Maties sound strong warning to other teams in Varsity Cup
Maties vs NMMU
Defending champions Stellenbosch produced an impressive performance and sounded a strong warning to the other teams when they smashed NMMU 68-20 in the first round of the 2010 Varsity Cup in Port Elizabeth on Monday.
We would like to provide a brief summary from the match overview provided on the website of Varsitycup.co.za:
The Maties scored ten tries to the two of NMMU, as they showed why they are the favourites to claim their third consecutive title in the FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International.
This game, as has been the case in most matches this year, produced a rash of penalties as the teams struggled to come to grips with the new interpretations of the breakdown laws. It resulted in a stop-start affair, something which initially suited the home team more than the visitors.
In the first quarter the penalty count was nine-two against the visitors. As Maties started to pile on the pressure, they managed to win a few more penalties of their own and in the second half this was balanced out with a stream of decisions going against the home team – as the Maties pack began to take control.
NMMU battled bravely but in the end could not fill all the gaps as a strong Matie team took control.
Players who are destined for higher duty include Conrad Hoffman and Stokkies Hanekom from the Maties. Former Sharks assistant coach Theo Oosthuizen was asked after the match about his views and he was in strong praise for Conrad Hanekom. Oosthuizen expressed his disbelief and disappointment that a player of the quality of Hoffman is not part of any of the South African Super 14 Teams.
The scorers:
For FNB NMMU:
Tries: Farbes, Penalty try
Cons: Laubscher 2
Pens: Laubscher 2
For FNB Maties:
Tries: Draghoender 4, Mostert, Groepes, Poolman, Hoffman, Francke, Groepes
Cons: Hoffman 9
Yellow card(s): Rynardt Elsteadt (Maties – 16 minutes)
The teams:
NMMU: 15 Aluzant Munnik, 14 Oscar Mazaka, 13 Williams Heydenrych, 12 Wade Roos, 11 Darryl Turner, 10 Willem Laubscher, 9 Lusu Booi (captain), 8 Sameul Borsaah, 7 Ferdie Gerber, 6 Thomaso Farbes, 5 Jannie Fourie, 4 Mathew Lutge, 3 Pierre Hammond, 2 Hugo Lampbrechts, 1 Tyron Williams.
Replacements: 16 Werner Kapp, 17 Chariel van Jaarsveld, 18 De Wet De Lange, 19 Kemsley Wesso, 20 JP Kellerman, 21 Hugo van Heerden, 22 Phiwe Lallendle, 23 Chris Dicks.
Maties: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Stokkies Hanekom, 12 Dabeon Draghoender, 11 Thythan Adams, 10 Hayden Groepes, 9 Conrad Hoffman, 8 Tertius Daniller, 7 JP Mostert, 6 Boetie Britz, 5 Hugo Kloppers, 4 Rynardt Elsteadt, 3 Lourens Adriaanse (captain), 2 Matthew Dobson, 1 Mike De Neuilly-Rice.
Replacements: 16 Callie Visagie, 17 Johan Roets, 18 Andrew Prior, 19 Josh Strauss, 20 Johan Laker, 21 Stephan van der Merwe, 22 Jonathan Francke, 23 Buhle Mxunuywa.
Referee: Mlungiseli Mdashe
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