Competition Rules

There are eight participating universities in the 2012 Varsity Cup. These teams will play each other once over the course of the season, either home or away.

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

The top four teams will qualify for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finishes first will have home advantage against the team that finishes fourth, while the team that finishes second will have home advantage against the team that finishes third. The winners of these semi-finals will play each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.

The team that finishes eighth in the Varsity Cup will be relegated to the 2013 Varsity Shield. The team that finishes seventh in the Varsity Cup will play a promotion/relegation match against the second-placed Varsity Shield team for a place in the 2013 Varsity Cup.^[2]

Teams

Maties

NMMU Madibaz

NWU Pukke

TUT Vikings

UCT Ikey Tigers

UFS Shimlas

UJ

UP Tuks

Location of teams in the 2012 Varsity Cup

The following teams took part in the 2012 Varsity Cup competition:

Standings

Fixtures and results

• Fixtures are subject to change.
• All times are South African (GMT+2).

Play-off games

Semi-finals

	2012-03-26	UP Tuks	53 – 24	NWU Pukke	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	16:30

	2012-03-26	Maties	23 – 0	UJ	Craven Stadium
	19:00

Final

	2012-04-09	UP Tuks	29 – 21	Maties	L.C. de Villiers Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Try: Trompie Pretorius  4' Basil Short  33' Lohan Jacobs  41' Franco Mostert  64' Con: Wesley Dunlop 34', 42', 65' (3/4)		Try: André Smith  20' Hugo Kloppers  36' Hein van der Merwe  82' Con: Donald Stevens 21' (1/2) André Kemp 83' (1/1)

Honours

Competition Rules

There are five participating universities in the 2012 Varsity Shield. These teams will play each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.^[3]

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

The top two teams will qualify for the title play-offs. The team that finishes first will have home advantage against the team that finishes second.

The team that wins the Varsity Shield will be promoted to the 2013 Varsity Cup.

The team that loses in the play-off final will play a promotion/relegation match against the seventh placed Varsity Cup team for a place in the 2013 Varsity Cup.^[4]

The team that finishes bottom might also be challenged to play in a play-off.

Participating teams

CUT Ixias

UKZN Impi

UFH Blues

UWC

Wits

Location of teams in 2012 Varsity Shield

Standings

Fixtures and results

• Fixtures are subject to change.
• All times are South African (GMT+2).

Regular season

Round one

	2012-01-30	CUT Ixias	25 – 12	Wits	CUT Stadium
	17:00	Tries: Inus Kritzinger Stephen Griesel Danie van der Merwe Con: Jannie Myburgh (2) Pen: Jannie Myburgh (2)	Report	Try: Ryan Odendaal Con: Kyle Peyper Pens: Kyle Peyper (2) Cards: Charles Baggott	Referee: François Groenewald

	2012-01-30	UFH Blues	13 – 36	UWC	Davidson Rugby Field
	19:00	Tries: Abongile Dlani Sihle Mtwa Con: Teboho Makuru Cards: Vuyisani Mavuso Itumeleng Mokae	Report	Tries: Cheslyn Roberts (3) penalty try Cons: Charl van Vollenhoven (2) Warrick Rhoda (2) Pen: Charl van Vollenhoven Warrick Rhoda Cards: Garth Adense Samuel Borsah	Referee: Lusanda Jam

Bye/s: UKZN Impi

Round two

	2012-02-03	Wits	58 – 16	UFH Blues	Wits Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Riaan Arends (2) Brent Crossley Devin Montgomery Charles Baggott Oliver Rochat Ruan Noeth Heinke Hartdegen Cons: Kyle Peyper (6)	Report	Tries: Garth van Rayner (2) Cons: Teboho Makuru (2) Cards: Nkosi Nofuma	Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

	2012-02-03	UKZN Impi	10 – 30	CUT Ixias	Peter Booysen Sports Park
	19:00	Tries: Leon Stevens Hanno Botha Cards: Gerrit Fourie	Report	Tries: Baksteen van Heerden Nico Steenkamp Inus Kritzinger Cons: Jannie Myburgh (3) Pens: Jannie Myburgh (2) DG: Jannie Myburgh Cards: Juan Hugo	Referee: Archie Sehlako

Bye/s: UWC

Round three

	2012-02-06	Wits	43 – 20	UWC	Wits Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Rinus Bothma Bronson Lange Charles Baggott Devin Montgomery Riaan Arends Sam Peters Cons: Kyle Peyper (3) Pens: Kyle Peyper (2)	Report	Tries: Njabulo Ndlovu Maxwel Andrews Cheslyn Roberts Con: Ambrose Steyn Pen: Charl van Vollenhoven	Referee: Pieter Janse van Vuuren

	2012-02-06	UFH Blues	36 – 21	UKZN Impi	Davidson Rugby Field
	19:00	Tries: Garth van Rayner (2) Onke Dubase Aziyena Mandaba Sibabalwe Mtsulwana Cons: Masixole Banda (3) Pen: Masixole Banda	Report	Tries: Leon Stevens Carl Meyer Marc Colia Cons: Carl Meyer Jaco Potgieter	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

Bye/s: CUT Ixias

Round four

	2012-02-13	UWC	61 – 10	UKZN Impi	UWC Sport Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Cheslyn Roberts (2) Warrick Rhoda Charlton van Jaarsveld Oswill Mentoor Denzil Lindoor Denzil Willemse JP Kellerman Cons: Ambrose Steyn (7)	Report	Tries: Levi Swartz Leon Stevens	Referee: François Groenewald

	2012-02-13	CUT Ixias	34 – 19	UFH Blues	CUT Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Danie van der Merwe Alec Mhlanga Charles Hitchcock Gavin Annandale Cons: Jannie Myburgh (2) Inus Kritzinger (2) Pen: Jannie Myburgh	Report	Tries: Sanesilo Ngoma Billy Dutton Con: Masixole Banda Pens: Masixole Banda (3)	Referee: Pieter Janse van Vuuren

Bye/s: Wits

Round Five

	2012-02-20	UWC	37 – 23	CUT Ixias	UWC Sport Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Donavon Williams Njabulo Ndlovu Warrick Rhoda Justin McKay Cons: Ambrose Steyn (3) Pens: Ambrose Steyn (4)	Report	Jannie Myburgh Alec Mhlanga Gavin Annandale Cons: Jannie Myburgh (2) Pen: Jannie Myburgh	Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

	2012-02-20	UKZN Impi	10 – 18	Wits	Peter Booysen Sports Park
	19:00	Tries: Hanno Botha Levy Swartz	Report	Tries: Rinus Bothma Con: Kyle Peyper Pens: Kyle Peyper (3) Blake Dismore DG: Kyle Peyper	Referee: Lusanda Jam

Bye/s: UFH Blues

Round Six

	2012-02-27	Wits	20 – 16	CUT Ixias	Wits Rugby Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Brent Crossley KK Kgame Cons: Kyle Peyper (2) Pens: Kyle Peyper (2)	Report	Tries: Grant Shai Petri Coetzee Cons: Jannie Myburgh (2)

	2012-02-27	UWC	21 – 23	UFH Blues	UWC Sport Stadium
	19:00	Tries: Bradley Mentoor (2) Frederick Muller Cons: Ambrose Steyn (2)	Report	Tries: Lundi Ralarala Masixole Banda (2) Cons: Masixole Banda (2) Pen: Masixole Banda	Referee: Archie Sehlako

Bye/s: UKZN Impi

Round Seven

	2012-03-05	UFH Blues	10 – 10	Wits	Davidson Rugby Field
	17:00	Try: Masixole Banda Con: Masixole Banda Pen: Masixole Banda	Report	Try: Charles Baggott Con: Kyle Peyper Pen: Kyle Peyper	Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

	2012-03-05	CUT Ixias	42 – 4	UKZN Impi	CUT Stadium
	19:00

Bye/s: UWC

Round Eight

	2012-03-12	CUT Ixias	73 – 8	UWC	CUT Stadium
	19:00		Report

	2012-03-12	Wits	21 – 12	UKZN Impi	Wits Rugby Stadium
	19:00		Report

Bye/s: UFH Blues

Round Nine

	2012-03-19	UWC	15 – 28	Wits	UWC Sport Stadium
	19:00

	2012-03-19	UKZN Impi	15 – 16	UFH Blues	Peter Booysen Sports Park
	19:00

Bye/s: CUT Ixias

Round Ten

	2012-03-26	UKZN Impi	29 – 32	UWC	Peter Booysen Sports Park
	19:00

	2012-03-26	UFH Blues	10 – 40	CUT Ixias	Davidson Rugby Field
	19:00

Bye/s: Wits

Squads

The following players made at least one matchday squad during the season:

Honours

Promotion/relegation play-off

Competition Rules

There are eight participating universities in the 2012 Young Guns competition. These teams are divided into two pools (the FNB pool and the Steinhoff pool) and will play the other teams in the pool once over the course of the season, either home or away.

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

The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finish first will have home advantage against the teams that finish second in their respective pools. The winners of these semi-finals will play each other in the final.^[6]

Participating teams

Standings

Fixtures and results

• Fixtures are subject to change.
• All times are South African (GMT+2).

Honours

Competition Rules

There are eight participating teams in the 2012 Koshuis Rugby Championship - the winners of the internal leagues of each of the eight Varsity Cup teams. These teams are divided into two pools (the Penny Pinchers pool and the Hertz pool) and will play the other teams in the pool once over the course of the season, either home or away.

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

The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finish first will have home advantage against the teams that finish second in their respective pools. The winners of these semi-finals will play each other in the final.^[7]

Participating teams

Standings

Fixtures and results

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

Honours