Varsity Cup – Wits loses out to Maties
The game, while hotly contested by both sides, in the rain, ultimately went the way of the home side.
FNB Maties won a tight affair against FNB Wits 23-12 at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch last week.
Maties drew first blood when Juan Mostert slotted a penalty after an early mistake from Wits. The visitors didn’t wait too long to get on the scoreboard though when Mark Snyman went over for an unconverted try.
Just before half-time, the home team won a line out and drove towards the try line with Siya Ngubelanga making sure of the five-pointer. When the hooter sounded, it was Maties leading 8-5 in a low-scoring game.
The Maroon Machine started the second half on fire when a brilliant individual display by Juan Mostert inside the 22m line led to Maties’ second try. The mauling magic of Maties continued when DeWet Marais rounded off a well-executed move to stretch the score to 20-5.
With just over ten minutes to go and as the rain started to pour down again, the Witsies got one back when Marno Grobbelaar scored their second try.
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