When it comes to rugby, the University of Stellenbosch (Maties) has a long and proud history. They have produced 172 Springboks and 15 Springbok captains. To this day, their students form the nucleus of the Stormers, the Western Province senior and under-21 teams as well as the Vodacom Cup team. With 44 teams from 16 hostel rugby clubs participate in the Steinhoff Matie hostel league, the Maties have more than 1300 registered players playing league matches. The Maties first team has won the Varsity Cup in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Last year their under-20 team contested the inaugural Young Guns Varsity Cup final, going down 35-26 to Tuks in a highly entertaining match. This year with a brand new under-20 team the Maties aim to go one better. To take up this challenge a very formidable squad of players will don on the famous maroon jerseys.
| Name | Surname | Age | Position | Weight | Height | High School | Tertiary Studies |
| John-Hubert | Meyer | 19 | Prop | 119 | 1.89 | Paul Roos | B Comm |
| JE | vd Merwe | 19 | Prop | 110 | 1.79 | Paarl Boys High | BSC Agric |
| Anton | Versteld | 19 | Prop | 120 | 1.88 | Paarl Gim | B Comm |
| Nicol | Heyns | 20 | Prop | 120 | 1.88 | Boland Landbou | B Comm |
| Migael | Grobler | 19 | Prop | 119 | 1.93 | Paul Roos | Engineering |
| Niel | Oelofse | 19 | Prop | 115 | 1.77 | Glenwood | Theology |
| Cullen | Collopy | 19 | Hooker | 93 | 1.77 | Kearsney | BA |
| Ryan | Versteld | 19 | Lock | 80 | 1.98 | Stellenbosch High | B Eng |
| Ines | Pretorius | 19 | Lock | 95 | 1.90 | Marlow | B Acc |
| Gerhard | De Wet | 20 | Lock | 100 | 1.90 | HTS Drostdy | B Eng |
| Myles | Tucker | 19 | Lock | 115 | 2.06 | Rondebosch | BSC |
| Danie | Krynauw | 19 | Lock | 118 | 1.98 | Rondebosch | Medics |
| Justin | Benn | 19 | Flank | 95 | 1.84 | Daniel Pienaar | BA Sport |
| Francas | vd Vyver | 19 | L/forward | 88 | 1.80 | Oakdale | B Agric |
| Jacobus | de Kock | 19 | L/forward | 99 | 1.87 | Boland Landbou | B Comm |
| Pieter | De Wet | 20 | L/forward | 101 | 1.92 | HTS Drostdy | B Eng |
| Eital | Bredenkamp | 19 | Flank | 90 | 1.78 | Affies | Theology |
| Damian | Verney | 20 | Flank | 86 | 1.87 | Rondebosch | BA |
| Meyer | Ferreira | 19 | Flank | 108 | 1.92 | Tygerberg | Theology |
| Michael | Murphy | 19 | Eightman | 105 | 1.89 | Paarl Gim | B Comm |
| Petrus | Uys | 19 | Eightman | 97 | 1.82 | Swellendam High | BA |
| Jonty | Fitzgerald | 19 | Scrumhalf | 80 | 1.79 | Monument | B Comm |
| Bjorn | Bernardo | 19 | Scrumhalf | 69 | 1.66 | Durbanville High | Sports Science |
| Kobus | Putter | 19 | Flyhalf | 92 | 1.88 | Charlie Hofmeyr | Sport Science |
| Janco | Gunter | 19 | Centre | 84 | 1.81 | Waterkloof | BA |
| Akhona | Stofile | 19 | Centre | 88 | 1.84 | Winterberg | BA |
| Wilhelm | Visagie | 19 | Centre | 85 | 1.76 | Calvinia High | BSC Agric |
| Daniel | du Toit | 19 | Centre | 91 | 1.82 | Paarl Gim | B Agric |
| Dylan | De Wilzen | 19 | Centre | 84 | 1.80 | Selborne | Civil Engineering |
| Rikus | Bosman | 19 | Wing | 93 | 1.82 | De Kuilen | B Ed |
| Giovanni | Hofmeyer | 19 | Wing | 74 | 1.73 | Rondebosch | BA |
| Wihan | Lombard | 19 | Fullback | 85 | 1.81 | Grey College | B Acc |
| Boutros | Mbina | 19 | Fullback | 63 | 1.59 | Strand High | B Eng |
Young Guns Fixtures for 2013
February 18 to April 1, 2013:
Monday, February 18:
FNB Shimlas v FNB UP-Tuks, Xerox Shimla Park – 3pm
FNB UCT v FNB NMMU, UCT Rugby Fields – 5pm
Monday, February 25:
FNB NWU-Pukke v FNB Wits, Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds – 5pm
FNB NMMU v Steinhoff Maties Jrs, NMMU Stadium – 5pm
Monday, March 4:
FNB Shimlas v FNB NWU-Pukke, Xerox Shimla Park – 5pm
FNB UP-Tuks v FNB Wits, Tuks Rugby Stadium – 5pm
FNB NMMU v FNB UJ, NMMU Stadium – 5pm
FNB UCT v Steinhoff Maties Jrs, UCT Rugby Fields – 7pm
Monday, March 11:
FNB NWU-Pukke v FNB UP-Tuks, Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds – 3pm
FNB UJ v FNB UCT, UJ Stadium – 5pm
FNB Wits v FNB Shimlas, Wits Rugby Stadium – 5pm
Monday, March 18:
Steinhoff Maties Jrs v FNB UJ, Danie Craven Stadium – 3pm
Monday, March 25:
Semifinal One: Log position 1 v Log position 4 – TBA
Semifinal Two: Log position 2 v Log position 3 – TBA
Monday, April 1:
Final: Semifinal winner One v Semifinal winner Two – 7pm (TV)
There is plenty players eligible to play for the Matie YG that is not listed here. Only a light sprinkle of the victorious 2012 WP u/19 team. Perhaps they are in the senior squad.
@beet:
dankie beet!!
PRP pasop ek kyk vir jou.
@beet: Don’t hold your breath for any courses at Tuks!
@Klofie Pa: Done. But unfortunately no courses listed at this stage
@beet:
beet, can you get the tukkies youngguns players as well?
Good to see Neil Oelofse there. Gosh he has bulked up since school if he is 115kg now. He was only about 100kg 2 years ago. Surprisingly quite a few studying Theology, maybe priest, pastors, ministers, clergyman of the future. 3 very light weight locks too….
@rugbyfan: Yes Meyer and Tucker were both in the Sharks u19 23 player squad last year.
I think Meyer saw the writing on the wall. Once Richard Palframan left for the UK by rights he should have been the starter, but the Sharks opted for schoolboy Marne Coetzee instead.
Was John Hubert Meyer not at the Sharks last year