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Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a rugby union and association football stadium situated in the suburb of Arcadia, city of Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. [1] The stadium can accommodate 51,762 spectators.
Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, which was first used for sports in 1906, and rugby in 1908, when the site was known as the Eastern Sports Ground. The stadium was later renamed after Mr Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld, the founder of organised sports in Pretoria, and dedicated many years of his life to rugby union. Due to the Bulls exemplary ...
Loftus Versfeld was born at Constantia, South Africa as the third child to Marthinus Versveld (sic, 8 November 1815 – 5 January 1870) and Johanna Hillegonda Carolina Owen. The Versfelds (spelled 'Versfelt' or 'Versveld' prior to 1870) came from ancient Dutch stock which can probably be traced back to a Gerald Versfeld who in 1200 lived near ...
Loftus was also used twice during the finals stages – for the New Zealand v Scotland quarter-final and the England v France third place play-off. The ground has been used for rugby since 1908, and in 1932 the stadium was renamed to Loftus Versfeld in honor of Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, the founder of organized rugby in Pretoria.
Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a rugby and football stadium situated in the Arcadia suburb of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,762 for rugby union and it is occasionally used for football matches. [citation needed] The stadium was named after Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld, the founder of organized sports in Pretoria ...
Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, after which the stadium in Pretoria is named, was a lifetime member of the Transvaal Rugby Football Union. According to a Lions tale – 120 years of the red and white, Versfeld died of a heart attack at Ellis Park in 1932 when he attended a match between Transvaal and the Free State.
The rugby stadium, Loftus Versfeld is named after him. The middle brother, Jan Hendrik Christoffel (John) represented Western Province from 1885 to 1889. All four brothers were members and played for the Hamiltons RFC, based in Sea Point, Cape Town. [2] Versfeld died in 1931, in Cape Town, at the age of 71.
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 ).