Tuks (48) 61 / 24 (8) UJ (Final Score)

FNB UP-Tuks (University of Pretoria) and FNB UJ (University of Johannesburg) did battle in the semi-final of the Varsity Cup at Tuks Rugby Stadium, Pretoria at 16:30 SA Time.

This was the live match discussion Article.

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

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Scorers:

Tuks:

• Penalties – 0
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Penalty Try (1), Jono Ross (1), Handré Pollard (1), Mike Williams (1), Clayton Blommetjies (1), Willie du Plessis (2), Courtnall Skosan (1)
  
• Conversions – Handré Pollard (7)

UJ:

• Penalties – 0
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Chrysander Botha (1), Jacques Pretorius (1), Vian van der Watt (1)
  
• Conversions – Kobus de Kock (3)

Teams:

UP-Tuks: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Vainon Willis, 13 Piet Lindeque, 12 Handre Pollard, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Willie du Plessis, 9 Danie Faasen, 8 Jono Ross (Captain), 7 Jacques Verwey, 6 Shaun Adendorff, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Mike Williams, 3 Basil Short, 2 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 1 Juan Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Sabelo Nhlapo, 18 Schalk Van Heerden, 19 JP Mostert, 20 Emile Temperman, 21 Christopher Bosch, 22 Riaan Britz, 23 Christoff Gouws.

UJ: 15 Kobus De Kock, 14 JR Esterhuizen, 13 Bradley Moolman, 12 Luan Steenkamp, 11 Chrysander Botha, 10 Divan van Zyl (Captainj), 9 Jacques Pretorius, 8 RJ Liebenberg, 7 Johan van der Hoogt, 6 Thilip Marole, 5 David Antonites, 4 Shane Kirkwood, 3 Ewald Van Der Westhuizen, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Wessel Du Randt .
Replacements: 16 AJ le Roux, 17 Wiseman Kamanga, 18 Fabian Booysen, 19 Kobus Porter, 20 Vian van der Watt, 21 Guy Cronje, 22 Andries Oosthuizen, 23 Njabulo Mkize.

Referee: Tiaan Jonker
Assistant referees: Jaco Kotze, Lihan Pretorius
TMO: Johan Greeff