NMMU (13) 23 / UCT (13) 21 (Final Score)

NMMU and UCT did battle in the Varsity Cup in Port Elizabeth at 17:00 SA Time.

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

NMMU:

• Penalties – Bradley Kretzman (1)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Jaco Swanepoel (1), Quinton Crocker (1), Jaco Otto (1)
  
• Conversions – Gerrit Smith (1), Martin du Toit (1)
  

UCT:

• Penalties – 0
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Dillyn Leyds (2), Tiger Bax (1)
  
• Conversions – Nick Holton (2)

Teams:

NMMU: 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.

Head coach: Brent Janse van Rensburg

UCT: 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.

Head coach: Kevin Foote

Date: Monday, February 27
Venue: Xerox NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Kick-off: 5pm (Live on SuperSport One)
Referee: Quinton Immelman
Assistant referees: Christie du Preez, Fumanekile Yamile
TMO: Johann Meuwesen