Photo Credit - Varsity Sport
FNB Wits’ dominant scrum laid the platform for their biggest-ever FNB Varsity Cup win (77-7) and their first of the 2021 campaign.
Wits were awarded three penalty tries in the match – including two in the first quarter – from the set-piece.
FNB Wits drew first blood through centre Henco van Wyk, before FNB Madibaz flank Jaco van der Walt was yellow-carded. The Wits pack took full advantage, with two penalty tries making it 21-0 after 15 minutes.
Captain Constant Beckerling scored FNB Wits' bonus-point try, which was followed by centre Aidynn Cupido’s brilliant chip-and-chase point-of-origin try.
FNB Madibaz wing Njabulo Toni crossed the line on the stroke of half-time, but fullback Chadwyn November’s conversion would be the last points they scored.
FNB Wits came out firing in the second half, with replacement flank Mark Snyman scoring two superb tries in quick succession.
FNB Wits' third penalty try, with five minutes remaining, was followed by two point-of-origin tries from replacement flyhalf Christian Humphries and scrumhalf Hlumelo Ndudula that compounded the Madibaz’s misery.
FNB Player That Rocks: Damian Venter (FNB Wits)
FNB Wits – Tries: Henco van Wyk, penalty try (3), Travis Gordon, Constant Beckerling, Aidynn Cupido (1x7), Mark Snyman (2), Christian Humphries (1x7), Hlumelo Ndudula (1x7). Conversions: Kurt Webster (5).
FNB Madibaz – Tries: Njabulo Toni. Conversion: Chadwyn November.