Shimlas (10) 18 / UJ (21) 50 (Final Score)

Shimlas and UJ did battle in the Varsity Cup in Bloemfontein at 19:00 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:

Shimlas:

• Penalties – Nico Scheepers (1)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Joubert Horn (1), Jamba Ulengo (1)
  
• Conversions – Nico Scheepers (2)

UJ:

• Penalties – 0
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Shaun Malton (1), JR Esterhuizen (2), Jaco Vermeulen (1), Justin St. Jerry (1), Johan van Deventer (1), Shane Kirkwood (1)
  
• Conversions – Guy Cronjé (5)

Teams:

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.

Head coach: Jaco Swanepoel

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.

Head coach: Hugo van As

Date: Monday 27 February
Venue: Xerox Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 19:00 SA Time (SuperSport One)
Referee: TBC
Assistant referees: Pieter Janse van Vuuren, Jaco Kotze
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee