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The first game at Tuks today will be between the two unbeaten teams of the 2021 Varsity Cup competition. UCT Ikeys are one log point ahead against CUT. The game will be played at TUKS Stadium at @17h00.
Ikeys had a very good win (59-05) against UFS Shimlas on Thursday last week. The Ikeys team again showed composure and executed their game plan with precision. Ikeys play a brand of rugby that commands respect and have proven to much for the other teams.
CUT remained unbeaten against WITS with 19-11. CUT arguably have the best pack of forwards in the 2021 Varsity Cup competition which they used to great effect in dominating their opposition. Injuries and the timing of replacements could exposed the lack of depth of CUT.
Although Ikeys' forwards impressed against the Shimlas it will be interesting if they can withstand CUT's pack power. Ikeys should win BUT ...........
FNB UCT Ikeys – 15 Athi Gazi, 14 Rethabile Louw, 13 Evardi Boshoff, 12 Le Roux Malan, 11 Liam Kloosman, 10 James Tedder, 9 William Rose, 8 Taariq Kruger, 7 Neil Otto, 6 Liam Greenhalgh (c), 5 Connor Evans, 4 Gary Porter, 3 Robert Hunt, 2 Devon Arendse, 1 Luthando Woji. Replacements: 16 Josh van Vuuren, 17 Seth Christian, 18 Jovan Bekker, 19 Byron Bowes, 20 Keagan Blanckenberg, 21 Kyle Bowman, 22 Michael Brink, 23 Rihaz Fredericks.
FNB CUT Ixias – 15 Emilio Adonis, 14 Tsepo Malumane, 13 Jandré de Beer, 12 Karabo Maqeba, 11 Juandré Sabbat, 10 Niell Stannard, 9 Xander Botha, 8 Ulrich Stander, 7 Bennett Nortjé, 6 Francois Bester, 5 Brendon Fortuin, 4 Matthew Sekele, 3 Wandré Nortjé, 2 Janus Venter (c), 1 Raynard Esterhuizen. Replacements: 16 Johannes Terblanche, 17 Tebogo Masemola, 18 Thabiso Msiza, 19 Derik Pretorius, 20 Hardus Nel, 21 Jaco Wilkinson, 22 Charles Williams, 23 Cohen Jasper.