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Maties smash Ikeys, Varsity Cup Round 5
March 8, 2011 Posted by Morné Maties showed why they have dominated the Varsity Cup the last 3 years when they hammered Ikeys at home last night.
Maties 37 Ikeys 16 Forward domination, good defence and keeping the ball in hand is how you will win most rugby matches and that is just what Maties did last night against Ikeys. If you have not seen this year’s competition yet and last night’s game was your, you would have thought; “same old, same old”.
I almost got the same feeling that I have (as a WP supporter) when the Bulls take on WP. It does not matter how good WP was up to that game, the Bulls almost always have that mental edge over them to win.
It must be said that this was definitely the game of the season far with the two teams going at each other from the start. Defence was bone crashing from both teams and both was willing to spread the ball wide to bring to a capacity crowd of six thousand almost every second of the game to their feet.
The two teams showed everyone exactly why they were the best two teams last year and why other teams must fear playing them in the play-offs. Ikeys struggled to settle into their normal running game plan due to the massive defensive onslaught from Maties.
Ikeys did have their brilliant moments on attack but were constantly put under pressure from Maties. Ikeys’ Catrakilis is someone to watch at number 10, he had a brilliant game in a side on the back foot the whole afternoon. Adams was the stand out player for Maties and also man of the match.
For FNB UCT: Try: Rijs Con: Catrakilis Pens: Catrakilis 2 DG: Catrakilis
For FNB Maties: Tries: Adams 2, Lehman, Hanekom Cons: Stevens 2, Kemp 2 Pens: Stevens 3
Tuks 38 UJ 23 The other unbeaten team in the competition, UJ, also got stuck against Tuks last night in their game in JHB. Tuks finally put the performance together that was expected from them since the start of the season.
Tukkies looked the more composed side throughout the game. This win spells a warning to Maties who will be traveling next week to Pretoria. The first half was a close affair with both sides playing well. Tuks struggled to convert all the opportunities into points and you almost got the feeling that they going to let this one slip again.
But it was in the second half where Tuks were far more clinical in their approach more patient in their build-up. To seal the deal Man-of-the-Match Arno Botha scored his brace to confirm that Tuks would be in the mix come the play-offs.
For FNB UJ: Tries: McDonald, Waka, Wheeler Con: Kotze Pens: Kotze 2
For FNB Tuks: Tries: Coetzee, Tecklenburg, Botha 2 Cons: Dunlop 3 Pens: Dunlop 4
Pukke 28 Shimlas 37
Another thriller played itself out in Shimla Park last night when Shimlas won against a much improved Pukke team. It was the first time in the Varsity Cup history that Shimlas could win against Pukke.
It was a game that started with great speed and ended in overdrive. After 46 min Pukke was leading 25-13 and looked like they could take their first win of the season. The saying:”Fighting fire with fire”, worked for the Shimlas as they started to adopt the running style Pukke brought to the table.
Pukke however never gave up, and as the siren went, the Shimlas lost the ball and the Pukke started running. They got a penalty and ran some more but the Shimlas were at them like terriers on defense forcing a turn-over. Heyns picked it up and the tall lock finding energy from somewhere raced 46 metres to score, ending in a dive-fall. It took him a long time to get his hands off his knees and longer still to produce a smile.
For FNB Shimlas: Tries: Ulengo 2, Heyns 2, De Bruyn Cons: Davids 3 Pens: Davids 2
For FNB Pukke: Tries: Landman, Watermeyer, Oberholzer, De Wet Con: Dumond Pens: Dumond, Dorfling
In the other game NMMU got their first win over TUT, who after beating Tuks in that classic game a few weeks ago looks like someone going down a super-tube. The final score was 40-15 which leaves the race for the wooden spoon still wide open.
The Full Log after week 5:
For the UCT guys (Morne and some other idiots I know) jammer om te hoor.
Additional information from www.varsitycup.co.za
Tags: Varsity Cup Round 5 8 Comments WiLLem says:
March 8th, 2011 at 11:56 am read this on news24
hehehe, journo was sekerlik EEn vaNNie Bos se Boikies
Kaapstad – Toe ’n student van die Ikeys Maandag skraps voor 19:00 in gebroke Afrikaans moedeloos sê “Boet, die Maties het ons vandag opgeskop (sic)”, was ’n wedstrydverslag langer as daardie versugting eintlik onnodig.
Maar vir diegene wat die Stellenbossers se vyfde agtereenvolgende Varsitybeker-sege oor die Ikeys se Tigers gemis het, volg ’n flinke verhandeling van die genadelose oorwinning van 37-16 (rustyd 24-9) wat die Maties hier behaal het.
Die Kaapse dokter het nooit sy verskyning gemaak nie, en met net ’n ligte bries om koelte te verskaf was die verwagte stelskop-tweestryd tussen Demetri Catrakilis van die Ikeys en Donald Stevens van die Maties ’n sterk moontlikheid.
Die Griekse skopwonder Catrakilis het binne twee minute ’n skepskop van amper 40 m deur die latte gestoot.
Die besoekers het kopgehou en binne drie minute het hul linkervleuel, Tythan Adams, sy opponerende heelagter, Richard Rijs, vir die eerste van twee keer gepypkan, gehokaai en gesystap om ’n drie te druk.
Met enige senuagtigheid oor die Varsitybeker-reeks se grootste tweestryd uit hul stelsel, het die Maties se agttal beheer geneem van die wedstryd.
Buiten dat die Stellenbossers die tuisspan vir die eerste 60 minute skuins anderkant eina geskrum het, het hulle soos wildewragtigs verdedig.
Nie eens die reuse-slot Eben Etzebeth is ’n kykie ander kant die voordeellyn gegun nie. Dus kon die Ikeys nooit sterk aanvalle loods nie en is dié Tiere hul natuurlike habitat, wat baie ruimte insluit, ontsê.
Dit het die Ikeys onder enorme druk geplaas. Waar hul gebrek aan ’n ordentlike skopvoet hulle in die verlede teen die Maties gepootjie het, was hul hande gister vrot in kontak en dikwels skuldig aan ongeoorloofde spel in die vastelos.
Hoewel Catrakilis deurgaans goed op die aanval en tartend met sy skoppe was, was hy ál Ikey wat gevaarlik gelyk het. Die res van sy span het met bomskok gespeel en die Maties het die bomme bly plant.
Hierdie was nooit veronderstel om ’n eensydige verslag te wees nie, maar Chean Roux, die Maties-breier, kry dit nou al vir vier jaar reg om sy grootste teenstander takties te uitoorlê. Vanjaar is die Ikeys oordonder, en as enigiemand wonder waar om hul nommer te kry, is dit steeds in die Stellenbosse telefoongids.
Maties 37 (24): Drieë: Tythan Adams (2), Helmuth Lehman, Stokkies Hanekom. Doelskoppe: Donald Stevens (2), André Kemp (2). Strafdoele: Stevens (3).
Ikeys 16 (9). Drie: Richard Rijs. Doelskop: Catrakilis. Strafdoele: Demetri Catrakilis (2). Skepdoel: Catrakilis.
March 8th, 2011 at 11:57 am Nou ja toe- nou is Akismet se cuzin al wEEr besig met my EErste post!
March 8th, 2011 at 11:58 am Hy laaik nie die taal baie nie ek skiem…
Sort hom uit gou.
March 8th, 2011 at 12:23 pm Must say I really enjoyed the games last night. Great news as well which I forgot to metioned is that UCT got a sponser to build them a proper stadium which is good for them and the compitition and then certain Tiger fans(Morne) can stop bitching when they take the finals away from the tigers home ground due to kak lights.
March 8th, 2011 at 2:17 pm Reply to Morné @ 11:58 am: hehehe maybe his name is Luke!
March 8th, 2011 at 4:31 pm What happened in the bottom feeders game between NMMU and TUT?
March 9th, 2011 at 8:00 am Reply to DavidS @ 4:31 pm: 40-15 for NMMU
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