2012 Varsity Rugby
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The 2012 Varsity Cup was contested from 6 February to 9 April 2012. The tournament (also known as the FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring eight South African universities.

The tournament was won by UP Tuks for the first time; they beat Maties 29–21 in the final played on 9 April 2012. TUT Vikings were automatically relegated to the second-tier Varsity Shield competition for 2013, but UCT Ikey Tigers won their relegation play-off match against CUT Ixias to remain in the Varsity Cup for 2013.

Scoring

All four 2012 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.^[1]

Varsity Cup

2012 Varsity Cup
Countries	South Africa
Date	6 February – 9 April 2012
Champions	UP Tuks (1st title)
Runners-up	Maties
Relegated	TUT Vikings
Matches played	31
Tries scored	234 (average 7.5 per match)
Top point scorer	Wesley Dunlop (83)
Top try scorer	Chrysander Botha / Andrew van Wyk (9)
← 2011 2013 →

Competition Rules

There are eight participating universities in the 2012 Varsity Cup. These teams will play each other once over the course of the season, either home or away.

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

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

The team that finishes eighth in the Varsity Cup will be relegated to the 2013 Varsity Shield. The team that finishes seventh in the Varsity Cup will play a promotion/relegation match against the second-placed Varsity Shield team for a place in the 2013 Varsity Cup.^[2]

Teams

Location of teams in the 2012 Varsity Cup

The following teams took part in the 2012 Varsity Cup competition:

Team Name	University	Stadium
2012 Varsity Cup teams
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 Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
TUT Vikings	Tshwane University of Technology	TUT Stadium, Pretoria
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

Standings

2012 Varsity Cup Log

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Difference

Tries For

Tries Against

Try Bonus

Losing Bonus

Points

1

UP Tuks

7

6

0

1

244

118

+126

31

16

5

1

30

2

Maties

7

6

1

0

206

84

+122

28

10

3

0

29

3

UJ

7

4

1

2

270

118

+152

35

15

5

1

24

4

NWU Pukke

7

4

1

2

237

163

+74

32

21

5

1

24

5

NMMU Madibaz

7

3

0

4

233

240

-7

33

4

0

16

6

UFS Shimlas

7

2

0

5

188

257

-69

22

34

2

1

11

7

UCT Ikey Tigers

7

1

5

164

195

-31

23

25

2

1

9

8

TUT Vikings

7

0

7

82

449

-367

10

60

2

0

2

The top 4 teams qualified for the semi-finals.
The seventh-placed team played in the promotion/relegation play-offs.
The bottom team was relegated.

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

Fixtures are subject to change.
All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular season

Round one

	2012-02-06	UCT Ikey Tigers	10 – 38	UFS Shimlas	UCT Rugby Fields
	17:00	Try: Dillyn Leyds Francois van Wyk	Report	Try: Kevin Luiters PW van Vuuren Pieter Rademan Fanie van der Walt Con: Nico Scheepers (4) Pen: Nico Scheepers (3)	Referee: Jason Jaftha

	2012-02-06	UP Tuks	23 – 8	UJ	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Try: Hayden Groepes Franco Mostert Jono Ross Con: Wesley Dunlop (2) Pen: Wesley Dunlop	Report	Try: JR Esterhuizen Con: Guy Cronjé	Referee: Joey Salmans

	2012-02-06	Maties	52 – 2	TUT Vikings	Craven Stadium
	19:00	Try: Wessel Coetzee Grant Hattingh (3) Os Hamman (2) André Smith Con: André Kemp (4) Donald Stevens Pen: André Kemp	Report	Pen: Hansie Graaff	Referee: Ben Crouse

	2012-02-06	NMMU Madibaz	16 – 26	NWU Pukke	Xerox NMMU Stadium
	19:00	Try: Jaco Otto Quinton Crocker Con: Gerrit Smith (2)	Report	Try: Tiaan Dorfling SW Oosthuizen Andrew van Wyk (2) Con: Gerhard Nortier (2)	Referee: Pro Legoete

Round two

	2012-02-13	TUT Vikings	0 – 40	UP Tuks	TUT Stadium
	17:00		Report	Try: Clayton Blommetjies Jacques Momberg Dabeon Draghoender Willie du Plessis penalty try Con: Wesley Dunlop Willie du Plessis (4)	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	2012-02-13	NWU Pukke	12 – 14	Maties	Fanie du Toit Stadium
	19:00	Try: Andrew van Wyk Con: Gerhard Nortier Pen: Gerhard Nortier (2)	Report	Try: Ryan Nell Gareth Light Pen: André Kemp (2)	Referee: Tiaan Jonker

	2012-02-13	UFS Shimlas	27 – 29	NMMU Madibaz	Xerox Shimla Park
	19:00	Try: Robbie van Schalkwyk Rynhardt Erwee Oupa Nohoje Con: Nico Scheepers (2) Pen: Nico Scheepers (3)	Report	Try: Jaco Swanepoel (2) Martin Ferreira André Goosen Con: Gerrit Smith Bradley Kretzman (2)	Referee: Ben Crouse

	2012-02-13	UJ	29 – 15	UCT Ikey Tigers	UJ Stadium
	19:00	Try: Chrysander Botha Rudi Paige Shaun Malton Jaco Kriel Con: Guy Cronjé (3)	Report	Try: Nick Farrar Damian de Allende Con: Nick Holton Pen: Nick Holton	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

Round three

	2012-02-20	UJ	48 – 18	NMMU Madibaz	UJ Stadium
	17:00	Try: Shaun Malton Chrysander Botha (2) JR Esterhuizen François du Toit Justin Wheeler Con: Guy Cronjé (6)	Report	Try: Ulrich Pretorius Jaco Swanepoel Roy Godfrey Con: Gerrit Smith

	2012-02-20	UP Tuks	40 – 20	NWU Pukke	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Try: Jacques Verwey Dabeon Draghoender Jacques Momberg Clayton Blommetjies Lohan Jacobs Con: Wesley Dunlop (5)	Report	Try: Andrew van Wyk (2) Marius Fourie Con: Gerhard Nortier Pen: Gerhard Nortier

	2012-02-20	Maties	20 – 7	UFS Shimlas	Craven Stadium
	19:00	Try: André Smith Gareth Light Brummer Badenhorst Con: André Kemp Pen: André Kemp	Report	Try: Jamba Ulengo Pen: Nico Scheepers

	2012-02-20	TUT Vikings	2 – 66	UCT Ikey Tigers	TUT Stadium
	19:00	Pen: Ruan van Loo	Report	Try: Mark Winter Liam Slatem Dillyn Leyds Rayn Smid (4) Digby Webb Nathan Nel Con: Nick Holton (7)

Round four

	2012-02-27	NMMU Madibaz	23 – 21	UCT Ikey Tigers	Xerox NMMU Stadium
	17:00	Try: Jaco Swanepoel Quinton Crocker Jaco Otto Con: Gerrit Smith Bradley Kretzman	Report	Try: Dillyn Leyds (2) Tiger Bax Con: Nick Holton (2)	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	2012-02-27	UFS Shimlas	18 – 50	UJ	Xerox Shimla Park
	19:00	Try: Joubert Horn Franna du Toit Con: Nico Scheepers (2) Pen: Nico Scheepers	Report	Try: François du Toit JR Esterhuizen (2) Ruan Dreyer Chrysander Botha Johan van Deventer Shane Kirkwood Con: Guy Cronjé (5)

	2012-02-27	Maties	23 – 22	UP Tuks	Craven Stadium
	19:00	Try: Ryan Nell Grant Hattingh Hein van der Merwe Con: Donald Stevens André Kemp Pen: Donald Stevens	Report	Try: Grant Kemp Clayton Blommetjies Con: Wesley Dunlop (2) Pen: Wesley Dunlop (3)	Referee: Jason Jaftha

	2012-02-27	NWU Pukke	52 – 8	TUT Vikings	Fanie du Toit Stadium
	19:00	Try: Andrew van Wyk Lodewyk Uys Joubert Engelbrecht (3) Stompie de Wet Tiaan Dorfling Siya Mdaka Con: Gerhard Nortier (3) Tiaan Dorfling	Report	Try: Hansie Graaff Con: Melcolm Griffiths	Referee: Joey Salmans

Round Five

	2012-03-05	UCT Ikey Tigers	29 – 29	NWU Pukke	UCT Rugby Fields
	17:00	Try: Dillyn Leyds (2) Wesley Chetty Mark Winter Con: Nick Holton (3)	Report	Try: Stompie de Wet Tiaan Dorfling Joubert Engelbrecht Gerhard Nortier Con: Gerhard Nortier (3)	Referee: Jason Jaftha

	2012-03-05	UP Tuks	48 – 18	UFS Shimlas	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Try: Riaan Britz (2) Sabelo Nhlapo Deon Helberg (2) Juan Schoeman Con: Wesley Dunlop (6)		Try: Reinhardt Erwee Fanie van der Walt Con: Nico Scheepers (2) Pen: Nico Scheepers	Referee: Rasta Rashivenga

	2012-03-05	UJ	93 – 0	TUT Vikings	UJ Stadium
	19:00	Try: Shane Kirkwoord Aubrey McDonald JR Esterhuizen Chrysander Botha (4) Theuns Kotzé Divan van Zyl Adrian Vermeulen Wessel du Rand Wendal Wehr Con: Theuns Kotzé (11)	Report

	2012-03-05	NMMU Madibaz	26 – 42	Maties	Xerox NMMU Stadium
	19:00	Try: Jaco Otto Carl van Niekerk (2) Tim Agaba Con: Martin du Toit (2)	Report	Try: Rob Herring (3) Os Hamman Wessel Coetzee (2) Con: André Kemp (3) André Smith

Round Six

	2012-03-12	UFS Shimlas	56 – 36	TUT Vikings	Xerox Shimla Park
	17:00	Try: Raymond Rhule Armandt Koster Stephan van der Merwe (2) Willie Britz Divandré Strydom Jamba Ulengo Con: Nico Scheepers (7)	Report	Try: Gavin Engelbrecht Hagen Mumba Rikus de Beer Wikus Botes Con: Ruan van Loo (4) Pen: Ruan van Loo (2)	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	2012-03-12	Maties	45 – 5	UCT Ikey Tigers	Craven Stadium
	19:00	Try: Grant Hattingh (2) André Smith (2) Helmut Lehmann Wessel Coetzee Con: André Kemp (3) André Smith (2)	Report	Try: Rayn Smid	Referee: Ben Crouse

	2012-03-12	UP Tuks	42 – 31	NMMU Madibaz	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Try: Jacques Verwey Hayden Groepes Juan Schoeman Clayton Stewart Okkie Kruger Dabeon Draghoender Con: Willie du Plessis (4)	Report	Try: Howard Mnisi Mayibuye Ndwandwa Martin Ferreira Martin du Toit André Goosen Con: Martin Du Toit (2)	Referee: Pro Legoete

	2012-03-12	NWU Pukke	34 – 32	UJ	Fanie du Toit Stadium
	19:00	Try: John-Roy Jenkinson Spanner Pretorius (2) Tiaan Dorfling Con: Gerhard Nortier (4) Pen: Gerhard Nortier	Report	Try: Chrysander Botha François du Toit (2) Jacques Pretorius Con: Guy Cronjé (4)	Referee: Tiaan Jonker

Round Seven

	2012-03-19	UCT Ikey Tigers	18 – 29	UP Tuks	UCT Rugby Fields
	17:00

	2012-03-19	UJ	10 – 10	Maties	UJ Stadium
	19:00

	2012-03-19	NWU Pukke	64 – 24	UFS Shimlas	Fanie du Toit Stadium
	19:00

	2012-03-19	TUT Vikings	34 – 90	NMMU Madibaz	TUT Stadium
	19:00

Play-off games

Semi-finals

	2012-03-26	UP Tuks	53 – 24	NWU Pukke	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	16:30

	2012-03-26	Maties	23 – 0	UJ	Craven Stadium
	19:00

Final

	2012-04-09	UP Tuks	29 – 21	Maties	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Try: Trompie Pretorius 4' Basil Short 33' Lohan Jacobs 41' Franco Mostert 64' Con: Wesley Dunlop 34', 42', 65' (3/4)		Try: André Smith 20' Hugo Kloppers 36' Hein van der Merwe 82' Con: Donald Stevens 21' (1/2) André Kemp 83' (1/1)

Honours

2012 FNB Varsity Cup Champions:	UP Tuks (1st title)

Player That Rocks:	Wesley Dunlop, UP Tuks
Forward That Rocks:	Jaco Swanepoel, NMMU Madibaz
Back That Rocks:	Clayton Blommetjies, UP Tuks
Top Try Scorers:	Chrysander Botha, UJ Andrew van Wyk, NWU Pukke (9)
Top Points Scorer:	Wesley Dunlop, UP Tuks (83)

Varsity Shield

2012 Varsity Shield
Champions	Wits
Runners-up	CUT Ixias
Promoted	Wits
Matches played	21
Tries scored	126 (average 6 per match)
Top point scorer	Jannie Myburgh, CUT Ixias (108)
Top try scorer	Inus Kritzinger, CUT Ixias Alec Mhlanga, CUT Ixias Cheslyn Roberts, UWC (6)
← 2011 2013 →

Competition Rules

There are five participating universities in the 2012 Varsity Shield. These teams will play each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.^[3]

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

The top two teams will qualify for the title play-offs. The team that finishes first will have home advantage against the team that finishes second.

The team that wins the Varsity Shield will be promoted to the 2013 Varsity Cup.

The team that loses in the play-off final will play a promotion/relegation match against the seventh placed Varsity Cup team for a place in the 2013 Varsity Cup.^[4]

The team that finishes bottom might also be challenged to play in a play-off.

Participating teams

Location of teams in 2012 Varsity Shield

Team Name	University	Stadium
Varsity Shield
CUT Ixias	Central University of Technology	CUT Stadium
UFH Blues	University of Fort Hare	Davidson Rugby Field
UKZN Impi	University of KwaZulu-Natal	Peter Booysen Sports Park
UWC	University of the Western Cape	UWC Sport Stadium
Wits	University of the Witwatersrand	Wits Rugby Stadium

Standings

2012 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

8

6

0

2

283

120

+163

35

12

4

1

29

2

Wits

8

6

1

210

124

+86

25

16

3

0

29

3

UWC

8

4

0

4

230

242

-12

29

34

4

1

21

4

UFH Blues

8

3

1

4

143

235

-92

17

30

1

0

15

5

UKZN Impi

8

0

8

111

256

-145

16

30

1

2

3

The top 2 teams qualified for the Final.
The winner of the Final will be promoted.
The loser of the Final will play in the promotion/relegation play-off.

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

Fixtures are subject to change.
All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular season

Round one

	2012-01-30	CUT Ixias	25 – 12	Wits	CUT Stadium
	17:00	Tries: Inus Kritzinger Stephen Griesel Danie van der Merwe Con: Jannie Myburgh (2) Pen: Jannie Myburgh (2)	Report	Try: Ryan Odendaal Con: Kyle Peyper Pens: Kyle Peyper (2) Cards: Charles Baggott	Referee: François Groenewald

	2012-01-30	UFH Blues	13 – 36	UWC	Davidson Rugby Field
	19:00	Tries: Abongile Dlani Sihle Mtwa Con: Teboho Makuru Cards: Vuyisani Mavuso Itumeleng Mokae	Report	Tries: Cheslyn Roberts (3) penalty try Cons: Charl van Vollenhoven (2) Warrick Rhoda (2) Pen: Charl van Vollenhoven Warrick Rhoda Cards: Garth Adense Samuel Borsah	Referee: Lusanda Jam

Bye/s: UKZN Impi

Round two

	2012-02-03	Wits	58 – 16	UFH Blues	Wits Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Riaan Arends (2) Brent Crossley Devin Montgomery Charles Baggott Oliver Rochat Ruan Noeth Heinke Hartdegen Cons: Kyle Peyper (6)	Report	Tries: Garth van Rayner (2) Cons: Teboho Makuru (2) Cards: Nkosi Nofuma	Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

	2012-02-03	UKZN Impi	10 – 30	CUT Ixias	Peter Booysen Sports Park
	19:00	Tries: Leon Stevens Hanno Botha Cards: Gerrit Fourie	Report	Tries: Baksteen van Heerden Nico Steenkamp Inus Kritzinger Cons: Jannie Myburgh (3) Pens: Jannie Myburgh (2) DG: Jannie Myburgh Cards: Juan Hugo	Referee: Archie Sehlako

Bye/s: UWC

Round three

	2012-02-06	Wits	43 – 20	UWC	Wits Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Rinus Bothma Bronson Lange Charles Baggott Devin Montgomery Riaan Arends Sam Peters Cons: Kyle Peyper (3) Pens: Kyle Peyper (2)	Report	Tries: Njabulo Ndlovu Maxwel Andrews Cheslyn Roberts Con: Ambrose Steyn Pen: Charl van Vollenhoven	Referee: Pieter Janse van Vuuren

	2012-02-06	UFH Blues	36 – 21	UKZN Impi	Davidson Rugby Field
	19:00	Tries: Garth van Rayner (2) Onke Dubase Aziyena Mandaba Sibabalwe Mtsulwana Cons: Masixole Banda (3) Pen: Masixole Banda	Report	Tries: Leon Stevens Carl Meyer Marc Colia Cons: Carl Meyer Jaco Potgieter	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

Bye/s: CUT Ixias

Round four

	2012-02-13	UWC	61 – 10	UKZN Impi	UWC Sport Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Cheslyn Roberts (2) Warrick Rhoda Charlton van Jaarsveld Oswill Mentoor Denzil Lindoor Denzil Willemse JP Kellerman Cons: Ambrose Steyn (7)	Report	Tries: Levi Swartz Leon Stevens	Referee: François Groenewald

	2012-02-13	CUT Ixias	34 – 19	UFH Blues	CUT Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Danie van der Merwe Alec Mhlanga Charles Hitchcock Gavin Annandale Cons: Jannie Myburgh (2) Inus Kritzinger (2) Pen: Jannie Myburgh	Report	Tries: Sanesilo Ngoma Billy Dutton Con: Masixole Banda Pens: Masixole Banda (3)	Referee: Pieter Janse van Vuuren

Bye/s: Wits

Round Five

	2012-02-20	UWC	37 – 23	CUT Ixias	UWC Sport Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Donavon Williams Njabulo Ndlovu Warrick Rhoda Justin McKay Cons: Ambrose Steyn (3) Pens: Ambrose Steyn (4)	Report	Jannie Myburgh Alec Mhlanga Gavin Annandale Cons: Jannie Myburgh (2) Pen: Jannie Myburgh	Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

	2012-02-20	UKZN Impi	10 – 18	Wits	Peter Booysen Sports Park
	19:00	Tries: Hanno Botha Levy Swartz	Report	Tries: Rinus Bothma Con: Kyle Peyper Pens: Kyle Peyper (3) Blake Dismore DG: Kyle Peyper	Referee: Lusanda Jam

Bye/s: UFH Blues

Round Six

	2012-02-27	Wits	20 – 16	CUT Ixias	Wits Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Brent Crossley KK Kgame Cons: Kyle Peyper (2) Pens: Kyle Peyper (2)	Report	Tries: Grant Shai Petri Coetzee Cons: Jannie Myburgh (2)

	2012-02-27	UWC	21 – 23	UFH Blues	UWC Sport Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Bradley Mentoor (2) Frederick Muller Cons: Ambrose Steyn (2)	Report	Tries: Lundi Ralarala Masixole Banda (2) Cons: Masixole Banda (2) Pen: Masixole Banda	Referee: Archie Sehlako

Bye/s: UKZN Impi

Round Seven

	2012-03-05	UFH Blues	10 – 10	Wits	Davidson Rugby Field
	17:00	Try: Masixole Banda Con: Masixole Banda Pen: Masixole Banda	Report	Try: Charles Baggott Con: Kyle Peyper Pen: Kyle Peyper	Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

	2012-03-05	CUT Ixias	42 – 4	UKZN Impi	CUT Stadium
	19:00

Bye/s: UWC

Round Eight

	2012-03-12	CUT Ixias	73 – 8	UWC	CUT Stadium
	19:00		Report

	2012-03-12	Wits	21 – 12	UKZN Impi	Wits Rugby Stadium
	19:00		Report

Bye/s: UFH Blues

Round Nine

	2012-03-19	UWC	15 – 28	Wits	UWC Sport Stadium
	19:00

	2012-03-19	UKZN Impi	15 – 16	UFH Blues	Peter Booysen Sports Park
	19:00

Bye/s: CUT Ixias

Round Ten

	2012-03-26	UKZN Impi	29 – 32	UWC	Peter Booysen Sports Park
	19:00

	2012-03-26	UFH Blues	10 – 40	CUT Ixias	Davidson Rugby Field
	19:00

Bye/s: Wits

Play-off games

Final

	2012-04-02	CUT Ixias	17 – 19	Wits	CUT Stadium
	17:00		Report		Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

Squads

The following players made at least one matchday squad during the season:

v t e 2012 CUT Varsity Shield squad
Forwards	Gavin Annandale Donovan Ball Rudi Britz Petri Coetzee Rudie Fuls Deon Gouws Francois Harvey Juan Hugo Ruan Lombard George Marnich Shaun McGeer Grant Shai Frans Sisita Danie van der Merwe Baksteen van Heerden Darius Viljoen Carl Wegner
Backs	Jacques Bussack Stephen Griesel Charles Hitchcock Inus Kritzinger (c) Noël Marx Alec Mhlanga Maphelo Mpondo Jannie Myburgh Leon Pretorius Gerrit Smith Nico Steenkamp Russell van Wyk
Coach	Theuns Hanekom

v t e 2012 UFH Varsity Shield squad
Forwards	Abongile Dlani Onke Dubase Billy Dutton Lwando Mabenge Andile Makinana Douglas Manyame Xola Mapapu Vuyisani Mavuso Itumeleng Mokae Tembelihle Mpapha Sihle Mtwa Bongani Mwahla Thando Ndondo (c) Nkosi Nofuma Sive Ntwasa Luzuko Nyabaza Siyabulela Sijula Mzwandile Yalezo
Backs	Lunga Dumezweni Sikho Jekubeni Khanyiso Komani Teboho Makuru Aziyena Mandaba Masixole Banda Sibabalwe Mtsulwana Saneliso Ngoma Sipho Nofemele Buntu Ntlanzi Lundi Ralarala Anele Tsiko Garth van Rayner Lutho Zathu
Coach	Elliot Fana

v t e 2012 UKZN Varsity Shield squad
Forwards	Tinashe Bopoto Marc Colia Gerrit Fourie André Greyvenstein Sizwe Kubheka Wayne le Roux Blake Lourens Langa Mayaye Justin Meanwell Avuma Ndongeni Lwazi Ngcungama Luciando Santos Monaheng Sililo Leon Stevens (c) Sabelo Tshabalala Robert Warnock Mikyle Webster Zwela Zondi
Backs	Hanno Botha Zander Engelbrecht Sipho Evans Richard Hayworth Kurt Mavrodaris Yandisa Mdolomba Gareth Melle Carl Meyer Jaco Potgieter Willem Rheeder JP Rudman Ruhan Smit Levi Swartz
Coach	Bryan Bateman

v t e 2012 UWC Varsity Shield squad
Forwards	Garth Adense Curtis Beukes Samuel Borsah Kelvin de Bruyn Tazz Fuzani Jaycee Jooste JP Kellerman Denzil Lindoor Peter Lorens Darren Luiters Sebensa Maphumulo Devon Martinus Oswill Mentoor Michael Mkhize Njabulo Ndlovu Chadwick Peterson Glenn Steenberg Charlton van Jaarsveld (c)
Backs	Maxwill Andrews Lubabalo Faleni Adrian Herman Justin McKay Bradley Mentoor Freddie Muller Warrick Rhoda Cheslyn Roberts Yondela Stampu Ambrose Steyn Charl van Vollenhoven Donovan Williams Kenwin Wiener Denzil Willemse
Coach	Deon Davids

v t e 2012 Wits Varsity Shield squad
Forwards	Charles Baggot Rinus Bothma Piers Cooper Jason Fraser Juandre Kirkham KK Kgame Thato Mavundla Devin Montgomery Royal Mwale Ruan Noeth Katlego Ntsie (c) Sam Peters Oliver Rochat Tyrell Tintinger Petrus van Biljon Brendan Whyte Phakamulumuzi Zuma
Backs	Riaan Arends Brent Crossley Blake Dismore Mandla Dube Josh Durbach Nkululeko Gamede Heinke Hartdegen Andrew Keightley-Smith Zunaid Kock Bronson Lange Ryan Odendaal Kyle Peyper Rudolf Prinsloo
Coach	Andrew Royle

Honours

2012 FNB Varsity Shield Champions:	Wits (1st title)

Player That Rocks:	Masixole Banda, UFH Blues
Forward That Rocks:	Charlton van Jaarsveld, UWC
Back That Rocks:	Inus Kritzinger, CUT Ixias
Top Try Scorers:	Inus Kritzinger, CUT Ixias Alec Mhlanga, CUT Ixias Cheslyn Roberts, UWC (6)
Top Points Scorer:	Jannie Myburgh, CUT Ixias (108)

Promotion/relegation

Wits was promoted to the 2013 Varsity Cup.
TUT Vikings was relegated to the 2013 Varsity Shield.
UCT Ikey Tigers beat CUT Ixias in a promotion/relegation game and will play in the 2013 Varsity Cup, while CUT Ixias will play in the 2013 Varsity Shield.
UKZN Impi beat NWU Vaal Triangle in a promotion/relegation game and will play in the 2013 Varsity Shield.

Promotion/relegation play-off

2013 Varsity Cup play-off

	2012-04-09	UCT Ikey Tigers	60 – 21	CUT Ixias
	15:00		Report

2013 Varsity Shield play-off

	2012-07-28	UKZN Impi	14 – 8	NWU Vaal Triangle
	15:00		Scoreboard^[5]

Young Guns

Competition Rules

There are eight participating universities in the 2012 Young Guns competition. These teams are divided into two pools (the FNB pool and the Steinhoff pool) and will play the other teams in the pool once over the course of the season, either home or away.

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

The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finish first will have home advantage against the teams that finish second in their respective pools. The winners of these semi-finals will play each other in the final.^[6]

Participating teams

Team Name	Sponsored Name	University	Stadium
Young Guns
Maties Juniors	Steinhoff Maties Juniors	Stellenbosch University	Craven Stadium
NMMU Young Guns	FNB NMMU Young Guns	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	Xerox NMMU Stadium
NWU Pukke Young Guns	FNB NWU Pukke Young Guns	North-West University	Fanie du Toit Stadium
TUT Vikings Young Guns	FNB TUT Vikings Young Guns	Tshwane University of Technology	TUT Stadium
UCT Trojans	FNB UCT Trojans	University of Cape Town	UCT Rugby Fields
UFS Shimlas Young Guns	FNB UFS Shimlas Young Guns	University of the Free State	Xerox Shimla Park
UJ Young Guns	FNB UJ Young Guns	University of Johannesburg	UJ Stadium
UP Tuks Young Guns	FNB UP Tuks Young Guns	University of Pretoria	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium

Standings

2012 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

UP Tuks Young Guns

3

0

248

41

+207

32

5

3

0

15

2

UFS Shimlas Young Guns

3

2

0

1

147

76

+71

20

8

3

1

12

3

UCT Trojans

3

1

0

2

73

95

-22

9

13

1

6

4

TUT Vikings

3

0

3

22

278

-256

2

37

0

2012 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

Maties Juniors

3

2

0

1

128

52

+76

18

6

3

1

12

2

NWU Pukke Young Guns

3

2

0

1

139

55

+84

17

8

2

1

11

3

UJ Young Guns

3

2

0

1

106

79

+27

14

10

2

1

11

4

NMMU Young Guns

3

0

3

21

208

-187

3

28

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

Fixtures are subject to change.
All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular season

Round one

	2012-02-06	UCT Trojans	20 – 27	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	UCT Rugby Fields
	17:00

	2012-02-06	NMMU Young Guns	5 – 87	NWU Pukke Young Guns	Xerox NMMU Stadium
	17:00		Report

Round two

	2012-02-13	TUT Vikings Young Guns	0 – 146	UP Tuks Young Guns	TUT Stadium
	15:20		Report

	2012-02-13	NWU Pukke Young Guns	20 – 23	Maties Juniors	Fanie du Toit Stadium
	17:00

Round three

	2012-02-20	UJ Young Guns	47 – 16	NMMU Young Guns	UJ Stadium
	15:20

	2012-02-20	TUT Vikings Young Guns	2 – 45	UCT Trojans	TUT Stadium
	17:00

Round Five

	2012-03-05	UP Tuks Young Guns	36 – 33	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	15:20		Report

Round Six

	2012-03-12	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	89 – 20	TUT Vikings Young Guns	Xerox Shimla Park
	15:20		Report

	2012-03-12	Maties Juniors	74 – 0	NMMU Young Guns	Craven Stadium
	17:00		Report

	2012-03-12	NWU Pukke Young Guns	32 – 27	UJ Young Guns	Fanie du Toit Stadium
	17:00		Report

Round Seven

	2012-03-19	UJ Young Guns	32 – 31	Maties Juniors	UJ Stadium
	17:00

	2012-03-19	UCT Trojans	8 – 66	UP Tuks Young Guns	UCT Rugby Fields
	19:00

Play-off games

Semi-finals

	2012-03-26	Maties Juniors	28 – 8	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	Craven Stadium

	2012-03-26	UP Tuks Young Guns	23 – 18	NWU Pukke Young Guns	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium

Final

	2012-04-02	Maties Juniors	26 – 35	UP Tuks Young Guns	Craven Stadium

Honours

2012 FNB Young Guns Champions:	UP Tuks Young Guns (1st title)

Koshuis Rugby Championship

Competition Rules

There are eight participating teams in the 2012 Koshuis Rugby Championship - the winners of the internal leagues of each of the eight Varsity Cup teams. These teams are divided into two pools (the Penny Pinchers pool and the Hertz pool) and will play the other teams in the pool once over the course of the season, either home or away.

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

The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finish first will have home advantage against the teams that finish second in their respective pools. The winners of these semi-finals will play each other in the final.^[7]

Participating teams

Koshuis Name	University Team Name	University Team
Koshuis Rugby Championship
Bastion	UJ	University of Johannesburg
Cobras	UCT Ikey Tigers	University of Cape Town
Dagbreek	Maties	Stellenbosch University
Monitor	TUT Vikings	Tshwane University of Technology
Mopanie	UP Tuks	University of Pretoria
Oppidani	NMMU Madibaz	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Patria	NWU Pukke	North-West University
Vishuis	UFS Shimlas	University of the Free State

Standings

2012 Koshuis Rugby Championship Penny Pinchers Pool Log

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Difference

Bonus Points

Points

1

Vishuis, UFS Shimlas

3

0

174

45

+129

2

14

2

Dagbreek, Maties

3

2

0

1

72

46

+26

2

10

3

Mopanie, UP Tuks

3

1

0

2

75

50

+25

3

7

4

Monitor, TUT Vikings

3

0

3

37

217

-180

0

2012 Koshuis Rugby Championship Hertz Pool Log

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Difference

Bonus Points

Points

1

Patria, NWU Pukke

3

2

0

1

156

57

+99

4

12

2

Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers

3

2

0

1

96

61

+35

3

11

3

Bastion, UJ

3

2

0

1

84

86

-2

1

9

4

Oppidani, NMMU Madibaz

3

0

3

36

168

-132

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

All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular season

Round one

	2012-02-13	Bastion, UJ	26 – 24	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	UJ Stadium
	17:00		Report

	2012-02-13	Monitor, TUT Vikings	8 – 42	Mopanie, UP Tuks	TUT Stadium
	19:00		Report

Round two

	2012-02-20	Dagbreek, Maties	14 – 15	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	Craven Stadium
	17:00		Report

	2012-02-20	Bastion, UJ	37 – 18	Oppidani, NMMU Madibaz	UJ Stadium
	19:00		Report

Round three

	2012-02-27	Dagbreek, Maties	16 – 15	Mopanie, UP Tuks	Craven Stadium
	17:00		Report

	2012-02-27	Oppidani, NMMU Madibaz	10 – 44	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	Xerox NMMU Stadium
	19:00		Report

Round four

	2012-03-05	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	28 – 25	Patria, NWU Pukke	UCT Rugby Fields
	17:00		Report

	2012-03-05	Mopanie, UP Tuks	18 – 26	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	17:00		Report

Round Five

	2012-03-12	Patria, NWU Pukke	44 – 21	Bastion, UJ	Fanie du Toit Stadium
	17:00		Report

	2012-03-12	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	133 – 13	Monitor, TUT Vikings	Xerox Shimla Park
	19:00		Report

Play-off games

Semi-finals

	2012-03-26	Patria, NWU Pukke	9 – 12	Dagbreek, Maties	Fanie du Toit Stadium
	18:00		Report

	2012-03-26	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	30 – 5	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	Xerox Shimla Park
	19:00		Report

Final

	2012-04-09	Dagbreek, Maties	26 – 44	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	Craven Stadium
	16:45		Report

Honours

2012 Steinhoff Koshuis Rugby Champions:	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas (2nd title)

References

External links

Varsity Rugby

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Men

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Women

Teams	Maties UKZN Impi UJ UFH UP Tuks
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Competitions

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Defunct	Vodacom Cup

Scoring

Varsity Cup

Competition Rules

Teams

Standings

Fixtures and results

Regular season

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Play-off games

Semi-finals

Final

Honours

Varsity Shield

Competition Rules

Participating teams

Standings

Fixtures and results

Regular season

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Round Eight

Round Nine

Round Ten

Play-off games

Final

Squads

Honours

Promotion/relegation

Promotion/relegation play-off

2013 Varsity Cup play-off

2013 Varsity Shield play-off

Young Guns

Competition Rules

Participating teams

Standings

Fixtures and results

Regular season

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Play-off games

Semi-finals

Final

Honours

Koshuis Rugby Championship

Competition Rules

Participating teams

Standings

Fixtures and results

Regular season

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round Five

Play-off games

Semi-finals

Final

Honours

See also

References

External links