This weeks’ televised games see the UCT Tigers take on Pukke in the earlier game, while Tukkies are at home to Shimlas at 7pm.
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 FNB NWU-Pukke team: 15 Malan van der Merwe, 14 Andrew van Wyk, 13 Ruan Jacobs, 12 Joubert Engelbrecht (captain), 11 Joe Seerane, 10 Gerhard Nortier, 9 Tiaan Dorfling, 8 Juan ‘Spanner’ Pretorius, 7 Ernie Strydom, 6 Philip de Wet, 5 Victor Kruger, 4 Siyanda Ndlovu, 3 John-Roy Jenkinson, 2 JC Oberholzer, 1 Henry Scharneck.
Replacements: 16 Marius Fourie, 17 Martin Dreyer, 18 Lodewyk Uys, 19 Siya Mdaka, 20 Andries Botha, 21 SW Oosthuizen, 22 Terswin Raubenheimer, 23 Mashudu Mafela.
Head coach: Hannes Esterhuizen
Date: Monday, March 5
Venue: UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
Kick-off: 5pm (Live on SuperSport One)
Referee: Jason Jaftha
Assistant referees: Andrew Slater, Hein Gericke
TMO: JC Fortuin, Deon van Blommestein
The FNB UP-Tuks team: 15 Riaan Britz, 14 Deon Helberg, 13 Jerome Pretorius, 12 Dabeon Draghoender, 11 Hayden Groepes, 10 Wesley Dunlop, 9 Lohan Jacobs, 8 Okkie Kruger, 7 Daniel Adongo, 6 Jacques Verwey, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Mike Williams, 3 Grant Kemp, 2 Zane Botha (captain), 1 Sabelo Nhlapo.
Replacements: 16 Jacques Momberg, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Sthembiso Mlongo, 19 Lean Schwartz, 20 Clayton Stewart, 21 Willie du Plessis, 22 Wynand Pienaar, 23 Basil Short.
Head coach: Nollis Marais
The FNB Shimlas team: 15 Nico Scheepers, 14 Divandré Strydom, 13 Robbie van Schalkwyk, 12 Earl Snyman, 11 Jamba Ulengo, 10 Erick Colyn, 9 Kevin Luiters, 8 Erik le Roux, 7 Fanie van der Walt, 6 Freddie Ngoza, 5 Joubert Horn, 4 Wilken Heyns, 3 Stephan Kotze, 2 Michael van Vuuren, 1 Charles Marais.
Replacements: 16 JC van Wyk, 17 John-Henry Harris, 18 Lebo Zietsman, 19 Armand Koster, 20 Pieter Rademan, 21 Reinhardt Erwee, 22 Stephan van der Merwe, 23 Carl van Heerden.
Head coach: Jaco Swanepoel
Date: Monday, March 5
Venue: Tuks Rugby Stadium, Pretoria
Kick-off: 7pm (Live on SuperSport One)
Referee: Rasta Rashivenga
Assistant referees: Stephan Geldenhuys, Eduan Nel
TMO: Johan Greeff

Anyone able to watch the Tukkies game> Very keen to hear how Big Dan goes…
16-0 Ikeys
@robdylan (Comment 1) :
I’ll be tuning in for the match.
@csb (Comment 3) : awesome
FNB IKEYS 24 vs FNB PUKKE 5 Half Time
IKEYS 29 vs PUKKE 21 after 74 min.
Trytime Tuks
Riaan Britz over for a well worked try ..great ball presented for the backs by the forwards.
8-0 2min.
IKEYS 29 (24) vs PUKKE 29 (5) Full Time
Bladen …Riaan Pretoruis .. 🙄 on the sauce early and its a school night .. 😆
Shimlas hit back with a try of their own …
Rienhardt Erwee.
8 all 10min.
@csb (Comment 10) : you mind also watching 13 and 22 for me? Tuks, I mean…
@robdylan (Comment 11) :
Will do…Adonga having a quietish game but looks eager ..his ball skills needs some work though.
Tuks score try by Sabelo Nhlapo.
16-8 20 min.
@robdylan (Comment 11) :
13 looks good ..couple of line breaks and some good pace.
Deon Helberg in for Tuks.
kick to come and …Dunlop converts.
24-10 Tuks Halftime.
@csb (Comment 12) : SABZA 🙂
@csb (Comment 14) : He still plays???
UJ 48 – 0 TUT
NMMU 0 – 34 Maties
UJ 85 – 0 TUT
FULL TIME
UJ 93 – 0 TUT
NMMU 21 – 42 Maties
FULL TIME
Tuks Shimlas FT?
@Die Kriek (Comment 22) : Tuks 48-18 Shimlas
ALL FINAL SCORES:
Ikey 29-29 Pukke,
UJ 93-0 TUT,
NMMU 21-42 Maties,
Tukkies 48-18 Shimlas
Tuks is bringing the cup home , Tuks of Niks
@BR (Comment 25) : DAMN STRAIGHT!
Varsity Cup log (after round five): Maties 22, UJ 20, Tuks 20, Pukke 14, NMMU 10, UCT 9, Shimlas 6, TUT 0.