TUT feel Tigers’ wrath

TUT feel Tigers’ wrath

9 Feb 2009

UCT recorded their first win of the 2009 Varsity Cup running in five tries in a resounding 39-21 win over TUT in Pretoria.

The Cape students were the more clinical of the two sides in a free-flowing, open contest. TUT continued to fight even when the result was a formality, but poor handling and ill discipline let them down.

John Dobson’s troops were solid upfront and their backline looked dangerous whenever they had the ball.

Ikeys were guilty of giving away a couple of penalties and TUT flyhaf Adillio Coutriers slotted them both in the opening ten minutes.

UCT, though, struck back immediately through a great team try finished off by centre Marvin Christians, but flyhalf Matthew Rosslee began where he left off last week against Maties as he missed the conversion.

Ikeys grabbed the lead just two minutes later as fullback Therlow Pietersen burst through the TUT defence and this time Rosslee added the extras to give the Tigers a 12-6 lead.

TUT were then penalised for infringing at the breakdown and Rosslee made no mistake extending his side’s lead.

Rosslee struck the upright with a penalty attempt 10 minutes later, but from the rebound prop Jan-Harm Steenkamp conceded yet another penalty and this time Rosslee made no mistake as he gave his side a 12 point lead.

The students from Pretoria finally hit back when scrumhalf Andre Potgieter pounced on a loose ball and off loaded to centre Tjaart Kleu who used his pace to score TUT’s first try of the game. But Courtiers missed the easy conversion.

UCT increased their lead in the 51st minute when Pietersen bagged his second of the evening. Rosslee added the extras with a superb kick from the right hand side touchline to make it 25-11 to the Tigers.

Five minutes later and TUT were back in the contest as outside centre Johannes Swartz scored his sides second try.

UCT, however, put the result beyond doubt in the 65th minute when the exciting Tiger Bax broke through the TUT defence before finding replacement Mark Goosen who finished off the move. Rosslee popped over the conversion and Ikeys lead by 16.

TUT grabbed a consolation try with five minutes left in the game when Bakkies Steenkamp pounced on a loose ball, but the University of Cape Town hit back shortly after the restart as Man of the Match Bax grabbed UCT’s fifth try to seal a 39-21 victory.

TUT – Tries: Tjaart Kleu, Johannes Swartz, Bakkies Steenkamp. Penalties: Adillio Coutriers (2).

UCT – Tries: Marvin Christians, Therlow Pietersen (2), Mark Goosen, Tiger Bax. Conversions: Matthew Rosslee (4). Penalties: Rosslee (2).


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  • 301.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:34 pm

    #296 grant10: I won’t distract you then…….but …..something has happened!!

  • 302.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:34 pm

    #292 Wezwp: 1. Sharks 2. Canes 3. Chiefs 4. Crusaders

  • 303.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:35 pm

    i think Fiji crucial for stormers…real blow if he doesent play…the sharks will be concerned at his ability to create from anywhere!

  • 304.Wezwp: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:35 pm

    I think the Waratahs were head and shoulders above the stormers in last year’s competition.

  • 305.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:36 pm

    #297 carol: me too…you far too addictive!

  • 306.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:36 pm

    # carol: what??

  • 307.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:37 pm

    #298 wooden spoon: Oh is thats why its grey? Mmmmm, so subtle it was lost on me!!………
    Did your Sharks have a nice black and white hooped jersey in days gone by?

    Snow getting seriously boring now, how Soda Joe puts up with it for so long I will never know!!

  • 308.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:37 pm

    #304 Wezwp: Waratahs have lost key players such as Rocky Elsom, David Lyons, Josh Valentine, Dan Vickerman as well as coach Ewen McKenzie.

    Plus they are traditionally inconsistent…

  • 309.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:37 pm

    #304 Wezwp: waratahs a damn good side as well!

  • 310.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:38 pm

    #308 wooden spoon: i feel better now!!

  • 311.Wezwp: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:38 pm

    Lol sharks no1? Don’t be surprised if they don’t qualify for the semi’s. They were damnn lucky to make it last year if it wasn’t for that lacklustre chiefs.

  • 312.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:39 pm

    j d moller will give j smit a good go sat…and mujati vs beast will be a great contest!

  • 313.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:40 pm

    #307 carol: Have you got yourself some Stormers gear yet? It pains me to ask :cry:

    The Sharks traditional jersey is black with a big white band in the middle. They still use it for the Currie Cup.

    Stormers on the other hand used to play in a horrible liquorice allsorts outfit (voted one of the worst in history), then they copied the sharks and went black, and now blue. Talk about trying to find an identity!

  • 314.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:40 pm

    #306 grant10: See the heading of this thread “TUT feels Tigers wrath”!!! Well the new heading could be “WRS feels CAROL’S wrath”…….My Wales v England ticket has been ripped from my hands…………

    I am NOT happy!!

  • 315.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:40 pm

    #311 Wezwp: 1 sharks…2 crusaders…3 waratahs….4 stormers

  • 316.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:41 pm

    #311 Wezwp: I say it because they are my team (and they have a real chance). But in SA rugby, anything can happen, and the Sharks have finished last before so nothing will surprise me!

  • 317.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:42 pm

    #313 wooden spoon: I did briefly browse the Stormers clothing section……….but figure when Grant takes me to Newlands in June (are you listening to this Grant) I might get one then,… hey I could get Percy to sign it for me too……

  • 318.yliad: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:43 pm

    #295 carol:
    Sorry (princess) really not trying to tell anybody anything

    I’m a sucker for beauty in what ever shade or form it appears

    and that beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, like you reckon Percy is akin to Brad Pitt, and I reckon Angelina is where the beauty is all at.

    Strokes for folks as they say in the classics. Like Stormers vs Sharks, as in one mans preference is another mans folly – or something in that line of thinking.

  • 319.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:43 pm

    #314 carol: really feel for you …take gillie for lunch and have a great party!! And , for the 1 st time ever [ and quite probably the last time bloody ever!! ] I will back the poms!!!

  • 320.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:44 pm

    #313 wooden spoon: You have to admit you have to go along way to beat “Stade Francais” for horrible rugby tops!!

  • 321.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:44 pm

    I always back the Poms against the arrogant little Welsh f *ckers.

  • 322.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:44 pm

    #317 carol: yes…i will take you to the stormers shop at newlands and the shark tank in durban…we leave the blonde and WRS at home!!

  • 323.panniepeet: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:45 pm

    Round 2 results:
    Maties 29-14 UJ
    Tuks 39 – 20 NMMU
    Pukke 27-15 Shimlas
    UCT 39-21 TUT

  • 324.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:45 pm

    #318 yliad: have to admit Jolie may convert me!!

  • 325.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:45 pm

    #320 carol: Shhh, don’t tell anyone, but I grew to quite like their latest “masterpeice” of a jersey.

    Perhaps in football though, not rugby.

  • 326.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:46 pm

    #318 yliad: Another great answer there Skop…..Blondes for Grant, Raven hair for you…….a place for all.

  • 327.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:47 pm

    #318 yliad: but jolie got no chance,imo, when i see sienna miller…now that is smouldering hot!

  • 328.Wezwp: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:48 pm

    The waratahs have 17 players in their sqaud who took part in the 2008 super14 final to face the canes this weekend. They are a team that can never be written off. It looks like Scott Fava will be no8 and Kurtley Beale at flyhalf.

  • 329.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:48 pm

    #319 grant10: Grrrrrrrr, yeah…lunch and shopping..

  • 330.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:49 pm

    #325 wooden spoon: jeez….you raising a few question mrks about your levels of red bloodedness there my man??

  • 331.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:49 pm

    #322 grant10: Yeahhhh…..and U2 later!

  • 332.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:50 pm

    #325 wooden spoon: The signed one, can Sprinbok Sarah see her signature on it?

  • 333.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:50 pm

    #328 Wezwp: i agree…i almost drowned at newlands in the rain last year when we drew with them…poured!!!!!!!

  • 334.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:51 pm

    #330 grant10: I eat steak raw and brush my teeth with beer. Nuff said.

  • 335.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:51 pm

    #331 carol: now you being a girl after my heart…luv the way you think!

  • 336.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:53 pm

    #334 wooden spoon: jeez…a cheetah supporter…you would be at home at the Mystic Boer…my favorite spot in Free State!

  • 337.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:55 pm

    #336 grant10: Perhaps with a bit of garlic and pepper sauce, medium rare, with a bottle of red wine to wash it down. That takes me out of the Free State, surely?

  • 338.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:55 pm

    OK all, see you around. Cheers.

  • 339.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:55 pm

    okay all…now have to run…Princess …be cool…go hug the WRS and tell him you understand…LOL…till later all…go stormers!!!

  • 340.grant10: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:56 pm

    #337 wooden spoon: welcome to the refined Cape Town my good man!

  • 341.wooden spoon: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:58 pm

    #340 grant10: lol, cheers. I guess CT is good for a holiday or two… :-)

  • 342.Wezwp: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:58 pm

    Waratah starting line-up against the canes: 1-Benn Robinson 2-Polota.nau 3-Al Baxter 4-Dean Mumm 5-Will Caldwell 6-Ben Mowen 7-Phil Waugh 8-Scott Fava 9-Luke Burgess 10-Kurtley Beale 11-LoteTuiquiri 12-Tahu 13-Rob Horne 14-LachieTurner 15-Sam Norton Knight@ woodenspoon

  • 343.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:58 pm

    #339 grant10: Hug him, you have got to be joking…….I am cross :twisted:

  • 344.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 22:59 pm

    #338 wooden spoon: See you Spooner X

  • 345.yliad: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 23:00 pm

    #328 grant10:

    Plenty of smoldering hot beauties all over this planet, far too many for my mind to cope with, but in the end its as simple as ashes become ashes and dust becomes dust, so where you reckon all that beauty resides after that fading illusion disappears over the horizon? Back to the eye of the beholder – thats where.

    Who’s coaching Waratahs after Mckenzie?
    They were a class side last year only eclipsed by the consistency of Deans’ Crusaders

    Tahs, Brumbies, Canes, Chiefs, Saders, Sharks, Stormers, to probably battle out for the top 4 not necessarily in that order

    Reds, Blues, Lions, Cheetahs, Bulls, Highlanders, Force not necessarily in that order to battle it out for the lower places

  • 346.carol: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 23:00 pm

    I’m off too, got to go and pout a bit and crash about……

  • 347.Wezwp: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 23:00 pm

    As you so delicately put it woodenspoon “nuff said”.

  • 348.Wezwp: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 23:03 pm

    Waratahs head coach: Chris Hickey

  • 349.yliad: Reply to this comment
    9 Feb 2009, 23:12 pm

    Having said that I wouldn’t be all that surprised if Lions and Bulls still have decent seasons this year and provide some surprises of their own over other fancied teams.

    I reckon Robbie Deans is right, SA teams have enormous amount of depth of talent coming through, only problem is our coaching still has a huge gulf to catch up, once they can recognize and develop all that talent available then we could become real forces to be reckoned with in this competition.

    The other issue is the competition is too thinly spread across the 14 teams, reduce it to 4 from NZ, 4 from SA, and 3 from Aus, and 1 from Pacific Islands combined and one would get the ultimate competitive results.

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