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
UCT hits straight back with a converted try of their own, by Leyds
NMMU 21 / 21 UCT
Less than 5 minutes to go
Freegin hell, a draw is probably the best result here…
2 Minutes to go…
Penalty UCT, deep in their half… then NMMU gets a penalty, kickable!
… and they go for goal
Kretzman slots it in the wind… it hops on the crossbar and goes over!
Madibas win!
Final Score: NMMU 23 / 21 UCT
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