Pukke survive Ikey backlash
18 Feb 2008
Pukke got their Varsity Cup campaign off to unconvincing yet winning start when they edged UCT 23-17 in Cape Town on Monday.
Pukke went to the break with a handy 15-5 lead which they extended to 23-5 soon after half-time. What followed was an amazing comeback by the Ikeys. Two quick tries were scored in the final quarter, and another may have been added had the referee not awarded the visitors a free kick on their own tryline.
The full implementation of the ELVs made this game a bit of a free for all, with breakdown turnovers the norm rather than the exception. The referee was also quick to blow his whistle when UCT rolled towards the tryline for what looked to be the decisive score. The blow was for taking the ball into the ruck and not producing it quick enough. Under the old laws they would have been awarded the scrum advantage, but under the new laws, the Pukke were handed possession.
UCT will ultimately regret missing four shots at goal, although it must be said the howling Cape Town wind was not conducive to accurate goal-kicking.
Pukke – Tries: Corne Meyer, Paul Bosch, Markus Fourie. Conversion: Meyer. Penalties: Meyer (2).
Ikeys – Tries: Matthew Turner (2), Marcello Samson. Conversion: Rosslee.
MONDAY RESULTS
UCT 17 Pukke 23
Maties 31 Tukkies 31
UJ 35 TUT 12
12 Comments
18 Feb 2008, 20:36 pm
What about Maties being 31-5 up and then slacking off and letting Tukkies in to draw 31-31?
Weird in the Western Cape.
18 Feb 2008, 20:49 pm
Maties and Stormers have the same problem. They only play rugby in the first halve.
18 Feb 2008, 21:18 pm
go ikeys – you’ve always held the upper hand intellectually over the tomaties.
18 Feb 2008, 21:21 pm
in my day, tomaties always used to load their team with part time students just so they could beat the left wing engelsmanne
18 Feb 2008, 22:53 pm
WTF, Maties???
18 Feb 2008, 23:30 pm
WTF? I saw Maties lead 31 – 5 with 15min left and then I switched over to Boston Legal! Tuks actually came back for a 31 all draw. Jeez, Maties must be kicking themselves!
19 Feb 2008, 01:00 am
Go Ikeys…will be watching this comp with interest. Great idea, hope it catches on.
19 Feb 2008, 06:39 am
This was a great game, varsity played the new laws well, something the stormers can learn.
19 Feb 2008, 07:51 am
#3 funny the scoreboard does not sem to reflect your upperhand intellectually the ikeys have over the maties.The expetion to the the rule is that ikeys beat maties.All games I have watched ikeys got some serious beating from the maties.
19 Feb 2008, 09:07 am
taking the ball into a maul and not producing it under the old laws would have been a scrum to the team not taking the ball into the maul
the referee in the tukkies game blew the game to death and in my opinion was clueless
the tukkies 18 year old winger is a great find and his one try was simply brilliant
19 Feb 2008, 11:32 am
I think the young lad, Mat Turner who scored the last two tries for UCT has a bright future. He had a good game both on offense and defensively. I think next time UCT should consider starting Khusta ahead of Enoch at Flank. He came on and made a difference in the last minutes of the game and UCT managed to score 2 tries. He is a good ball carrier and solid defender too….. Too bad Crusty didnt finish the game with an injury….
19 Feb 2008, 14:33 pm
Yo Taru
You not a fan of Crusty? Thought he played pretty well before he got sent off?
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