1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B
Countries	South Africa
Date	29 April – 19 August 1988
Champions	South Western Districts
Runners-up	Stellaland
Promoted	Lowveld North Western Cape SARU South Western Districts Stellaland Winelands
Relegated	None
Matches played	30
← 1988

The 1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B was the fourth tier of domestic South African rugby, below the two Currie Cup divisions and Division A.

1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B
Lowveld
North Western Cape
SARU
South Western Districts
Stellaland
Winelands

• Division B was reduced from seven to six teams.
• Far North were promoted from to Division A.

• Divisions A and B merged into one nine-team division.

There were six participating teams in the Santam Bank Trophy Division B. Teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. Teams received two points for a win and one points for a draw. The top two teams in the division – along with the top two teams from Division A qualified for the title play-off finals. The team that finished first in Division A would play at home against the team that finished second in Division B and the team that finished second in Division A would play at home against the team that finished first in Division B.

The Division B champion qualified for the promotion play-offs. That team played off against the team placed bottom in Division A over two legs. The winner over these two ties qualified for the 1990 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, while the losing team qualified for the 1990 Santam Bank Trophy Division B.

1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B Log
Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Pts
1	South Western Districts	10	8	0	2	279	118	+161	39	12	16
2	Stellaland	10	8	0	2	191	104	+87	27	8	16
3	Lowveld	10	7	0	3	133	137	–4	13	21	14
4	Winelands	10	3	1	6	151	185	–34	19	22	7
5	North Western Cape	10	2	1	7	136	227	–91	17	32	5
6	SARU	10	1	0	9	113	232	–129	11	31	2
South Western Districts and Stellaland qualified for the trophy finals semi-final. * Legend: Pos = Position, Pl = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TF = Tries for, TA = Tries against, Pts = Log points Points breakdown: *2 points for a win *1 point for a draw

	29 April 1989	Lowveld	12 – 6	SARU	Nelspruit
			Report[1]

	29 April 1989	South Western Districts	28 – 18	North Western Cape	Fraserburg
			Report[1]

	29 April 1989	Stellaland	26 – 15	Winelands	Lichtenburg
			Report[1]

	13 May 1989	SARU	21 – 12	North Western Cape	Randfontein
			Report[2]

	13 May 1989	Winelands	10 – 14	Lowveld	Malmesbury
			Report[3]

Bye/s: South Western Districts, Stellaland

	20 May 1989	North Western Cape	25 – 25	Winelands	Upington
			Report[4]

	20 May 1989	South Western Districts	46 – 9	SARU	Riversdale
			Report[4]

	27 May 1989	Lowveld	9 – 22	Stellaland	Nelspruit
			Report[5]

	3 June 1989	Stellaland	19 – 6	North Western Cape	Delareyville
			Report[6]

	3 June 1989	Winelands	25 – 21	South Western Districts	Caledon
			Report[6]

Bye/s: Lowveld, SARU

	10 June 1989	SARU	13 – 16	Winelands	Port Elizabeth
			Report[7]

	10 June 1989	South Western Districts	16 – 10	Stellaland	Oudtshoorn
			Report[7]

	10 June 1989	North Western Cape	3 – 19	Lowveld	Upington
			Report[7]

	16 June 1989	Lowveld	0 – 14	South Western Districts	Nelspruit
			Report[8]

	17 June 1989	Stellaland	21 – 13	SARU	Mafikeng
			Report[8]

Bye/s: North Western Cape, Winelands

	23 June 1989	SARU	6 – 14	Lowveld	Orkney
			Report[9]

	24 June 1989	South Western Districts	29 – 13	North Western Cape	Mossel Bay
			Report[10]

	24 June 1989	Winelands	9 – 12	Stellaland	Saldanha
			Report[10]

	15 July 1989	Lowveld	15 – 10	Winelands	Nelspruit
			Report[11]

	15 July 1989	North Western Cape	27 – 12	SARU	Upington
			Report[11]

Bye/s: South Western Districts, Stellaland

	29 July 1989	South Western Districts	46 – 12	Lowveld	George
			Report[12]

	29 July 1989	SARU	4 – 17	Stellaland	Port Elizabeth
			Report[12]

Bye/s: North Western Cape, Winelands

	5 August 1989	Lowveld	19 – 13	Stellaland	tbc

	5 August 1989	SARU	16 – 45	South Western Districts	Port Elizabeth
			Report[13]

	5 August 1989	Winelands	19 – 25	North Western Cape	Wellington
			Report[14]

	12 August 1989	North Western Cape	0 – 36	Stellaland	Upington
			Report[15]

	12 August 1989	South Western Districts	21 – 0	Winelands	Swellendam
			Report

Bye/s: Lowveld, SARU

	18 August 1989	Lowveld	19 – 7	North Western Cape	Nelspruit
			Report[16]

	19 August 1989	Stellaland	15 – 13	South Western Districts	Thabazimbi
			Report[16]

	19 August 1989	Winelands	22 – 13	SARU	Moorreesburg
			Report[16]

The top two teams from Division A and the top two teams from Division B qualified to the trophy finals:

	9 September 1989	Boland	21 – 15	Stellaland	Wellington
			Report[17]

	9 September 1989	Far North	40 – 33	South Western Districts	Pietersburg
			Report[18]

	16 September 1989	Boland	33 – 9	Far North	Wellington
			Report[19]

In the promotion play-offs, South Western Districts beat Northern Natal on aggregate and won promotion to Division A. However, due to the withdrawal of South West Africa and the Currie Cup Division B being expanded from six teams to eight teams, only nine teams were left in the Santam Bank Trophy and it was decided to merge Division A and Division B into a single division for 1990.

	23 September 1988	Northern Natal	28 – 37	South Western Districts	Newcastle
			Report[20]

	30 September 1988	South Western Districts	37 – 15	Northern Natal	George
			Report[21]

• 1989 Currie Cup Division A
• 1989 Currie Cup Division B
• 1989 Lion Cup
• 1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A