We see round 4 of Varsity Cup action this evening, with the two televised games being NMMU taking on UCT and Shimlas hosting UJ. The table top clash of Maties vs Tuks will unfortunately not be televised.
NMMU has had a good start to the season, and will be hoping to pick up points against a UCT outfit that has been struggling so far this season, with their first win from three outings last week.
The FNB NMMU team: 15 Gerrit Smith, 14 Mayibuye Ndwandwa, 13 Quinton Crocker (vice-captain), 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Anton Verster, 10 Martin du Toit, 9 Charlie Purdon, 8 Jaco Swanepoel (captain), 7 André Goosen, 6 Ulrich Pretorius, 5 Mzwanele Zito, 4 Schalk Oelofse, 3 Dexter Fahey, 2 Martin Ferreira, 1 Roy Godfrey.
Replacements: 16 Kobus Greeff, 17 Gareth Hartley, 18 Timothy Agaba, 19 Jaco Otto, 20 Marlin Ruiters, 21 Bradley Kretzman, 22 Devon Lailvaux, 23 Phillip Nel.
The FNB UCT team: 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Damian de Allende, 13 Tiger Bax, 12 Michael Morris, 11 Mark Winter, 10 Nick Holton, 9 Liam Slatem, 8 Rayn Smid, 7 Zandy Macdonald, 6 Ntsolo Setlaba (captain), 5 Levi Odendaal, 4 Don Armand, 3 Francois van Wyk, 2 Dayne Jans, 1 Wes Chetty.
Replacements: 16 Neil Rautenbach, 17 Adriaan Botha, 18 Brad Bosman, 19 Greg Mallett, 20 Ricky Schroeder, 21 Paul Cohen, 22 Nathan Nel, 23 Digby Webb.
The second game sees Shimlas take on UJ, a team where a whole host of ex-Sharks players are making name for themselves. Both teams could make some hay on the log as the two teams leading will be taking each other on, with a certain loser falling down the log.
The FNB Shimlas team: 15 Nico Scheepers, 14 Cameron Jacobs, 13 Robbie van Schalkwyk, 12 Earl Snyman, 11 Jamba Ulengo, 10 Rynhardt Erwee, 9 Pieter Rademan, 8 Willie Britz (captain), 7 Fanie van der Walt, 6 Freddie Ngoza, 5 JC Astle, 4 Joubert Horn, 3 Ian Potgieter, 2 Michael van Vuuren, 1 Charles Marais.
Replacements: 16 JC van Wyk, 17 John-Henry Harris, 18 Wilken Heyns, 19 Armand Koster, 20 Kevin Luiters, 21 Franna du Toit, 22 Erick Colyn, 23 Stephan Kotze.
The FNB UJ team: 15 Worsie Kotze, 14 JR Esterhuizen, 13 Luan Steenkamp, 12 Divan van Zyl, 11 Chrysander Botha, 10 Guy Cronjé, 9 Rudi Paige, 8 Justin Wheeler (captain), 7 Jaco Kriel, 6 Johan van Deventer, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 4 Shane Kirkwood, 3 Jaco Vermeulen, 2 Shaun Malton, 1 Ruan Dreyer.
Replacements: 16 Francois du Toit, 17 Njabulo Mkize, 18 Marnus van Huyssteen, 19 RJ Liebenberg, 20 Jacques Pretorius, 21 Justin St. Jerry, 22 Aubrey McDonald, 23 Heinrich Terblanche.
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Kickoff times please?
Anybody watching ?
@Ben (Comment 1) : the first game is usually at 16h30.
Ikeys 13 – NMMU 13 half-time
FNB NMMU v FNB UCT
Xerox NMMU Stadium (Port Elizabeth)
Kick-off: 5pm (Live on SuperSport One
FNB Shimlas v FNB UJ
Xerox Shimla Park (Bloemfontein)
Kick-off: 7pm (Live on SuperSport One)
FNB Maties v FNB UP-Tuks
Danie Craven Stadium (Stellenbosch)
Kick-off: 7pm
FNB NWU-Pukke v FNB UP-Tuks
Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds (Potchefstroom)
Kick-off: 7pm
@Franshark (Comment 5) : @Franshark (Comment 6) : @Franshark (Comment 7) : @Franshark (Comment 8) : Thank you 😆
@Ludz (Comment 4) : I think I have Ikeys by gazzillion 😯
@rekinek (Comment 9) : 🙂 so by the way, we had a great time chatting to you and Matt on friday night.. My wife spoke very highly of you guys by her folks….
Doesn’t look like the case tonight. NMMU look pretty good tonight,gonna be a close 1
NMMU v UCT: NMMU by 18
Shimlas v UJ: Shimlas by 5
Maties v Tuks: Maties by 11
Pukke v TUT: Pukke by 13
@Franshark (Comment 11) : thanks. and likewise 😛 it was good to see you again and meet the prettier half, really cool that you made the drive to PTA.
BTW – I told Sybrand that he needs to be more hyperactive next time. It seems to do the trick 😉
@rekinek (Comment 14) : 😎 he felt it a bid by being the only kid, but always enjoys his live games…
@Franshark (Comment 15) : It was a great meeting all you guys friday night,now I comment a lot more too.always a bonus.
@Franshark (Comment 15) : a teenager 😉 shows you – adults are boring 🙄
@juba_fan (Comment 16) : 😎
@juba_fan (Comment 16) : if you don’t mind me asking. are you from Pretoria?
NMMU 23 – 21 UCT
FULL TIME
Not close to 18 point margin 😯
UJ #2 score after a good run by #7….. Cronje slots the conversion
Another storming run down the sideline… #14 scoring UJ 2nd try
@rekinek (Comment 17) : yes I am.I use to live in richardsbay but moved to pretoria about 7 years ago
Cronje converts again
Shimlas 0 – 16 UJ
Shimlas #5 score under the poles
converted
Shimlas 8 – 16 UJ
17 min
Shimlas PK
Shimlas 10 – 16 UJ
25 min
Maties 10 – 10 Tukke
HALF TIME
Shimlas 10 – 21 UJ
39 min
Pukke 31 – 8 TUT
HALF TIME
Shimlas 18 – 29 UJ
48 min
Shimlas 18 – 45 UJ
62 mins
Shimlas 18 – 45 UJ
61 min
Shimlas 18 – 50 UJ
72 mins
Shimlas 18 – 50 UJ
FINAL SCORE
Maties 23 – 22 Tukke
FULL TIME
Pukke 52 – 8 TUT
FULL TIME