UJ (9) 28 / Shimlas (17) 24  (Final Score)

UJ hosted Shimlas at UJ Stadium, Johannesburg at 19:00 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.

UJ fought back, like their bigger brothers at the Lions, but unlike the Lions they managed to make the comeback complete and to record a win over Shimlas by 3 points.

Scorers:

UJ: 2 Penalties & 1 Drop Goal & 2 Conversions Theuns Kotze, 1 Try Lolo Waka, 1 Try Ruan Dreyer, 1 Try Francois du Toit

Shimlas: 1 Conversion & 1 Penalty Jaco Colyn, 2 Conversions Shaun Davids, 1 Try Enrico Acker, 1 Try Cameron Jacobs, 1 Try Zandre de Bruin

  

Teams:

UJ:

15 Aubrey McDonald, 14 Wigan Pekeur, 13 Luan Steenkamp, 12 Harry Collins, 11 Lolo Waka, 10 Theuns Kotze, 9 Jacques Pretorius, 8 Cameron Peverett, 7 Justin Wheeler (captain), 6 Johan van Deventer, 5 Marnus van Huyssteen, 4 Shane Kirkwood, 3 Anthony Gallacher, 2 George Riest, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Francois du Toit, 17 Ollie Terblanche, 18 Jacobus Swanepoel, 19 Wendal Wehr, 20 Daniel Botha, 21 André Smith, 22 Earl Lewis, 23 Ruan Dreyer.

Head coach: Hugo van As

Shimlas:

15 Shaun Davids, 14 Jamba Ulengo, 13 Zandre de Bruin, 12 Charl Weideman, 11 Cameron Jacobs, 10 Jaco Colyn (captain), 9 Enrico Acker, 8 Etienne Terblanche, 7 Pieter Labuschagnè, 6 Hanno Pieterse, 5 Joubert Horn, 4 Wilken Heyns, 3 Ian Potgieter, 2 Hercu Liebenberg, 1 John-Henry Harris.
Replacements: 16 JC van Wyk, 17 Stephan Kotze, 18 Oupa Mohoje, 19 Erik le Roux, 20 George Whitehead, 21 Franna du Toit, 22 Divandre Strydom, 23 Henry van Niekerk.

Head coach: Jaco Swanepoel

Date: Monday, February 21
Venue: UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 7pm (Live on SuperSport One)
Referee: Quinton Immelman
TMO: JC Fortuin

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