2013 Varsity Rugby

2013 Varsity Rugby
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The 2013 Varsity Rugby competitions was contested from 28 January to 8 April 2013.^[1] Varsity Rugby is the collective name of four rugby union competitions played between several university teams in South Africa, with the Varsity Cup being the premier competition. The 2013 season was the sixth edition of this tournament.

Scoring

All four 2013 Varsity Rugby competitions will use a different scoring system to the regular system. Tries will be worth five points as usual, but conversions will be worth three points, while penalties and drop goals will only be worth two points.^[2]

Varsity Cup

2013 Varsity Cup
Champions	UP Tuks
Runners-up	Maties
Top point scorer	Kobus de Kock, UJ (91)
Top try scorer	Hoffman Maritz, NWU Pukke (7)
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Competition Rules

There were eight participating universities in the 2013 Varsity Cup. These teams played each other once over the course of the season, either home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top four teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.

There was no promotion/relegation between the Varsity Cup and the Varsity Shield at the end of 2013.^[3]

Participating teams

Varsity Cup
Team Name	University	Stadium
Maties	Stellenbosch University	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
NMMU Madibaz	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
NWU Pukke	North-West University	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
UCT Ikey Tigers	University of Cape Town	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
UFS Shimlas	University of the Free State	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
UP Tuks	University of Pretoria	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
UJ	University of Johannesburg	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
Wits	University of the Witwatersrand	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg

Standings

2013 Varsity Cup Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Maties	7	7	0	0	205	117	+88	28	16	5	0	33
2	UP Tuks	7	4	0	3	179	114	+65	25	13	3	3	22
3	UJ	7	3	1	3	218	179	+39	31	23	5	2	21
4	NMMU Madibaz	7	4	1	2	120	103	+17	14	15	1	2	21
5	NWU Pukke	7	4	0	3	237	222	+15	33	30	4	1	21
6	UFS Shimlas	7	2	2	3	183	132	+51	24	19	2	1	15
7	UCT Ikey Tigers	7	1	2	4	159	198	–39	22	27	2	1	11
8	Wits	7	0	0	7	133	369	–236	17	51	1	0	1
The top 4 teams qualified for the Semi-Finals. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures and results

The 2013 Varsity Cup fixtures were as follows:^[4]

• All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular Season

Round One

	4 February 2013	Maties	29 – 8	UJ	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	17:00	Try: Clearance Khumalo  55' Reniel Hugo  61' JP Lewis  67', 72' Con: JH Potgieter  56', 62' (2/2) Dean Grant  73' (1/2)	Report Scorecard	Try: AJ le Roux  35' Con: Kobus de Kock  36' (1/1)	Attendance: 19,800 Referee: Matt Kemp

	4 February 2013	NWU Pukke	26 – 23	UP Tuks	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
	19:00	Try: Robey Labuschagné  7' Ernie Strydom  20' Martin Dreyer  40' Con: Gerhard Nortier  8', 21', 40' (3/3) Pen: Gerhard Nortier  57' (1/1)	Report Scorecard	Try: Vainon Willis  46' Riaan Britz  50' Sidney Tobias  61' Courtnall Skosan  66' Con: Willie du Plessis (0/2) Tian Schoeman  67' (1/2)	Attendance: 5,520 Referee: Tiaan Jonker

	4 February 2013	UCT Ikey Tigers	5 – 5	NMMU Madibaz	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	19:00	Try: David Ambunya  33' Con: Ross Jones-Davies (0/1) Pen: Ross Jones-Davies (0/1)	Report Scorecard	Try: Ulrich Pretorius  42' Con: Justin van Staden (0/1)	Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan

	4 February 2013	Wits	7 – 61	UFS Shimlas	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: Jacques Erasmus  80' Con: Greg Blom (0/1) Pen: Latiume Fosita  2' (1/2) Bronson Lange (0/1) Cards: Riaan Arends 24' to 35'	Report Scorecard	Try: Schalk van der Merwe  5', 25', 40' Kevin Luiters  36' Erik le Roux  61' Oupa Mohojé  67', 74' Robbie van Schalkwyk  77' Con: Franna du Toit  6', 25', 37', 40', 61', 67', 74' (7/8)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Eduan Nel

Round Two

	11 February 2013	UP Tuks	24 – 16	UCT Ikey Tigers	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	16:50	Try: Jean Cook  5' Shaun Adendorff  42' Courtnall Skosan  65' Con: Tian Schoeman  6', 43' (2/2) Handré Pollard  66' (1/1)	Report Scorecard	Try: Michael Willemse  49' Dillyn Leyds  77' Con: Ross Jones-Davies  50' (1/1) Dillyn Leyds  78' (1/1) Drop: Nick Holton (0/1)	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Tiaan Jonker

	11 February 2013	NMMU Madibaz	24 – 16	Wits	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	19:00	Try: Ulrich Pretorius  22' Louis Fourie  41' Marius Oosthuizen  78' Con: Justin van Staden  23', 42', 79' (3/3)	Report Scorecard	Try: Carel Greeff  12', 37' Con: Latiume Fosita  13', 38' (2/2)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rodney Bonaparte

	11 February 2013	UJ	37 – 20	NWU Pukke	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: Malcolm Marx  5', 68' David Antonites  49' Shane Kirkwood  53' JR Esterhuizen  58' Con: Kobus de Kock  49', 53', 58', 68' (4/5)	Report Scorecard	Try: Hoffman Maritz  19', 83' Strand Kruger  78' Con: Gerhard Nortier  19' (1/3) Pen: Gerhard Nortier  31' (1/1) Cards: MB Lusaseni 55' to 65'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lihan Pretorius

	11 February 2013	UFS Shimlas	15 – 23	Maties	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: Maphutha Dolo  12' Erik le Roux  43' Con: Franna du Toit  44' (1/2) Pen: Pieter-Steyn de Wet  62' (1/2) Drop: Maphutha Dolo (0/1) Robbie van Schalkwyk (0/1)	Report Scorecard	Try: Reniel Hugo  5' Helmut Lehmann  26' Jacobus Jordaan  39' JP Lewis  74' Con: Dean Grant  27' (1/4)	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Jaco Kotze

Round Three

	18 February 2013	UFS Shimlas	12 – 23	UP Tuks	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	16:50	Try: Elandré Huggett  65' Con: Nico Scheepers  66' (1/1) Pen: Nico Scheepers  2', 15' (2/2) Cards: JC Astle 49' to 59'	Report Scorecard	Try: Jean Cook  35', 50' Clayton Blommetjies  57' Con: Tian Schoeman  36', 51' (2/3) Pen: Riaan Britz (0/1) Tian Schoeman  22' (1/1) Cards: Bongi Mbonambi 60' to 70'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Tiaan Jonker

	18 February 2013	Maties	13 – 8	NMMU Madibaz	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	19:00	Try: Neethling Gericke  11' Reniel Hugo  70' Con: Dean Grant  12' (1/1) JH Potgieter (0/1) Cards: Reniel Hugo  77'	Report Scorecard	Try: Ulrich Pretorius  35' Con: Justin van Staden  36' (1/1)	Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Quinton Immelman

	18 February 2013	Wits	25 – 71	NWU Pukke	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: Thato Mavundla  1' Carel Greeff  9' Jacques Erasmus  23' Con: Greg Blom  2', 10' (2/3) Pen: Greg Blom  19', 32' (2/3)	Report Scorecard	Try: Hoffman Maritz  11', 28', 60' SJ Niemand  15', 82' Gerhard Nortier  34' Jaco Grobler  42' HP Swart  56' Luther Obi  73', 78' Con: Gerhard Nortier  16', 42', 56', 60', 74', 79', 83' (7/10)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ben Crouse

	18 February 2013	UCT Ikey Tigers	26 – 42	UJ	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	19:00	Try: Michael Willemse  11' penalty try  34' David Ambunya  49' Con: Ross Jones-Davies  12', 35', 50' (3/3) Pen: Ross Jones-Davies  17' (1/1)	Report Scorecard	Try: Malcolm Marx  20' Chrysander Botha  22' Vian van der Watt  45' Luan Steenkamp  50' Justin Wheeler  67', 72' Con: Kobus de Kock  21', 53', 68', 73' (4/4) Divan van Zyl (0/2)	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

Round Four

	25 February 2013	Wits	24 – 63	UJ	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	16:50	Try: Carel Greeff  24', 53' Hannes Ludick  40' Con: Kyle Peyper  25', 40', 54' (3/3)	Report Scorecard	Try: Kobus de Kock  6', 26', 45', 55' JR Esterhuizen  10' Wiseman Kamanga  19' Justin Wheeler  39' AJ le Roux  48' Chrysander Botha  66' Con: Divan van Zyl (0/1) Kobus de Kock  20', 27', 40', 46', 56', 67' (6/8)	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

	25 February 2013	UP Tuks	16 – 18	Maties	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Juan Schoeman  6' penalty try  25' Con: Tian Schoeman  7', 25' (2/2)	Report Scorecard	Try: James Alexander  22' Mark Hodgskiss  38' Con: JH Potgieter  23', 38' (2/2) Pen: Dean Grant  79' (1/1) Cards: Dean Hammond 25' to 35'	Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Ben Crouse

	25 February 2013	NWU Pukke	29 – 26	UCT Ikey Tigers	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
	19:00	Try: Jaco Grobler  11' JC Oberholzer  30', 37' Marius Fourie  63' Con: Gerhard Nortier  12', 38', 63' (3/4)	Report Scorecard	Try: James Kilroe  7' Dillyn Leyds  22' Josh Katzen  46' Sti Sithole  60' Con: Ross Jones-Davies  8', 46' (2/4)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

	25 February 2013	NMMU Madibaz	14 – 10	UFS Shimlas	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	19:00	Try: Roy Godfrey  9' Con: Justin van Staden  10' (1/1) Pen: Justin van Staden  66', 76', 79' (3/3)	Report Scorecard	Try: Divandré Strydom  31', 51' Con: Nico Scheepers (0/2)	Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Lusanda Jam

Round Five

	4 March 2013	UCT Ikey Tigers	15 – 37	Maties	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	16:45	Try: Brad Bosman  32' Tiger Bax  45' Con: Ross Jones-Davies  33' (1/2) Pen: Ross Jones-Davies  23' (1/1) Cards: Liam Slatem 15' to 25'	Scorecard	Try: Neethling Gericke  6', 27' Ryan Nell  50' Beyers de Villiers  72' JP Lewis  75' Con: Dean Grant  28', 51', 73', 76' (4/5)	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

	4 March 2013	UFS Shimlas	38 – 18	NWU Pukke	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: Oupa Mohojé  29' Renier Botha  48' Maphutha Dolo  54' Nico Scheepers  66' Pieter-Steyn de Wet  71' Con: Nico Scheepers  30', 49', 67' (3/5) Pen: Nico Scheepers  3', 36' (2/2) Cards: Pieter-Steyn de Wet 40' to 51'	Scorecard	Try: SW Oosthuizen  45' Hoffman Maritz  77' Sylvian Mahuza  81' Con: Gerhard Nortier  46' (1/3)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jaco Peyper

	4 March 2013	UP Tuks	52 – 0	Wits	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Paul Willemse  8' Jono Ross  20' Bongi Mbonambi  22' Basil Short  32' Shaun Adendorff  53', 64', 73' Emile Temperman  61' Con: Willie du Plessis  9', 23' (2/5) Handré Pollard  61', 64' (2/3) Pen: Willie du Plessis (0/1)	Scorecard		Attendance: 500 Referee: Jaco Kotze

	4 March 2013	NMMU Madibaz	20 – 13	UJ	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	19:00	Try: Roy Godfrey  1' Martin Ferreira  31' Ferdi Gerber  68' Con: Justin van Staden  32' (1/3) Pen: Justin van Staden  57' (1/1) Gerrit Smith (0/1)	Scorecard	Try: JR Esterhuizen  14' Malcolm Marx  51' Con: Kobus de Kock  52' (1/2)	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

Round Six

	11 March 2013	NWU Pukke	39 – 36	NMMU Madibaz	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
	16:45	Try: JC Oberholzer  20' Danie Jordaan  37' Robey Labuschagné  51', 75' SJ Niemand  61' Con: Justin Botha (0/1) Tiaan Dorfling  38', 52', 62', 76' (4/4) Pen: Justin Botha (0/1) SW Oosthuizen  79' (1/1)	Scorecard	Try: Roy Godfrey  5' Stefan Willemse  33' Gerrit Smith  40' Martin Ferreira  46' Con: Justin van Staden  6', 33', 40', 47' (4/4) Pen: Justin van Staden  24', 43' (2/2)	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	11 March 2013	UJ	29 – 34	UP Tuks	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: Wessel du Rand  7', 39' Jacques Pretorius  46' Kobus de Kock  74' Con: Kobus de Kock  8', 40', 47' (3/4)	Scorecard	Try: Clayton Blommetjies  3' Piet Lindeque  10' Shaun Adendorff  33' Courtnall Skosan  78' Con: Handré Pollard  4', 11', 34', 79' (4/4) Pen: Handré Pollard  32' (1/1)	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

	11 March 2013	UFS Shimlas	21 – 21	UCT Ikey Tigers	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: penalty try  14' Oupa Mohojé  43' Divandré Strydom  58' Con: Nico Scheepers  15', 44' (2/3) Cards: Carl van Heerden 34' to 44'	Scorecard	Try: Tiger Bax  9', 40' Brad Bosman  52' Con: Ross Jones-Davies  10', 40' (2/3) Cards: Jason Klaasen 42' to 53'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lusanda Jam

	11 March 2013	Wits	21 – 48	Maties	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: Riaan Arends  9' Matt Torrance  48' Rinus Bothma  77' Con: Kyle Peyper  10', 78' (2/3)	Scorecard	Try: Helmut Lehmann  2', 30', 44' Dries Truter  24' Mark Hodgskiss  60' Brianton Boysen  75' Con: Dean Grant  3', 24', 31', 45' (4/4) JH Potgieter  60', 76' (2/2)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Pro Legoete

Round Seven

	18 March 2013	UJ	26 – 26	UFS Shimlas	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	16:45	Try: Jacques Pretorius  3' AJ le Roux  67' Vian van der Watt  78', 80' Con: Kobus de Kock (0/1) Guy Cronjé  79', 81' (2/3)	Scorecard	Try: JJ de Klerk  34' Charles Marais  47' Kevin Luiters  55' Con: Nico Scheepers  35', 48', 56' (3/3) Pen: Nico Scheepers  43' (1/1) Cards: Armandt Koster  75'	Referee: Pieter Janse van Vuuren

	18 March 2013	Maties	37 – 34	NWU Pukke	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	19:00	Try: Clearance Khumalo  5' Os Hamman  26' Charl de Villiers  34' Craig Barry  44' Ryan Nell  57' Con: JH Potgieter  6', 27', 35', 58' (4/5)	Scorecard	Try: HP Swart  53' Sylvian Mahuza  64' Hoffman Maritz  72' Luther Obi  77', 80' Con: Tiaan Dorfling  65', 73' (2/4) SW Oosthuizen  81' (1/1)	Referee: Francois Groenewald

	18 March 2013	NMMU Madibaz	13 – 7	UP Tuks	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	19:00	Try: Martin Ferreira  26' Con: Justin van Staden (0/1) Pen: Gerrit Smith (0/1) Justin van Staden  32', 50', 59', 70' (4/6)	Scorecard	Try: Jaco Visagie  71' Con: Willie du Plessis (0/1) Pen: Handré Pollard  51' (1/1) Cards: Piet Lindeque 58' to 68'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Daniel Fortuin

	18 March 2013	UCT Ikey Tigers	50 – 40	Wits	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	19:00	Try: Brad Bosman  3' Tiger Bax  10', 71' Richard Stewart  27' Michael Willemse  31' Liam Slatem  34', 36' Con: Ross Jones-Davies  4', 11', 32', 35', 72' (5/7) Cards: Brad Bosman  28'	Scorecard	Try: Charlie Baggot  50' Jason Fraser  55', 59' Riaan Arends  74' Greg Blom  79' Con: Kyle Peyper  51', 56', 60', 75', 79' (5/5) Cards: Carel Greeff 28' to 38'	Referee: Quinton Immelman

Play-Off Games

Semi-Finals

	25 March 2013	UP Tuks	61 – 24	UJ	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	16:30	Try: penalty try  5' Jono Ross  15' Handré Pollard  17' Mike Williams  21' Clayton Blommetjies  25' Willie du Plessis  30', 54' Courtnall Skosan  50' Con: Handré Pollard  6', 16', 18', 22', 26', 31', 55' (7/8)	Scorecard	Try: Chrysander Botha  11' Jacques Pretorius  45' Vian van der Watt  60' Con: Kobus de Kock  12', 46', 61' (3/3)	Referee: Tiaan Jonker

	25 March 2013	Maties	16 – 15	NMMU Madibaz	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	19:00	Try: penalty try  36' James Alexander  64' Con: JH Potgieter  37', 65' (2/2)	Scorecard	Try: Brian Shabangu  61' Jarryd Buys  72' Martin Ferreira  77' Con: Justin van Staden (0/1) Gerrit Smith (0/2) Pen: Logan Basson (0/1) Cards: Dwayne Kelly 35' to 44' Stefan Willemse 36' to 45'	Referee: Ben Crouse

Final

	8 April 2013	Maties	5 – 44	UP Tuks	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	19:00	Try: Clearance Khumalo  57' Con: JH Potgieter (0/1)	Scorecard	Try: Danie Faasen  15' Willie du Plessis  20' Jono Ross  36' Courtnall Skosan  47' Vainon Willis  77' Con: Handré Pollard  16', 21', 37', 48', 78' (5/5) Pen: Handré Pollard  60' (1/1) Drop: Clayton Blommetjies  72' (1/1)	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

Squads

The teams released the following squad lists:^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Maties – 2013 Varsity Cup Forwards Brianton Booysen Lungelo Chonco Nic de Jager Jan de Klerk Beyers de Villiers Charl de Villiers Neethling Gericke Os Hamman Reniel Hugo Reuben Johannes Frederick Kirsten Helmut Lehmann Niel Oelofse Brandon Pitzer Jurg Streicher Hein van der Merwe Wilhelm van der Sluys Jurie van Vuuren Alistair Vermaak Did not play: Schalk Ferreira Attie Joubert Boeta Kleinhans Hugo Kloppers Basil Liebenberg Derick Linde Cameron Lindsay Alfred Ries Erik van Zyl Backs James Alexander Craig Barry Hayden de Villiers Dean Grant Dean Hammond Mark Hodgskiss Louis Jordaan Clearance Khumalo JP Lewis Jean Nel Ryan Nell JH Potgieter Warren Seals Dries Truter Did not play: Rob Ahlers Jarryd Buys Wessel Coetzee Jan de Wet Gerhard Jordaan Johnny Kotzé Pieter Peens Caleb Smith Gideon Strydom Nico van der Westhuizen Christof van Tonder Devon Williams Coach Chris Rossouw

NMMU Madibaz – 2013 Varsity Cup Forwards Tim Agaba Francois Coetzer Albé de Swardt Dexter Fahey Martin Ferreira Louis Fourie Ferdi Gerber Roy Godfrey Lizo Gqoboka Gareth Hartley Elrich Kock Schalk Oelofse Brenden Olivier Marius Oosthuizen Ulrich Pretorius Brian Shabangu Stefan Willemse Mzwanele Zito Did not play: Chad Banfield Reece Dabner Hannes Huisamen Marius le Roux Rob Louw Francois Nel Backs Logan Basson Jarryd Buys Dwayne Kelly Devon Lailvaux Lesley Luiters Howard Mnisi Mayibuye Ndwandwa Yamkela Ngam Lonwabo Ntleki Brian Skosana Gerrit Smith Billy van Lill Justin van Staden Did not play: Ruan Allerston Drew du Toit Andile Jho Bradley Kretzmann Louis Kruger Charlie Purdon Marlin Ruiters Shane Swart Phumezo Orlando Tom Kayle van Zyl Coach Brent Janse van Rensburg

NWU Pukke – 2013 Varsity Cup Forwards Herman Basson Molotsi Bouwer Stompie de Wet Martin Dreyer Arno Ebersohn Marius Fourie Marcel Groenewald Danie Jordaan Strand Kruger Robey Labuschagné MB Lusaseni Mash Mafela SJ Niemand JC Oberholzer Pens Scharneck Solly Sotsaka Ernie Strydom HP Swart Akker van der Merwe Elardus Venter Did not play: Bok Barnard Wian Fourie Andrich Nortjé Christiaan Schoonraad Lodewyk Uys Peet van der Walt JC Wasserman Backs Rowayne Beukman Justin Botha Lucian Cupido Johan Deysel Tiaan Dorfling Jaco Grobler Sylvian Mahuza Hoffman Maritz Gerhard Nortier Luther Obi Wynand Olivier SW Oosthuizen Hennie Skorbinski Pieter Smith Did not play: Kobus du Plessis Janus Jonker Rudolph Stephanus Muller Heinrich Smith Coach Hannes Esterhuizen

UCT Ikey Tigers – 2013 Varsity Cup Forwards Derek Asbun Brad Bosman Mike Botha Joel Carew Johno de Klerk Dayne Jans Josh Katzen Oli Kebble James Kilroe Jason Klaasen Kyle Kriel Shaun McDonald Shane Meier Darryl Ndjadila Levi Odendaal Neil Rautenbach Ntsolo Setlaba Sti Sithole Digby Webb Michael Willemse Did not play: Stephen Buerger Deacon Chowles André Mark du Plessis Matthew Faught Vince Jobo Timmy Louw Peter Olivier Gareth Topkin Francois van Wyk Backs David Ambunya Tiger Bax Paul Cohen Justin Coles Nick Holton Ross Jones-Davies Dillyn Leyds Nico Loizides Nate Nel Dylan Sage Ricky Schroeder Liam Slatem Richard Stewart Lihleli Xoli Did not play: Darryn Berry Tonderai Chigumadzi Ryan Dugmore Nick Farrar Dylon Frylinck Selom Gavor Jason Germishuys Kyle Lombard Robbie Louw Steve Wallace Coach Kevin Foote

UFS Shimlas – 2013 Varsity Cup Forwards JC Astle Luan de Bruin Wickus Deysel Jacques du Toit Elandré Huggett Niell Jordaan Armandt Koster Erik le Roux Charles Marais Oupa Mohojé Freddie Ngoza Nick Schonert Tyron Schultz Franco van der Merwe Schalk van der Merwe Fanie van der Walt Carl van Heerden JC van Wyk Henco Venter Lebo Zietsman Did not play: Neil Claassen Curtley de Kock Boxer de Villiers Heinrich Renoir Douglas Joubert Horn Barend Koortzen De Wet Kruger Pieter Matthee Justin Pappin Boom Prinsloo Egbert Ras Adriaan Schoeman Backs Renier Botha JJ de Klerk Pieter-Steyn de Wet Maphutha Dolo Franna du Toit Reinhardt Erwee Kay-Kay Hlongwane Kevin Luiters Marco Mason Nico Scheepers Thys Smit Earl Snyman Divandré Strydom Sethu Tom Stephan van der Merwe Robbie van Schalkwyk Did not play: AJ Coertzen Erick Colyn Marnus Marais Niel Marais Pieter Rademan Lance Ruthford Vink van der Walt Coach Michael Horak

UJ – 2013 Varsity Cup Forwards David Antonites Fabian Booysen Van Zyl Botha Steph de Witt Wessel du Rand Wiseman Kamanga Shane Kirkwood AJ le Roux RJ Liebenberg Thiliphatu Marole Malcolm Marx Njabulo Mkize Kobus Porter Johan van der Hoogt Erasmus van der Linde Ewald van der Westhuizen Justin Wheeler Did not play: Ian Barnard Henri Bossau Boshoff Daneel Ellis Lourens Erasmus Mitchell Hildebrand Henru Liebenberg Gareth Milasinovich Stephan Nel Dylan Peterson Sean Pretorius Johannes Hendrik Snyman Griffith van Wyk Wimpie Wentzel Backs Chrysander Botha Guy Cronjé Tommy Damba Kobus de Kock JR Esterhuizen Lincoln Koopman Bradley Moolman Andries Oosthuizen Jacques Pretorius Luan Steenkamp Vian van der Watt Divan van Zyl Lukas van Zyl Adriaan Vermeulen PJ Walters Did not play: Michael John Bean Chuma Sean Faas Thato Thomas Marobela Lucien Kirk Ruiters Marais Schmidt Ethan Charles Searle Dauw Steyn Coach Hugo van As

UP Tuks – 2013 Varsity Cup Forwards Shaun Adendorff Andrew Beerwinkel Jean Cook Jacques du Plessis Frederic Eksteen Christoph Gouws Wesley Kotzé Wiaan Liebenberg Bongi Mbonambi JP Mostert Sabelo Nhlapo Marvin Orie Stephan Pretorius Jono Ross Juan Schoeman Basil Short Sidney Tobias Nardus van der Walt Schalk van Heerden Hencus van Wyk Jacques Verwey Jaco Visagie Paul Willemse Mike Williams Did not play: Zane Botha Clyde Eathan Davids Beer Engelbrecht Victor Hechter Irnè Herbst Jono Janse van Rensburg Dennis Visser Backs Clayton Blommetjies Christopher Bosch Riaan Britz Willie du Plessis Danie Faasen Lohan Jacobs Piet Lindeque Burger Odendaal Handré Pollard Tian Schoeman Courtnall Skosan William Small-Smith Clayton Stewart Emile Temperman Vainon Willis Did not play: Travis Ismaiel Jesse Kriel Donnovan Marais Sampie Mastriet Damian van Wyk Coach Nollis Marais

Wits – 2013 Varsity Cup Forwards Rory Anderson Charlie Baggot Rinus Bothma Piers Cooper Jason Fraser Carel Greeff JP Jonck Ferdinand Kelly KK Kgame Shai Korb Jeremiah Latana Hannes Ludick Wandile Lupuwane Thato Mavundla Devin Montgomery Katlego Ntsie Vuyo Pupuma Cameron Shafto Pieter van Biljon Bradley van Niekerk Phaka Zuma Did not play: Chad Erasmus Sam Peter Rendani Ramovha Juandré Venter Backs Riaan Arends Greg Blom Brent Crossley Mandla Dube Josh Durbach Jacques Erasmus Kayde Fisher Latiume Fosita Nkuli Gamede Bronson Lange Jared Meyer Ish Nkolo Kyle Peyper Michael Sephton-Poultney Matt Torrance Did not play: Kenneth du Plessis Juan Petrus du Toit Grant Janke Andrew Keightley-Smith Juandré Wurth Coach Andy Royle

Honours

2013 FNB Varsity Cup Champions:	UP Tuks
Player That Rocks:	Oupa Mohojé, UFS Shimlas
Forward That Rocks:	Reniel Hugo, Maties
Back That Rocks:	Howard Mnisi, NMMU Madibaz
Top Try Scorers:	Hoffman Maritz, NWU Pukke (7)
Top Points Scorer:	Kobus de Kock, UJ (91)

Varsity Shield

2013 Varsity Shield
Champions	CUT Ixias
Runners-up	UWC
Promoted	—
Top point scorer	Freddie Muller, UWC (70)
Top try scorer	Inus Kritzinger, CUT Ixias (7)
← 2012 2014 →

Competition Rules

There were five participating universities in the 2013 Varsity Shield. These teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top two teams qualified for the title play-offs. The team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished second.

There was no promotion/relegation between the Varsity Cup and the Varsity Shield at the end of 2013.^[3]

Participating teams

Varsity Shield
Team Name	University	Stadium
CUT Ixias	Central University of Technology	CUT Stadium, Bloemfontein
TUT Vikings	Tshwane University of Technology	TUT Stadium, Pretoria
UFH Blues	University of Fort Hare	Davidson Rugby Field, Alice
UKZN Impi	University of KwaZulu-Natal	Peter Booysen Sports Park, Pietermaritzburg
UWC	University of the Western Cape	UWC Sport Stadium, Cape Town

Standings

2013 Varsity Shield Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	CUT Ixias	7	7	0	0	254	139	+115	35	17	4	0	32
2	UWC	7	3	0	4	197	148	+49	25	18	4	1	17
3	UKZN Impi	8	4	0	4	143	215	–72	17	29	0	0	16
4	UFH Blues	7	3	0	4	147	166	–19	19	21	2	1	15
5	TUT Vikings	7	1	0	6	102	175	–73	10	21	3	1	8
The top 2 teams qualified for the Final. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures and results

The 2013 Varsity Shield fixtures were as follows:^[13]

• All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular Season

Round One

	28 January 2013	UKZN Impi	19 – 7	UFH Blues	Peter Booysen Sports Park, Pietermaritzburg
	16:45	Try: Robert Warnock  3' Gerrit Fourie  62' Con: Heinrich Meyer  4' (1/2) Pen: Heinrich Meyer (0/1) Jaco Potgieter  65', 70', 77' (3/3)	Report Scorecard	Try: Oliver Zono  26' Con: Oliver Zono (0/1) Pen: Oliver Zono  14' (1/2)	Referee: B. Beattie

	28 January 2013	UWC	42 – 4	TUT Vikings	UWC Sport Stadium, Cape Town
	19:00	Try: Tazz Fuzani  42' Freddie Muller  50' Minenhle Mthethwa  52' Kenwin Weiner  62' Godlen Masimla  69' Con: Charl van Vollenhoven  43', 51', 53', 62', 70' (5/5) Pen: Charl van Vollenhoven  25' (1/1) Cards: Tazz Fuzani 11' to 21'	Report Scorecard	Pen: Morné Hugo  23', 27' (2/3) Drop: Morné Hugo (0/1)	Referee: Renier Vermeulen

Bye/s: CUT Ixias

Round Two

	31 January 2013	CUT Ixias	25 – 10	UWC	CUT Stadium, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: Johan van Schalkwyk  29' Alec Mhlanga  47' Inus Kritzinger  60' Con: Noël Marx  30', 61' (2/3) Pen: Noël Marx  35', 7' (2/4) Cards: Leon Pretorius 22' to 32'	Report Scorecard	Try: Yondela Stampu  71' Con: Freddie Muller  72' (1/1) Pen: Charl van Vollenhoven  3' (1/1) Cards: Tazz Fuzani 35' to 45'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Jaco Kotzé

	31 January 2013	TUT Vikings	31 – 34	UKZN Impi	TUT Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Thabo Mangena Zandré de Bruin Fanie Raseroka Con: Morné Hugo Pen: Morné Hugo	Report Scorecard	Try: Jaco Potgieter Hendrik Groenewald Con: Jaco Potgieter Pen: Jaco Potgieter	Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

Bye/s: UFH Blues

Round Three

	4 February 2013	UFH Blues	32 – 6	TUT Vikings	Davidson Rugby Field, Alice
	19:00	Try: Sibabalwe Mtsulwana  20' Lundi Ralarala  54' Garth van Rayner  70' Khanyiso Komani  79' Con: Oliver Zono  21' (1/1) Saneliso Ngoma  54', 71' (2/2) Sibabalwe Mtsulwana  79' (1/1) Pen: Oliver Zono (0/1) Cards: Lundi Ralarala 67' to 77'	Report Scorecard	Pen: Morné Hugo  6', 10', 48' (3/3) Cards: Fanie Raseroka  74'	Referee: Lusanda Jam

	4 February 2013	UKZN Impi	12 – 26	CUT Ixias	Peter Booysen Sports Park, Pietermaritzburg
	19:00	Try: Zander Engelbrecht  55' Con: Jaco Potgieter  55' (1/1) Pen: Jaco Potgieter  2', 28' (2/4) Cards: Brandon Bailing  73'	Report Scorecard	Try: Inus Kritzinger  20' Christoff Swanepoel  67' penalty try  73' Con: Noël Marx  20' (1/1) Meyer van Tonder  67', 73' (2/2) Pen: Meyer van Tonder  42' (1/1) Cards: Petri Coetzee 39' to 49'	Referee: Archie Sehlako

Bye/s: UWC

Round Four

	11 February 2013	CUT Ixias	44 – 29	UFH Blues	CUT Stadium, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: Petri Coetzee  14' Meyer van Tonder  26' Christoff Swanepoel  33' Anrich Bitzi  46' Alec Mhlanga  65' Inus Kritzinger  73' Con: Meyer van Tonder  15', 27', 47', 74' (4/6) Pen: Christoff Swanepoel  3' (1/1) Cards: Johan van Schalkwyk  79'	Report Scorecard	Try: Lundi Ralarala  7', 20' Lithabile Mgwadleka  48' Xola Mapapo  77' Con: Khanyiso Komani  8', 21', 49' (3/3) Saneliso Ngoma (0/1) Cards: Sibabalwe Tshoni 12' to 22'	Attendance: 1,200

	11 February 2013	UWC	38 – 15	UKZN Impi	UWC Sport Stadium, Cape Town
	19:00	Try: Donovan Williams  2' Freddie Muller  19', 22' Heinrich Marcus  30', 51', 74' Con: Freddie Muller  52' (1/4) Warrick Rhoda (0/1) Charl van Vollenhoven  75' (1/1) Pen: Charl van Vollenhoven  66' (1/1) Cards: Tazz Fuzani 36' to 46',  60'	Report Scorecard	Try: André Greyvenstein  39' Theo Kruger  46' Con: Heinrich Meyer  40' (1/2) Drop: Heinrich Meyer  12' (1/1) Cards: Jeandré Small  78'	Referee: Francois Groenewald

Bye/s: TUT Vikings

Round Five

	18 February 2013	TUT Vikings	16 – 24	CUT Ixias	TUT Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Dawid Roux  64' Deon Fitchet  76' Con: Morné Hugo  65', 77' (2/2)	Report Scorecard	Try: Moekoa Bolofo  30' Noël Marx  36' Alec Mhlanga  55' Con: Meyer van Tonder  30', 37', 55' (3/3) Pen: Noël Marx (0/1) Cards: Dean Kauprihanoff  72'	Attendance: 350 Referee: Ricus van der Hoven

	18 February 2013	UFH Blues	24 – 23	UWC	Davidson Rugby Field, Alice
	19:00	Try: Nkosi Nofuma  17' Lundi Ralarala  52' Con: Khanyiso Komani  18', 52' (2/2) Pen: Khanyiso Komani  11', 29', 55', 73' (4/5)	Report Scorecard	Try: Justin McKay  22' Kenwin Weiner  27' Donovan Williams  32' Con: Freddie Muller  27', 33' (2/3) Pen: Charl van Vollenhoven  39' (1/1)	Referee: Rodney Bonaparte

Bye/s: UKZN Impi

Round Six

	25 February 2013	UFH Blues	18 – 20	UKZN Impi	Davidson Rugby Field, Alice
	19:00	Try: Khanyiso Komani  4' Nkosi Nofuma  57', 72' Con: Khanyiso Komani  73' (1/3)	Report Scorecard	Try: Sizwe Kubheka  38' Jeandré Small  43' Leon Mulder  67' Con: Heinrich Meyer  39' (1/3) Pen: Heinrich Meyer  13' (1/4) Cards: Sizwe Kubheka  64'	Attendance: 23,250 Referee: Jadezweni Cwengile

	25 February 2013	TUT Vikings	18 – 8	UWC	TUT Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Paul Walters  4' Fanie Raseroka  42' Con: Morné Hugo  4', 43' (2/2) Pen: Morné Hugo  53' (1/1) Drop: Morné Hugo (0/1) Cards: Terry Long 50' to 61'	Report Scorecard	Try: Kenwin Weiner  68' Con: Charl van Vollenhoven  68' (1/1)	Attendance: 250 Referee: Tahla Ntshakaza

Bye/s: CUT Ixias

Round Seven

	4 March 2013	UWC	40 – 49	CUT Ixias	UWC Sport Stadium, Cape Town
	19:00	Try: Donovan Williams  17' Justin McKay  33' Kenwin Weiner  58' Kelvin de Bruyn  65' Quade Langeveld  78' Con: Charl van Vollenhoven  18', 34' (2/2) Freddie Muller  59', 66', 79' (3/3) Pen: Charl van Vollenhoven (0/2) Cards: Freddie Muller 15' to 25'	Report Scorecard	Try: Meyer van Tonder  12' Johan van Schalkwyk  21', 36' penalty try  26' Leon Pretorius  30', 46' Rudi Fuls  67' Con: Noël Marx  13', 27', 47' (3/6) Meyer van Tonder  68' (1/1) Pen: Noël Marx  18' (1/2) Cards: Deon Gouws 8' to 18'	Referee: Juan Sylvestre

	4 March 2013	UKZN Impi	10 – 9	TUT Vikings	Peter Booysen Sports Park, Pietermaritzburg
	19:00	Try: Mondli Ntshingila  42' Hendrik Lategan  48' Con: Heinrich Meyer (0/2) Pen: Heinrich Meyer (0/2)	Report Scorecard	Try: Oswald Gibson  68' Con: Oswald Gibson (0/1) Pen: Morné Hugo  22', 51' (2/2) Cards: Werner Lourens 60' to 70'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Daniel Fortuin

Bye/s: UFH Blues

Round Eight

	11 March 2013	TUT Vikings	18 – 25	UFH Blues	TUT Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Werner Lourens  70' Con: Morné Hugo  71' (1/1) Pen: Morné Hugo  2', 30', 46', 74' (4/4) Drop: Morné Hugo  34' (1/1) Cards: Werner Lourens 26' to 36'	Report Scorecard	Try: Garth van Rayner  31' Oliver Zono  49', 75' Con: Khanyiso Komani  32', 76' (2/3) Pen: Khanyiso Komani  21' (1/2) Drop: Oliver Zono  16' (1/1) Cards: Billy Dutton 51' to 61'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys

	11 March 2013	CUT Ixias	50 – 20	UKZN Impi	CUT Stadium, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: Deon Gouws  14', 29' Inus Kritzinger  19', 49' Charles Hitchcock  63' Kholo Ramashala  67' Meyer van Tonder  77' Con: Noël Marx  15', 20', 30', 50', 68' (5/6) Meyer van Tonder (0/1) Cards: Juan Hugo  76'	Report Scorecard	Try: Jeandré Small  39' Chris Ndlovu  46' Con: Heinrich Meyer  40', 47' (2/2) Pen: Heinrich Meyer  53' (1/1) Drop: Heinrich Meyer  4' (1/1) Cards: Hendrik Groenewald 63' to 73'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Eduan Nel

Bye/s: UWC

Round Nine

	18 March 2013	UFH Blues	12 – 36	CUT Ixias	Davidson Rugby Field, Alice
	19:00	Try: Garth van Rayner  73' Nkosi Nofuma  8' Con: Oliver Zono (0/1) Khanyiso Komani (0/1) Pen: Khanyiso Komani  40' (1/1) Cards: Onke Dubase 45' to 54'	Report Scorecard	Try: Meyer van Tonder  41', 32' Deon Gouws  45', 80' Juan Hugo  10' Alec Mhlanga  29' Con: Meyer van Tonder  33' (1/3) Noël Marx  81' (1/2) Leon Pretorius (0/1) Cards: Rudi Fuls 40' to 50'	Referee: Rodney Bonaparte

	18 March 2013	UKZN Impi	13 – 36	UWC	Peter Booysen Sports Park, Pietermaritzburg
	19:00	Try: Zwele Zondi  19' Jeandré Small  63' Con: Heinrich Meyer  19' (1/2)	Report Scorecard	Try: Justin McKay  5', 25' Denzel Willemse  55' Minenhle Mthethwa  77' Con: Freddie Muller  5', 25', 55', 77' (4/4) Pen: Freddie Muller  57' (1/1) Drop: Freddie Muller  14' (1/1) Cards: Kelvin de Bruyn 28' to 38'	Attendance: 1,000

Bye/s: TUT Vikings

Round Ten

	25 March 2013	CUT Ixias	42 – 20	TUT Vikings	CUT Stadium, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: Johan van Schalkwyk  4' Meyer van Tonder  11' Johan Klopper  32' Inus Kritzinger  59' Danie van der Merwe  75' Deon Gouws  77' Con: Noël Marx  5', 33', 60', 76' (4/6) Drop: Noël Marx (0/1)	Scorecard	Try: Paul Walters  15' Ewald Maré  66' Con: Morné Hugo  16', 67' (2/2) Pen: Morné Hugo  21', 51' (2/5) Drop: Morné Hugo (0/1)	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Oregopotse Rametsi

	25 March 2013	UWC	28 – 12	UFH Blues	UWC Sport Stadium, Cape Town
	19:00	Try: Warrick Rhoda  7' Njabulo Ndlovu  53' Heinrich Marcus  74' Con: Freddie Muller  8', 54', 75' (3/3) Pen: Freddie Muller  59', 61' (2/3) Cards: Kelvin de Bruyn 10' to 20'	Scorecard	Try: Lundi Ralarala  1' Con: Khanyiso Komani  2' (1/1) Pen: Khanyiso Komani  20', 21' (2/4) Oliver Zono (0/1)	Referee: Juan Sylvestre

Bye/s: UKZN Impi

Play-Off Games

Final

	1 April 2013	CUT Ixias	29 – 19	UWC	CUT Stadium, Bloemfontein
	16:45	Try: Leon Pretorius  16' Inus Kritzinger  23' Alec Mhlanga  73' Con: Noël Marx (0/2) Meyer van Tonder (0/1) Pen: Noël Marx  7' (1/2) Meyer van Tonder (0/1)	Scorecard	Try: Heinrich Marcus  31' Samuel Borsah  56' Con: Freddie Muller (0/1) Michael September  57' (1/1) Pen: Freddie Muller  44', 49' (2/2) Warrick Rhoda  68' (1/1) Cards: Tazz Fuzani 15' to 26'

Squads

The teams released the following squad lists:^{[14][15][16][17][18]}

CUT Ixias – 2013 Varsity Shield Forwards Francois Bender Andrew Bester Anrich Bitzi Moekoa Bolofo Petri Coetzee Fanie Coetzer Rudi Fuls Carl Gersbach Deon Gouws Juan Hugo Dean Kauprihanoff Johan Klopper Ruan Lombard JJ Nel Levette Shikwambana Frans Sisita Danie van der Merwe Did not play: Herbert Douglas Burger JJ Cloete Wynn Crawford Juandré du Plessis Francois Harvey Shaun McGeer Franco Naudé Kevin Pretorius Eben Proos Grant Shai Daniel Charl Viljoen Backs Charles Hitchcock Inus Kritzinger Noël Marx Alec Mhlanga Brian Malakeane Maphelo Mpondo Hanro Pretorius Leon Pretorius Kholo Ramashala Nhlanganiso Sibanda Christoff Swanepoel Johan van Schalkwyk Meyer van Tonder Did not play: Darren Kevin Colby Wally Cordier Manelisi Simon Dyantyi Mondli Maxwell Moloi Reynardt Andrew Muller TC Nortjé Seabelo Senatla Wayne Taylor Naudé van Biljon Coach Skillie Bester

TUT Vikings – 2013 Varsity Shield Forwards Gareth Bredenhann Ricardo Burger Isak Deetlefs Xander Grobler Shawn Jaards Adriaan Joubert Terry Long Werner Lourens Ewald Maré Armand Marshall Mandla Mdaka Dylan Middleditch Maulaba Mukendi Barend Nordeje Welile Ntozakhe Dawid Roux Gerrit van Gerwe Tinus van Wyk Did not play: Emwee Arlow Francois Cronjé Pieter Killian Ryno Lopes Wihan Maritz Vusi Mbonani JP Nel Backs Zandré de Bruin Bahle Juuko Deon Fitchet Oswald Gibson Morné Hugo Anele Magubane Thabo Mangena Victor Mbuqe Fanie Raseroka Nico Smuts Quintin van Greunen Johannes Venter Paul Walters Did not play: Koos Kotzé Edwin Lawrence Oliver Rhuwane Pienaar Jason Roux Coach André Eloff

UFH Blues – 2013 Varsity Shield Forwards Sphephelo Sandile Buthelezi Ntsikayomzi Daka Masixole David Onke Dubase Billy Dutton Litha Labase Zuko Lerula Lwando Mabenge Andile Makinana Douglas Manyame Xola Mapapo Nkosi Nofuma Luzuko Nyabaza Siyabulela Sijula Sibabalwe Tshoni Jerome Williams Mzwandile Yalezo Did not play: Lubabalo Elton Lento Ntyatyambo Mkhafu Thembelihle Mpapha Bongani Mwahla Lunga Innocent Nohlwati Backs Khanyiso Komani Lwando Makhongolo Aziyeni Mandaba Lithabile Mgwadleka Sibabalwe Mtsulwana Saneliso Ngoma Lundi Ralarala Mkhululi Sonqishe Anele Tsiko Garth van Rayner Lutho Zatu Oliver Zono Did not play: Sikho Jekubeni Teboho Makuru Siyamthanda Bhongo Mbanga Sipho Nofemele Melisizwe Sandi Coach Elliot Fana

UKZN Impi – 2013 Varsity Shield Forwards Dumani Dludla Nicolas du Plooy Gerrit Fourie André Greyvenstein Justin Haefele Sizwe Khubeka Theo Kruger Wayne le Roux Sanele Malwane Richard Mhlongo Leon Mulder Sanele Mweli Chris Ndlovu Lwazi Ngcungama Senzo Ngubane Corné Nieuwenhuizen Luciando Santos Robert Warnock Zwela Zondi Did not play: Gregory Peter Bauer Louis Hazelhurst Langa Makaye Franco Marais Juan Johann van Wyk Backs Brandon Bailing Spa Dube Zander Engelbrecht Henkie Groenewald Josh Hart Graham Koch Rico Lategan Siyanda Madlala Ncgebo Masikane Yandisa Mdolomba Garath Meikle Heinrich Meyer Mondli Ntshingila Jaco Potgieter Jeandré Small Did not play: Brendan Cope Willem Rheeder JP Rudman Coach Shawn van Rensburg

UWC – 2013 Varsity Shield Forwards Siphiwo Bakeni Curtis Beukes Samuel Borsah Kelvin de Bruyn Brent Fisher Tazz Fuzani Jaycee Jooste José Julies JP Kellerman Darren Luiters Pallo Manuel Sebenza Maphumulo Heinrich Marcus Michael Mkhize Njabulo Ndlovu Ludwe Ntlokondola Michael September Charlton van Jaarsveld Backs Daniel Bock Lubabalo Faleni Quade Langeveld Godlen Masimla Tshepo Manaka Justin McKay Minenhle Mthethwa Freddie Muller Warrick Rhoda Yondela Stampu Charl van Vollenhoven Kenwin Weiner Denzel Willemse Donovan Williams Did not play: Ambrose Steyn Coach Peter de Villiers

Honours

2013 FNB Varsity Shield Champions:	CUT Ixias
Player That Rocks:	Inus Kritzinger, CUT Ixias
Forward That Rocks:	Billy Dutton, UFH Blues
Back That Rocks:	Freddie Muller, UWC
Top Try Scorers:	Inus Kritzinger, CUT Ixias (7)
Top Points Scorer:	Freddie Muller, UWC (70)

Promotion/Relegation

There was no promotion or relegation at the end of 2013.

Young Guns

Competition Rules

There were eight participating universities in the 2013 Young Guns competition. These teams were divided into two pools (the FNB pool and the Steinhoff pool) and played the other teams in the pool once over the course of the season, either home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top two teams in each pool qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finished first had home advantage against the teams that finished second in their respective pools. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final.^[19]

Participating teams

Young Guns
Team Name	Sponsored Name	University	Stadium
Maties Juniors	Steinhoff Maties Juniors	Stellenbosch University	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
NMMU Young Guns	FNB NMMU Young Guns	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
NWU Pukke Young Guns	FNB NWU Pukke Young Guns	North-West University	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
UCT Trojans	FNB UCT Trojans	University of Cape Town	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
UFS Shimlas Young Guns	FNB UFS Shimlas Young Guns	University of the Free State	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
UJ Young Guns	FNB UJ Young Guns	University of Johannesburg	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
UP Tuks Young Guns	FNB UP Tuks Young Guns	University of Pretoria	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
Wits Young Guns	FNB Wits Young Guns	University of the Witwatersrand	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg

Standings

2013 Young Guns Steinhoff Pool Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	UP Tuks Young Guns	3	3	0	0	205	24	+181	29	2	2	0	14
2	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	3	2	0	1	113	51	+62	15	8	2	1	11
3	NWU Pukke Young Guns	3	1	0	2	101	115	–14	15	17	2	1	7
4	Wits Young Guns	3	0	0	3	10	239	–229	1	33	0	0	0
2013 Young Guns FNB Pool Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Maties Juniors	3	3	0	0	123	42	+81	17	5	3	0	15
2	UCT Trojans	3	2	0	1	101	96	+5	16	13	2	0	10
3	UJ Young Guns	3	1	0	2	72	114	–42	11	18	2	1	7
4	NMMU Young Guns	3	0	0	3	68	112	–44	9	17	1	1	2
The top 2 teams in each pool will qualify for the Semi-Finals. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures and results

The 2013 Varsity Cup Young Guns fixtures were as follows:^[20]

• All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular Season

Round One

	18 February 2013	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	16 – 18	UP Tuks Young Guns	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	15:00		Report

	18 February 2013	UCT Trojans	44 – 15	NMMU Young Guns	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: Maties Juniors, NWU Pukke Young Guns, UJ Young Guns, Wits Young Guns

Round Two

	25 February 2013	NWU Pukke Young Guns	62 – 8	Wits Young Guns	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
	17:00		Report

	25 February 2013	NMMU Young Guns	24 – 34	Maties Juniors	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: UCT Trojans, UFS Shimlas Young Guns, UP Tuks Young Guns, UJ Young Guns

Round Three

	4 March 2013	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	34 – 31	NWU Pukke Young Guns	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	17:00		Report

	4 March 2013	UP Tuks Young Guns	114 – 0	Wits Young Guns	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	17:00		Report

	4 March 2013	NMMU Young Guns	29 – 34	UJ Young Guns	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	17:00		Report

	4 March 2013	UCT Trojans	16 – 45	Maties Juniors	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	19:00		Report

Round Four

	11 March 2013	NWU Pukke Young Guns	8 – 73	UP Tuks Young Guns	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
	15:00		Report

	11 March 2013	UJ Young Guns	36 – 41	UCT Trojans	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	17:00		Report

	11 March 2013	Wits Young Guns	2 – 63	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: Maties Juniors, NMMU Young Guns

Round Five

	18 March 2013	Maties Juniors	44 – 2	UJ Young Guns	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	15:00		Report

Bye/s: UCT Trojans, NMMU Young Guns, NWU Pukke Young Guns, UFS Shimlas Young Guns, UP Tuks Young Guns, Wits Young Guns

Play-Off Games

Semi-Finals

	25 March 2013	UP Tuks Young Guns	68 – 28	UCT Trojans	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	14:00

	25 March 2013	Maties Juniors	26 – 15	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	16:30

Final

	1 April 2013	UP Tuks Young Guns	50 – 21	Maties Juniors
			Report

Honours

2013 FNB Young Guns Champions:

UP Tuks Young Guns

Koshuis Rugby Championships

Competition Rules

There were eight participating teams in the 2013 Koshuis Rugby Championships - the winners of the internal leagues of each of the eight Varsity Cup teams. These teams were divided into two pools (the Penny Pinchers pool and the Hertz pool) and played the other teams in the pool once over the course of the season, either home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top two teams in each pool qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finished first had home advantage against the teams that finish second in their respective pools. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final.^[21]

Participating teams

Koshuis Rugby Championships
Koshuis Name	University	Stadium
Bastion	University of Johannesburg	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
Cobras	University of Cape Town	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
Commerce	University of the Witwatersrand	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
Medies	Stellenbosch University	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Mopanie	University of Pretoria	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
Northernz	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Villagers	North-West University	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
Vishuis	University of the Free State	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein

Standings

2013 Koshuis Rugby Championships Penny Pinchers Pool Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Bonus Points	Points
1	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	3	2	0	1	201	53	+148	4	12
2	Bastion, UJ	3	2	0	1	130	73	+48	4	12
3	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	3	2	0	1	107	90	+17	2	10
4	Commerce, Wits	3	0	0	3	26	248	–222	0	0
2013 Koshuis Rugby Championships Hertz Pool Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Bonus Points	Points
1	Villagers, NWU Pukke	3	3	0	0	57	22	+35	0	12
2	Medies, Maties	3	2	0	1	61	41	+20	3	11
3	Mopanie, UP Tuks	3	1	0	2	49	54	–5	1	5
4	Northernz, NMMU Madibaz	3	0	0	3	15	65	–50	0	0
The top 2 teams in each pool will qualify for the Semi-Finals. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures and results

The 2013 Koshuis Rugby Championships fixtures are as follows:^[22]

• All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular Season

Round One

	18 February 2013	Commerce, Wits	8 – 119	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	17:00		Report

	18 February 2013	Medies, Maties	23 – 5	Northernz, NMMU Madibaz	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: Bastion, UJ; Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers; Mopanie, UP Tuks; Villagers, NWU Pukke

Round Two

	25 February 2013	Commerce, Wits	10 – 69	Bastion, UJ	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	15:00		Report

	25 February 2013	Mopanie, UP Tuks	24 – 28	Medies, Maties	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	17:00		Report

	25 February 2013	Villagers, NWU Pukke	24 – 5	Northernz, NMMU Madibaz	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers; Vishuis, UFS Shimlas

Round Three

	4 March 2013	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	34 – 29	Bastion, UJ	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	15:00		Report

Bye/s: Commerce, Wits; Medics, Maties; Mopanie, UP Tuks; Northernz, NMMU Madibaz; Villagers, NWU Pukke; Vishuis, UFS Shimlas

Round Four

	11 March 2013	Villagers, NWU Pukke	21 – 7	Mopanie, UP Tuks	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
	15:00		Report

	11 March 2013	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	53 – 13	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	16:45		Report

Bye/s: Bastion, UJ; Commerce, Wits; Medics, Maties; Northernz, NMMU Madibaz

Round Five

	18 March 2013	Bastion, UJ	32 – 29	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	15:00		Report

	18 March 2013	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	60 – 8	Commerce, Wits	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	16:45		Report

	18 March 2013	Medies, Maties	10 – 12	Villagers, NWU Pukke	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	16:45		Report

	18 March 2013	Northernz, NMMU Madibaz	5 – 18	Mopanie, UP Tuks	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	16:45		Report

Play-Off Games

Semi-Finals

	25 March 2013	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	31 – 26	Medies, Maties	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	17:00		Report

	25 March 2013	Villagers, NWU Pukke	39 – 2	Bastion, UJ	Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom
	19:00		Report

Final

	8 Apr 2013	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	20 – 16	Villagers, NWU Pukke	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
			Report

Honours

2013 Steinhoff Koshuis Rugby Champions:

Vishuis, UFS Shimlas

South African Universities

In April 2013, a South African Universities team was named, picked from players that played in Varsity Rugby in 2013, to play against Namibia in Windhoek.

Squads

The team was named as follows:^[23]

South African Universities squad Forwards Tim Agaba Martin Dreyer Martin Ferreira Roy Godfrey Os Hamman Reniel Hugo Helmut Lehmann RJ Liebenberg MB Lusaseni JC Oberholzer Schalk Oelofse Alistair Vermaak Backs Fabian Booysen JR Esterhuizen Dwayne Kelly JP Lewis Hoffman Maritz Howard Mnisi Freddie Muller Ryan Nell Jacques Rossouw Justin van Staden Divan van Zyl Coach Chris Rossouw

Fixtures

	4 May 2013	South African Universities	50 – 39	Namibia	Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek
		Try: JP Lewis Martin Ferreira JR Esterhuizen Os Hamman Roy Godfrey Con: Justin van Staden	Namibia Sport[24]	Try: PJ van Lill Malcolm Moore Ian van Wyk Callie Swanepoel Con: Justin Nel Theuns Kotzé Pen: Justin Nel

See also

• Varsity Cup
• 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division
• 2013 Currie Cup First Division
• 2013 Vodacom Cup

References

External links

• Official site

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