2013 Varsity Rugby

The 2013 Varsity Cup was contested from 4 February to 8 April 2013. The tournament (also known as the FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring eight South African universities.

2013 Varsity Rugby
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The tournament was won by UP Tuks for the second consecutive season; they beat Maties 44–5 in the final played on 8 April 2013. No team was relegated to the second-tier Varsity Shield competition for 2014.

Scoring

All four 2013 Varsity Rugby competitions will use a different scoring system to the regular system. Tries will be worth five points as usual, but conversions will be worth three points, while penalties and drop goals will only be worth two points.^[1]

Varsity Cup

Main article: 2013 Varsity Cup

The following teams competed in the 2013 Varsity Cup: Maties, NMMU Madibaz, NWU Pukke, UCT Ikey Tigers, UFS Shimlas, UJ, UP Tuks and Wits, who took part in this competition for the first time following their promotion from the 2012 Varsity Shield. The tournament was won by UP Tuks, who beat Maties 44–5 in the final. There was no relegation at the end of 2013.

Varsity Shield

Main article: 2013 Varsity Shield

The following teams competed in the 2015 Varsity Shield: CUT Ixias, UFH Blues, UKZN Impi, UWC and TUT Vikings, who have been relegated from the 2012 Varsity Cup. The tournament was won by CUT Ixias, who beat UWC 29–19 in the final. There was no promotion at the end of 2013.

Promotion/Relegation

There was no promotion or relegation at the end of 2013.

Young Guns

Competition Rules

There were eight participating universities in the 2013 Young Guns competition. These teams were divided into two pools (the FNB pool and the Steinhoff pool) and played the other teams in the pool once over the course of the season, either home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top two teams in each pool qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finished first had home advantage against the teams that finished second in their respective pools. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final.^[2]

Participating teams

Young Guns
Team Name	Sponsored Name	University	Stadium
Maties Juniors	Steinhoff Maties Juniors	Stellenbosch University	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
NMMU Young Guns	FNB NMMU Young Guns	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
NWU Pukke Young Guns	FNB NWU Pukke Young Guns	North-West University	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
UCT Trojans	FNB UCT Trojans	University of Cape Town	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
UFS Shimlas Young Guns	FNB UFS Shimlas Young Guns	University of the Free State	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
UJ Young Guns	FNB UJ Young Guns	University of Johannesburg	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
UP Tuks Young Guns	FNB UP Tuks Young Guns	University of Pretoria	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
Wits Young Guns	FNB Wits Young Guns	University of the Witwatersrand	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg

Standings

2013 Young Guns Steinhoff Pool Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	UP Tuks Young Guns	3	3	0	0	205	24	+181	29	2	2	0	14
2	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	3	2	0	1	113	51	+62	15	8	2	1	11
3	NWU Pukke Young Guns	3	1	0	2	101	115	–14	15	17	2	1	7
4	Wits Young Guns	3	0	0	3	10	239	–229	1	33	0	0	0
2013 Young Guns FNB Pool Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Maties Juniors	3	3	0	0	123	42	+81	17	5	3	0	15
2	UCT Trojans	3	2	0	1	101	96	+5	16	13	2	0	10
3	UJ Young Guns	3	1	0	2	72	114	–42	11	18	2	1	7
4	NMMU Young Guns	3	0	0	3	68	112	–44	9	17	1	1	2
The top 2 teams in each pool will qualify for the semi-finals. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures and results

The 2013 Varsity Cup Young Guns fixtures were as follows:^[3]

• All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular season

Round one

	18 February 2013	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	16 – 18	UP Tuks Young Guns	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	15:00		Report

	18 February 2013	UCT Trojans	44 – 15	NMMU Young Guns	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: Maties Juniors, NWU Pukke Young Guns, UJ Young Guns, Wits Young Guns

Round two

	25 February 2013	NWU Pukke Young Guns	62 – 8	Wits Young Guns	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	17:00		Report

	25 February 2013	NMMU Young Guns	24 – 34	Maties Juniors	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: UCT Trojans, UFS Shimlas Young Guns, UP Tuks Young Guns, UJ Young Guns

Round three

	4 March 2013	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	34 – 31	NWU Pukke Young Guns	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	17:00		Report

	4 March 2013	UP Tuks Young Guns	114 – 0	Wits Young Guns	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	17:00		Report

	4 March 2013	NMMU Young Guns	29 – 34	UJ Young Guns	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	17:00		Report

	4 March 2013	UCT Trojans	16 – 45	Maties Juniors	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	19:00		Report

Round four

	11 March 2013	NWU Pukke Young Guns	8 – 73	UP Tuks Young Guns	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	15:00		Report

	11 March 2013	UJ Young Guns	36 – 41	UCT Trojans	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	17:00		Report

	11 March 2013	Wits Young Guns	2 – 63	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: Maties Juniors, NMMU Young Guns

Round Five

	18 March 2013	Maties Juniors	44 – 2	UJ Young Guns	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	15:00		Report

Bye/s: UCT Trojans, NMMU Young Guns, NWU Pukke Young Guns, UFS Shimlas Young Guns, UP Tuks Young Guns, Wits Young Guns

Play-Off Games

Semi-finals

	25 March 2013	UP Tuks Young Guns	68 – 28	UCT Trojans	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	14:00

	25 March 2013	Maties Juniors	26 – 15	UFS Shimlas Young Guns	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	16:30

Final

	1 April 2013	UP Tuks Young Guns	50 – 21	Maties Juniors
			Scoreboard[4]

Honours

2013 FNB Young Guns Champions:

UP Tuks Young Guns

Koshuis Rugby Championship

Competition Rules

There were eight participating teams in the 2013 Koshuis Rugby Championship - the winners of the internal leagues of each of the eight Varsity Cup teams. These teams were divided into two pools (the Penny Pinchers pool and the Hertz pool) and played the other teams in the pool once over the course of the season, either home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top two teams in each pool qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finished first had home advantage against the teams that finish second in their respective pools. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final.^[5]

Participating teams

Koshuis Rugby Championship
Koshuis Name	University	Stadium
Bastion	University of Johannesburg	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
Cobras	University of Cape Town	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
Commerce	University of the Witwatersrand	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
Medies	Stellenbosch University	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Mopanie	University of Pretoria	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
Northernz	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Villagers	North-West University	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
Vishuis	University of the Free State	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein

Standings

2013 Koshuis Rugby Championship Penny Pinchers Pool Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Bonus Points	Points
1	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	3	2	0	1	201	53	+148	4	12
2	Bastion, UJ	3	2	0	1	130	73	+48	4	12
3	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	3	2	0	1	107	90	+17	2	10
4	Commerce, Wits	3	0	0	3	26	248	–222	0	0
2013 Koshuis Rugby Championship Hertz Pool Log
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Bonus Points	Points
1	Villagers, NWU Pukke	3	3	0	0	57	22	+35	0	12
2	Medies, Maties	3	2	0	1	61	41	+20	3	11
3	Mopanie, UP Tuks	3	1	0	2	49	54	–5	1	5
4	Northernz, NMMU Madibaz	3	0	0	3	15	65	–50	0	0
The top 2 teams in each pool will qualify for the semi-finals. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures and results

The 2013 Koshuis Rugby Championship fixtures are as follows:^[6]

• All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular season

Round one

	18 February 2013	Commerce, Wits	8 – 119	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	17:00		Report

	18 February 2013	Medies, Maties	23 – 5	Northernz, NMMU Madibaz	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: Bastion, UJ; Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers; Mopanie, UP Tuks; Villagers, NWU Pukke

Round two

	25 February 2013	Commerce, Wits	10 – 69	Bastion, UJ	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	15:00		Report

	25 February 2013	Mopanie, UP Tuks	24 – 28	Medies, Maties	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	17:00		Report

	25 February 2013	Villagers, NWU Pukke	24 – 5	Northernz, NMMU Madibaz	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	17:00		Report

Bye/s: Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers; Vishuis, UFS Shimlas

Round three

	4 March 2013	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	34 – 29	Bastion, UJ	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	15:00		Report

Bye/s: Commerce, Wits; Medics, Maties; Mopanie, UP Tuks; Northernz, NMMU Madibaz; Villagers, NWU Pukke; Vishuis, UFS Shimlas

Round four

	11 March 2013	Villagers, NWU Pukke	21 – 7	Mopanie, UP Tuks	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	15:00		Report

	11 March 2013	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	53 – 13	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	16:45		Report

Bye/s: Bastion, UJ; Commerce, Wits; Medics, Maties; Northernz, NMMU Madibaz

Round Five

	18 March 2013	Bastion, UJ	32 – 29	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	15:00		Report

	18 March 2013	Cobras, UCT Ikey Tigers	60 – 8	Commerce, Wits	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	16:45		Report

	18 March 2013	Medies, Maties	10 – 12	Villagers, NWU Pukke	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	16:45		Report

	18 March 2013	Northernz, NMMU Madibaz	5 – 18	Mopanie, UP Tuks	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	16:45		Report

Play-Off Games

Semi-finals

	25 March 2013	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	31 – 26	Medies, Maties	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	17:00		Report

	25 March 2013	Villagers, NWU Pukke	39 – 2	Bastion, UJ	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	19:00		Report

Final

	8 Apr 2013	Vishuis, UFS Shimlas	20 – 16	Villagers, NWU Pukke	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
			Report

Honours

2013 Steinhoff Koshuis Rugby Champions:

Vishuis, UFS Shimlas

South African Universities

In April 2013, a South African Universities team was named, picked from players that played in Varsity Rugby in 2013, to play against Namibia in Windhoek.

Squads

The team was named as follows:^[7]

Fixtures

	4 May 2013	South African Universities	50 – 39	Namibia	Hage Geingob Stadium, Windhoek
		Try: JP Lewis Martin Ferreira JR Esterhuizen Os Hamman Roy Godfrey Con: Justin van Staden	Namibia Sport[8]	Try: PJ van Lill Malcolm Moore Ian van Wyk Callie Swanepoel Con: Justin Nel Theuns Kotzé Pen: Justin Nel

See also

• Varsity Cup
• 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division
• 2013 Currie Cup First Division
• 2013 Vodacom Cup