1980 Currie Cup

{{Short description|South African rugby union football competition}}

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| champions = {{Rut|Northern Transvaal}}

| count = 12

| runnersup = {{Rut|Western Province}}

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| prevseason = 1979

| nextseason = 1981

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The 1980 Currie Cup was the 42nd edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.

The tournament was won by {{Rut|Northern Transvaal}} for the 12th time; they beat {{Rut|Western Province}} 39–9 in the final in Pretoria.{{cite web | url=http://www.supersport.com/rugby/currie-cup/finals | title=Currie Cup Finals History | work=SuperSport | date=27 October 2014 | accessdate=12 August 2015}}