What a final! UCT looked dead and buried and then some at 33-15 after 73-minutes. Pukke’s machine of a hooker Armand van der Merwe (Duhan’s older boet) looked all set to be the Man of the Match. The fat lady was warming up her vocal cords, the engraver was about to incise the letters “N-W-U” on the cup but then it happened. The dramatic and incredible comeback. UCT scored once, scored twice! Got the score back to 33-31 down with virtually no time left. Then Pukke had the ball game with time up, hooter gone and a deep pass to flyhalf Johnny Welthagen in the pocket. All he had to do was kick the ball into touch, knock it on or kill play somehow but instead he went for the drop goal, got charged down and possession was turned over to the Ikeys students. Huge BMT followed and via some excellent composed handling the Tiger stripes created some space on an inside line and the rest is history. UCT 39 Pukke 33. What a great final!
Tables
Results
Varsity Cup Young Guns
| DATE | TIME | HOME | AWAY | HOME | AWAY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/02/2014 | 16:45 | UP – TUKS | 18 | 18 | UJ | |||||
| 03/02/2014 | 19:00 | UFS SHIMLAS | 31 | 15 | WITS | |||||
| 03/02/2014 | 19:00 | UCT | 24 | 47 | NWU-PUKKE | |||||
| 03/02/2014 | 19:00 | NMMU | 45 | 29 | MATIES | |||||
| 10/02/2014 | 16:45 | MATIES | 16 | 33 | UCT | Maties u20 | 42 | 0 | Ikeys u20 | |
| 10/02/2014 | 19:00 | NWU-PUKKE | 40 | 29 | UFS SHIMLAS | |||||
| 10/02/2014 | 19:00 | UJ | 15 | 21 | NMMU | UJ u20 | 40 | 16 | NMMU u20 | |
| 10/02/2014 | 19:00 | WITS | 8 | 53 | UP – TUKS | Wits u20 | 2 | 137 | Tuks u20 | |
| 17/02/2014 | 16:45 | UJ | 32 | 15 | WITS | |||||
| 17/02/2014 | 19:00 | UP – TUKS | 26 | 0 | UFS SHIMLAS | Tuks u20 | 28 | 24 | Shimlas u20 | |
| 17/02/2014 | 19:00 | NWU-PUKKE | 21 | 33 | MATIES | |||||
| 17/02/2014 | 19:00 | NMMU | 13 | 26 | UCT | NMMU u20 | 13 | 13 | Ikeys u20 | |
| 24/02/2014 | 16:45 | UCT | 16 | 26 | UP – TUKS | Ikeys u20 | 29 | 40 | UJ u20 | |
| 24/02/2014 | 19:00 | NMMU | 16 | 52 | NWU-PUKKE | |||||
| 24/02/2014 | 19:00 | MATIES | 18 | 15 | WITS | |||||
| 24/02/2014 | 19:00 | UFS SHIMLAS | 52 | 16 | UJ | Shimlas u20 | 122 | 0 | Wits u20 | |
| 03/03/2014 | 16:45 | WITS | 12 | 18 | NMMU | Wits u20 | 0 | 103 | NWU Pukke u20 | |
| 03/03/2014 | 19:00 | UJ | 29 | 37 | UCT | |||||
| 03/03/2014 | 19:00 | UP – TUKS | 0 | 18 | NWU-PUKKE | |||||
| 03/03/2014 | 19:00 | MATIES | 13 | 13 | UFS SHIMLAS | Maties u20 | 26 | 16 | NMMU u20 | |
| 10/03/2014 | 00:00 | UJ | 16 | 8 | MATIES | UJ u20 | 28 | 24 | Maties u20 | |
| 10/03/2014 | 16:45 | NWU-PUKKE | 25 | 5 | WITS | |||||
| 10/03/2014 | 17:00 | UCT | 9 | 19 | UFS SHIMLAS | |||||
| 10/03/2014 | 19:00 | UP – TUKS | 8 | 24 | NMMU | Tuks u20 | 12 | 10 | NWU Pukke u20 | |
| 17/03/2014 | 16:45 | UFS SHIMLAS | 34 | 33 | NMMU | |||||
| 17/03/2014 | 19:00 | MATIES | 41 | 24 | UP – TUKS | |||||
| 17/03/2014 | 19:00 | NWU-PUKKE | 24 | 20 | UJ | NWU Pukke u20 | 26 | 26 | Shimlas u20 | |
| 17/03/2014 | 19:00 | WITS | 5 | 25 | UCT | |||||
| 24/03/2014 | 16:30 | UCT IKEYS | 20 | 8 | MATIES | Tuks u20 | 40 | 24 | Maties u20 | |
| 24/03/2014 | 19:00 | NWU-PUKKE | 19 | 18 | NMMU | UJ u20 | 26 | 33 | Shimlas u20 | |
| 31/03/2014 &
07/04/2014 |
19:00 | NWU-PUKKE | 33 | 39 | WINNERS:
UCT IKEYS |
Tuks u20 | 20 | 20 | WINNERS:
Shimlas u20 |
Geez I see the video of the UCT oke punching the girl who wanted to be part of the brawl is doing the rounds now.
LOL, that was not very difficult! The one and only.
@Toffee: HAHAHAHA! I know exactly who you’re talking about!
That can only be JF. And you must be KF, right?
Ikeys het uitstekend gespeel. Wens die Stormers kan sulke rugby speel.
@playa. We must know each other – my better half works with you. She is the mad hatter/party mad lady! I think you will know who I am !
@Beet I did feel all the big calls went against Pukke and I did feel for them after it was all over, they deserved more for their efforts. It was not a tip tackle, maybe just a little dangerous, a debatable penalty and never a yellow card.
As an Ikey supporter the “never say die” attitude of our players and the unbelievable rugby we played in the last 6 minutes will be a rugby memory until the day I die. Have watched the You Tube clip a few times. It was a shame there had to be a loser on the day.
@Playa: I must say I was very disappointed when Dillon Smit’s try for Pukke was disallowed because of the tip-tackle call.
@Verdwaalde Vrystater: GCB se derdes (Peaches) het al 3 Bokke opgelewer- Piet Van Zyl, Tiaan Liebenberg en Gerrie Britz, meer as baie skole. En dan is n produk vd Crocks (7es) (Nienaber) die Stormers se verdedigingsafrigter. Miskien nie die beste tyd om dit te noem nie, maar hy het in vorige seisoene, sukses gehad.
@Greenwood: It’s an experiment. To see if ref mistakes cannot be minimised.Last night’s game exposed the flaws.
@Verdwaalde Vrystater: Moenie so gou op jou perdjie spring, ek is self n oud Affie. Ek moes dalk eerder die woord ( sad ) gebruik het.
Bad week vir Affies. AB en Faf wat misluk, George Coetzee wat nowhere in Telkom PGA eindig en ou Johnny. Hoop maar Kloof genees die wonde of wat se ek ou Affie Vrystatertjie?
@Johan Beyers:
Hoekom is dit so erg Johan?
Weet jy dalk watter span hy op Affies gespeel het? – 3e’s, en twee jaar later toe speel hy SA onder 20!
Herinner my aan Piet van Zyl wat Bok geword het uit Grey se derde span uit.
Ons moet jammer voel vir Johnny Welthagen. Die gaping tussen sukses en mislukking in sport is baie klein!
@Greenwood: If their was three refs one ref would have taken the part of one ref and with that admitted that the other ref made a mistake. Too risky because if refs start to admit they make mistakes they have to enlist bigger refs as those with “kleinmannetjiesindroom” will not believe in themselves. Unfortunately if bigger refs are employed a fist fight between the ref and players who disagree will become the norm and who will then red card the ref. Starting the whole debate again is refs honest fair and unbias?
No just joking only an test run by SARU. Maybe a thing in the future.
@Muzi: At least was in a position to choke.
What a game – what a comeback !!
can someone explain why 2 refs ??
@Muzi: You’re kidding us
Pukke choked!
Eish…even as an ex-Ikey, I felt sorry for Pukke last night.
AH U – AH U – AH UCT!!!! Once an Ikey, always a Tiger!
@Toffee: Just saw your post now. Yeah, I was at that soaking wet game. My choir boys were scared of melting so there weren’t a lot of us there that day. Do you sit with the Personal Trust peeps by any chance? I wok for Personal Trust…
Die ergste van alles is dat hy n Affie seun is.
@BOG: A very expensive drop kick – cost his team R100 000 (being the difference in the 1st vs 2nd place cheques).
A final to be remembered for a long time.
A career ending drop attempt, I would say. Is he a B-Comm student by any chance?
@Playa. Did you go to the match on Monday? Got soaked to the bone but it was well worth it. I sit close to you, I sit with all the old toppies next to the scoreboard. You guys usually do most of the singing but on Monday a few of the older guys who grew up with the “old” Intervarsity started singing “die SACS come terug” which was great. I thought our pack was magnificent. MacDonald (an Afrikaans Mac from Tygerberg) and Michael Both, ex Wynberg and the front row Carew (ex Bosch), Neil Rautenbach (ex Paarl Boys/Edgemead Jnr) and Webb, ex SACS were standout.
Weet iemand hoe laat begin die wedstryde Woensdag tussen Monnas en Kempton asb ?
Monnas vs Glenwood 31 May at Monnas
Monnas vs Jeppe 14 June at Jeppe
Monnas vs KES 6 August at Monnas
@Playa:
@Tjoppa:
bring professionals to an amateur game…the amateurs will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
@BoishaaiPa: Some say they have played their best half of the competition, and should have nothing left next week.I hope they’re right
He he he he he Ka ka ka ka. That is all I have to say. And please do not shoot Pote rather ask Nollis and his cronies from the Bulls wtf happened. He he he he he Ka ka ka ka.
@BuffelsCM: I have been really happy for him as it appeared that with the arrival in Natal of Swiel, Du Preez’s place in rugby was being badly threatened.
He has shown he has what it takes – some of his passing was just sublime, his reading of the game last night was exceptional – brilliant performance
NMMU will have to play like demons to defeat Pukke at home. Go NMMU!!!!
@RBugger: I have to admit that I have never been a big Robert du Preez fan. During the Varsity Cup he has really impressed me though in a team that did not perform well for a large part of the competition. He had the one blemish only when the clearance kick was charged down.
He had a cracker of a game. He did not only score a lot of points with the boot but the manner he put away some of the guys for their tries was quite brilliant. The momentum of the game also changed when he scored his try.
@Woltrui: I agree Wollie !! It seems that the Danie Craven stadium has not been a happy hunting ground for Reniel Hugo. Last year his side was destroyed in the final and this year his “new” team was kicked out of the competition at the same stadium.
At half-time I thought Tuks had done enough but wow did Maties impress me with their fighting spirit and determination – 41 points in 40 minutes !!
In Golf they have a saying..”It not how you drive but how you arrive”…This Matie team is only arriving now it seems. Just in time for the playoffs!…I will be worried if I am the Ikeys coach!
The way Tukkies played last night
– didn’t deserve a play off spot. Why o why would the tactic be to kick up n unders if the Varsity cup rule is that you can catch a free kick any where in your own half? The amount off balls that were kicked away in the first half when Tuks ran the show were astounding. The management of this team should drop their heads in shame. A couple of players with big reputations in Tuks also came down to earth with a bang-read-the highly rated centres. The biggest University in the country not even in the top 4 
Hats off to Maties who showed that guts, loyality and commitment can still win big matches.
How good is it to see Rob Du Preez firing
Seems Chris Rossouw is having a positive influence on him – really happy to see him playing the style that he is – possible Province Contract coming up..?