". www.iol.co.za. 18 September 2008.