The Varsity Cup Young Guns clash between Tuks and Northwest promised to be a humdinger, and the players did not disappoint. In the end, Northwest won 33-29 on their home turf. The same two teams clashed in last year’s final. Tuks ended up being victorious. Major Allen Soutter (Tuks’s head coach) is upbeat about his…
Losing two games in a row is certainly different from how the defending Varsity Cup champions, Tuks, hoped to kick off their 2023 campaign. As things stand, Tuks is bottom of the log with only one bonus point to their name. Northwest and Wits are the joined log leaders with 10 points after two games….
Losing by one point to Shimlas is undoubtedly not how Tuks would have liked to start their defence of the Varsity Cup title, but still, there are some positives they can take from the game. The one thing that became clear last night is that this Tuks team has guts. They never give up. Only…
A coach’s job is seemingly never done. A mere 48 hours after Tuks’s under-20 team won the Varsity Young Guns Tournament, Kennedy Tsimba (coach) was off to a high school rugby tournament to scout for new talent. He is also already strategising what needs to be done for Tuks to remain the Blue Bulls under-20…
Played two, won two is, for the moment, how Tuks’s Young Guns Varsity Cup report card reads. In their first game, the youngsters “out survived” Ikeys in Cape Town’s windy conditions to win 32-14. On Monday, on their home turf, Tuks ran amok, beating Shimlas 55-12. An impressive statistic is scoring 13 tries in two…
Every time Tuks plays Maties in a Varsity Cup clash, the one sure thing is that it will be a humdinger. Monday will be no exception. There are always more at stake than a mere victory for the players. Pride is a significant factor. Players are prepared to put their bodies on the line. At…
The FNB Varsity Cup will be staged at universities around the country for the first time since 2020 when the 15th instalment of South Africa’s ground-breaking tournament kicks off on 14 February. After a challenging 2021 season, the tournament will return to campuses around the country, with a limited number of fans allowed into the…
