{"id":18021,"date":"2013-02-13T13:37:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T11:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/its-a-wrap-for-varsity-cup\/"},"modified":"2013-02-13T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T11:37:30","slug":"its-a-wrap-for-varsity-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/its-a-wrap-for-varsity-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a wrap for Varsity Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Freddie Ngoza of FNB Shimlas during the Varsity Cup match against FNB Maties at Xerox Shimla Park on Febraury 11, 2013, in Bloemfontein. Photo: Van Zyl Naude\/Gallo Images<\/p>\n

The FNB Maties secured a 23-15 bonus-point win over FNB UFS-Shimlas in Bloemfontein on Monday evening to move to the top of the standings in the 2013 FNB Varsity Cup.<\/p>\n

The Stellenbosch team backed up their victory over FNB UJ at home last week by grabbing a vital victory away from home to make it a full house of 10 log points from their first two games of the season.<\/p>\n

Three first-half tries saw Maties take a commanding 18-5 lead into the break, but UFS Shimlas battled back to reduce the gap to 18-15 before a late try from Maties flyer JP Lewis sealed the victory.<\/p>\n

Defending champions FNB UP-Tuks bounced back from their defeat to FNB NWU-Pukke in Potchefstroom last week by downing FNB UCT 24-16 in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

The star-studded UP-Tuks outfit, which included six former Baby Boks, were forced to work hard for their victory against a fiery Ikeys side that refused to give in, with a late try to Dillyn Leyds earning the Cape side a vital bonus point for their efforts.<\/p>\n

In Port Elizabeth the FNB NMMU Madibaz were pushed all the way by a committed FNB Wits outfit that showed plenty of heart to compete away from home following their heavy defeat to UFS-Shimlas last week.<\/p>\n

The two sides were deadlocked at 16-16 in the dying stages of the match, but a try from Madibaz No 8 Marius Oosthuizen clinched a tense victory for the home side in front of their passionate fans.<\/p>\n

The result means that NMMU remain unbeaten this season, after drawing to UCT last week, but the Maties are the only side with a full house of wins so far.<\/p>\n

FNB UJ were forced to come from behind to secure their first victory of the season against NWU-Pukke in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

The visitors took a 10-5 lead into the half-time break, but UJ showed great character to bounce back in the second half and seal an ultimately convincing 37-20 victory to get their campaign off the ground.<\/p>\n

In the Varsity Shield FNB CUT kept up their unbeaten streak with a 44-29 victory over FNB Fort Hare in Bloemfontein. The Eastern Cape side showed plenty of spirit to score four tries and secure a bonus point against the log-leaders.<\/p>\n

Peter de Villiers\u2019 FNB UWC side got back to winning ways with a comprehensive 38-15 victory over the FNB UKZN Impi. The Bellville side ran in six tries to move into second place on the log behind CUT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Freddie Ngoza of FNB Shimlas during the Varsity Cup match against FNB Maties at Xerox Shimla Park on Febraury 11, 2013, in Bloemfontein. Photo: Van Zyl Naude\/Gallo Images The FNB Maties secured a 23-15 bonus-point win over FNB UFS-Shimlas in Bloemfontein on Monday evening to move to the top of the standings in the 2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-18021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}