Varsity Cup 2012

phoneJunky

phoneJunky

Executive Member
Joined
Apr 3, 2009
Messages
6,764
Reaction score
536
See no-one has made a thread for this years varsity Cup

Monday, February 6 - Round One:
FNB UCT 10 FNB Shimlas 38 (UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town)
FNB Tuks 23 FNB UJ 8 (Tuks Rugby Stadium, Pretoria)
FNB Maties 52 FNB TUT 2 (Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch)
FNB NMMU 16 FNB NWU-Pukke 26 (Xerox NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth)

Monday, February 13 - Round Two:
FNB TUT 0 FNB Tuks 40 (TUT Stadium, Tshwane)
FNB Pukke 12 FNB Maties 14 (Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds, Potchefstroom)
FNB UJ 29 FNB UCT 15 (UJ Stadium, Johannesburg)
FNB Shimlas 27 FNB NMMU 29 (Xerox Shimla Park, Bloemfontein)

Monday, February 20 - Round Three:
FNB UJ 48 FNB NMMU 18 (UJ Stadium, Johannesburg)
FNB Tuks 40 FNB Pukke 20 (Tuks Rugby Stadium, Pretoria)
FNB Maties 20 FNB Shimlas 7 (Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch)
FNB TUT 2 FNB UCT 66 (TUT Stadium, Tshwane)

Monday, February 27 - Round Four:
FNB NMMU v FNB UCT (Xerox NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth), 5pm (TV)
FNB Shimlas v FNB UJ (Xerox Shimla Park, Bloemfontein), 7pm (TV)
FNB Maties v FNB Tuks (Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch), 7pm
FNB Pukke v FNB TUT (Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds, Potchefstroom), 7pm

Monday, March 5 - Round Five:
FNB UCT v FNB Pukke (UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town), 5pm (TV)
FNB Tuks v FNB Shimlas (Tuks Rugby Stadium, Pretoria), 7pm (TV)
FNB UJ v FNB TUT (UJ Stadium, Johannesburg), 7pm
FNB NMMU v FNB Maties (Xerox NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth), 7pm

Monday, March 12 - Round Six:
FNB Shimlas v FNB TUT (Xerox Shimla Park, Bloemfontein), 5pm (TV)
FNB Maties v FNB UCT (Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch), 7pm (TV)
FNB Tuks v FNB NMMU (Tuks Rugby Stadium, Pretoria), 7pm
FNB Pukke v FNB UJ (Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds, Potchefstroom), 7pm

Monday, March 19 - Round Seven:
FNB UCT v FNB Tuks (UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town), 5pm (TV)
FNB UJ v FNB Maties (UJ Stadium, Johannesburg), 7pm (TV)
FNB Pukke v FNB Shimlas (Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds, Potchefstroom), 7pm
FNB TUT v FNB NMMU (TUT Stadium, Tshwane), 7pm

Monday, March 26 - Semifinals:
Semifinal One - Log position One v Log position Four (TBC), 4.30pm (TV)
Semifinal Two - Log position Two v Log position Three (TBC), 7pm (TV)

Monday, April 9 - Final:
Semifinal One winner v Semifinal Two winner (TBC), 7pm (TV)
Click to expand...

The Log so far:

2012 Varsity Cup Standings & Fixtures/Results

Position Team P W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Tuks 3 3 0 0 103 28 75 2 14
2 Maties 3 3 0 0 86 21 65 1 13
3 UJ 3 2 0 1 85 56 29 2 10
4 Shimlas 3 1 0 2 72 59 13 2 6
5 Pukke 3 1 0 2 58 70 -12 2 6
6 UCT 3 1 0 2 91 69 22 1 5
7 NMMU 3 1 0 2 63 101 -38 1 5
8 TUT 3 0 0 3 4 158 -154 0 0
Click to expand...
 
Last edited:
Maties plays Tukkies next week in Stellenbosch but it is not going to be televised. A bummer, since they are the only two unbeaten teams left in the competition.
 
phoneJunky said:
Maties plays Tukkies next week in Stellenbosch but it is not going to be televised. A bummer, since they are the only two unbeaten teams left in the competition.
Click to expand...

+1, this game should be awesome to watch. Thinking of going out to watch them but I am moving house tonight and tomorrow night.
 
Last edited:
Devill said:
+1, this game should be awesome to watch. Thinking of going out to watch them but I am moving house tonight and tomorrow night.
Click to expand...

It will probably be sold out already in any case. Good luck with the moving. I thought I was the only one watching varsity cup here.
 
phoneJunky said:
It will probably be sold out already in any case. Good luck with the moving. I thought I was the only one watching varsity cup here.
Click to expand...
I go to all of the local ones - even a varsity shield match or two at University of Fort Hare. :)
 
2012 Varsity Cup Standings & Fixtures/Results

Position Team P W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Maties 4 4 0 0 109 43 66 1 17
2 UP-Tuks 4 3 0 1 125 51 74 3 15
3 UJ 4 3 0 1 135 74 61 3 15
4 NWU-Pukke 4 2 0 2 110 78 -32 3 11
5 NMMU 4 2 0 2 86 122 -36 1 9
6 UCT 4 1 0 3 112 92 20 2 6
7 Shimlas 4 1 0 3 90 109 -19 2 6
8 TUT 4 0 0 4 12 210 -198 0 0
Click to expand...

NMMU beat UCT and in the big one, Maties beat Tuks.
 
1) I love the fact that they only play on Mondays, the one day I don't pitch on campus.
2) If they're all sponsored by FNB, what's the point in having FNB in front of their name anymore? Isn't it being called the 'FNB Varsity Cup' enough?
 
UnUnOctium said:
1) I love the fact that they only play on Mondays, the one day I don't pitch on campus.
2) If they're all sponsored by FNB, what's the point in having FNB in front of their name anymore? Isn't it being called the 'FNB Varsity Cup' enough?
Click to expand...

The point is to get the sponsors as much airtime as possible. When I first saw the 'stratergy break', I thought it was going to be for ad breaks like in US sports and the IPL.
 
1 Maties 5 5 0 0 151 69 82 2 22
2 UJ 5 4 0 1 228 74 154 4 20
3 UP-Tuks 5 4 0 1 173 69 104 4 20
4 NWU-Pukke 5 2 1 2 139 107 32 4 14
5 NMMU 5 2 0 3 112 164 -52 2 10
6 UCT 5 1 1 3 141 121 20 3 9
7 Shimlas 5 1 0 4 108 157 -49 2 6
8 TUT 5 0 0 5 12 303 -291 0 0
Click to expand...

Seems like TUT will be automatically relegated this round. Maties still unbeaten. I just get the feeling that Tuks will take it this year. From the reports of last weeks game it seems Maties was lucky in that one.

Massive win for UJ btw.
 
Last edited:
Big Maties game next week vs UCT! Pitty I have a test the next day so I can't enjoy it properly :(
 
FoXtroT said:
UCT is really failing this year.
Click to expand...

Really didn't expect them to do so badly. I thought they had it yesterday, then the Pukke came from nowhere.

I actually thought the Pukke played better than Ikeys for most part - but sloppy defence almost gifted to soft tries to UCT. Ikeys did defend better though, but good defence only takes you that far.
 
Position Team P W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Maties 6 6 0 0 206 74 132 3 27
2 Up-Tuks 6 5 0 1 215 100 115 5 25
3 UJ 6 4 0 2 260 108 152 6 22
4 NWU-Pukke 6 3 1 2 173 139 34 5 19
5 Shimlas 6 2 0 4 164 200 -36 3 11
6 NMMU 6 2 0 4 143 206 -63 3 11
7 UCT 6 1 1 4 146 176 -30 3 9
8 TUT 6 0 0 6 48 359 -311 1 1
Click to expand...

Ja, quite convincing. At a point I thought OS du Randt was playing for Maties, turned out to be another Os, Os Hamman. Maties' scrum looked really strong.
 
Tuks, Shimlas and NMMU are now under investigation after it was alleged that they are fielding ineligible players.

This could affect the final log standings.
 
Last edited:
Jip. Just a reprimand for the teams.

Can't wait for the semi and possible final at Tuks.
 
Well, good win there for Tuks.

Also Wits will be in the varsity cup next year. UCT will also stay after they beat CUT in the promotion/relegation match.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X