Shimlas shock champs

Shimlas shock champs

6 Feb 2012

Shimlas thrashed defending champions UCT 38-10 while Maties, Pukke and Tuks won their matches in the opening round of the Varsity Cup.

At the Green Mile in Cape Town, Shimlas hooker PW van Vuuren, No 8 Fanie van der Walt and scrumhalves Kevin Luiters and Pieter Rademan secured the students from Free State a bonus-point win. Wing Nico Scheepers also added four conversions and three penalties.

UCT could only add two tries through fullback Dillyn Leyds and skipper Ntsolo Setlaba as they lost their first opening game since 2009.

Three-time champions Stellenbosch University recorded a 52-2 drubbing of TUT at home. Lock Grant Hattingh grabbed a hat-trick while tighthead prop Os Hamman finished the match with a brace. Outside centre Wessel Coetzee and reserve flyhalf Andre Smith completed the rout.

Tuks and Pukke also had a successful start to their season with impressive wins over last year’s log leaders UJ (23-8) and NMMU (26-16) respectively.

UCT 10 (5) – Tries: Dillyn Leyds, Ntsolo Setlaba.
Shimlas 38 (18) – Tries: PW van Vuuren, Fanie van der Walt, Kevin Luiters, Pieter Rademan. Conversions: Nico Scheepers (4). Penalties: Scheepers (3).

Maties 52 (26) – Tries: Wessel Coetzee, Grant Hattingh (3), Os Hamman (2), Andre Smith. Conversions: Andre Kemp (4), Donald Stevens. Penalty: Kemp.
TUT 2 (2) – Peanlty: Hansie Graaff

Tuks 23 (18) – Tries: Franco Mostert, Hayden Groepes, Jono Ross. Conversions: Wesley Dunlop (2). Penalty: Dunlop.
UJ 8 (0) – Try: JR Esterhuizen. Conversion: Guy Cronje.

NMMU 16 (8) – Tries: Jaco Swanepoel, Quinton Crocker. Conversions: Gerhard Swanepoel, Devon Lailvaux.
Pukke 26 (26) – Andrew van Wyk (2), SW Oosthuizen, Tiaan Dorfling. Conversions: Gerhard Nortier.


7 Comments

  • 1.TheTackler: Reply to this comment
    7 Feb 2012, 06:11 am

    Flashman on the Pan?

  • 2.rugby_only: Reply to this comment
    7 Feb 2012, 06:23 am

    start of the season jitters?

  • 3.hendrikp: Reply to this comment
    7 Feb 2012, 06:57 am

    Damn good Shimlas team to be fair. 5 players started for them that could be challenging for Cheetahs SR spots.

    Had last years Junior Springbok scrumhalf Pieter Rademan on the bench.

  • 4.Bouts: Reply to this comment
    7 Feb 2012, 09:17 am

    Actually the FS rugby union finally decided to take the Varsity Cup serious, and decided to make it on of its priorities this year. Labuschagne and co were all released to play for Shimlas exclusively.

    Shimlas will definitely push for a final this season, and from what I’ve seen yesterday they may just do it.

    Wow! That game was played at serious pace!

  • 5.Bouts: Reply to this comment
    7 Feb 2012, 09:21 am

    Only strange thing when I checked the roster yesterday is that Shimlas have all the ‘easier’ games (UJ, TUT, NMMU) at home and all the bigger teams away.

    You gotta wonder who set up the fixtures.

  • 6.Brigadier Van Zyl: Reply to this comment
    7 Feb 2012, 09:23 am

    tuks this year maybe?

  • 7.Kietzphat: Reply to this comment
    7 Feb 2012, 10:02 am

    Is the new points system (3 for a conversion, 2 for a penalty) working or is still too early to call?

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