UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Rugby Club 2013

Practice:  Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 18h00 -20h00
Venue:  Rugby Stadium (East Campus)
Contacts:

head coach: Andy Royle -  082 557 1951, andrew.royle@wits.ac.za
sports officer: Yvonne Swanepoel - 011 717 9417, yvonne.swanepoel@wits.ac.za

Varsity Cup ends, Monday night mania to resume in 2014

Wits Univ’s 1st rugby VX's first season in top-flight inter-varsity competition has now come to an end...a tough campaign in 2013, and a lot of hard work ahead to prepare for next year. Now all the action ishifts to the Golden Lions Rugby Union's Predator and Challenge leagues, and the Steinhoff internal league.

Above: Wits' XV practice scrumming techniques with the Waikato Chiefs who were hosted at Wits' training facilities in April 2012 during the SA leg of their SuperRugby season.

Above: Lineout action from the 25 Feb 2013 Wits-NWU Pukke Varsity Cup fixture. Wits went down 71-25.

Inter-varsity rugby continues to enjoy enormous support, with FNB’s involvement proving a huge boon. Supporters are drawn from across the entire rugby community, not just students. We expect the rivalry to be especially keen this season as Wits, UJ and Tukkies – Gauteng’s  ‘Jakaranda League’ – are all playing in the Cup competition.

This year too, two games involving Wits will be televised live on SuperSport: an away fixture against NWU-Pukke in Potchefstroom on Mon 11 Feb (kick-off @ 19h00), and the eagerly-awaited local derby at home against UJ on 25 Feb.

And new players introduced in 2012 expected to do battle again this year include centre Bronson Lange, Thapelo Thupe (scrumhalf) prop Oliver Rochet and Thato Mavundla (openside flanker). Unlike the the Varsity Shield's home-and-away double round of league fixtures, teams play each other once only, home or away. But whatever the format, no matter the tournament, regardless of the opposition, Wits supporters are right behind their champion side in 2013! We call on all Witsies - students, staff and alumni - to come Back our Boytjies during their home appearances.

STEINHOFF INTERNAL LEAGUE FIXTURES - Block 2

Wednesday, 10th April 2013 Round 3 Field 
Steinhoff Medics vs Steinhoff Humanities 18h30 A
Steinhoff Men's Res vs Steinhoff Commerce 18h30 B
Steinhoff Saujas vs Steinhoff Knockando 18h30 C
Steinhoff Monash vs Steinhoff SHA 19h45 A
Steinhoff Engineers vs Steinhoff Wits Gazzelles 19h45 B
Steinhoff Masakane bye 19h45 C
Monday, 15th April 2013 Round 4 Field 
Steinhoff Saujas vs Steinhoff Monash 18h30 A
Steinhoff Wits Gazzelles vs Steinhoff Knockando 18h30 B
Steinhoff SHA vs Steinhoff Masakane 18h30 C
Steinhoff Engineers vs Steinhoff Commerce 19h45 A
Men's Res vs Humanities 19h45 B
Medics bye 19h45 C
Wednesday, 24th April 2013 Round 5 Field 
Knockando vs Commerce 18h30 A
Men's Res vs Medics 18h30 B
Saujas vs Masakane 18h30 C
Engineers vs Humanities 19h45 A
Monash vs Wits Gazzelles 19h45 B
SHA bye 19h45 C
Tuesday, 30th April 2013 Round 6 Field 
Engineers v Medics 18h30 A
Knockando v Humanities 18h30 B
Saujas vs SHA 18h30 C
Monash v Commerce 19h45 A
Wits Gazelles v Masakane 19h45 B
Men's Res bye 19h45 C
Wednesday, 8th May 2013 Round 7 Field 
Monash v Humanities 18h30 A
Knockando v Medics 18h30 B
Men's Res v Engineers 18h30 C
Masakane v Commerce 19h45 A
Wits Gazelles v SHA 19h45 B
Saujas bye 19h45 C
Wednesday, 15th May 2013 Round 8 Field 
Commerce Vs Medics 18h30 A
Knockando Vs SHA 18h30 B
Engineers vs Saujas 18h30 C
Mens Res vs Wits Gazzelles 19h45 A
Masakane Vs Monash 19h45 B
Humanities Bye 19h45 C


VARSITY CUP 2013 RESULTS

Date

Opponents

Venue

 Result

Mon 4 Feb

FNB UFS-Shimlas

home

  

Mon 11 Feb

FNB NMMU

away

  

Mon 18 Feb

FNB NWU-Pukke

home

  

Mon 25 Feb

FNB UJ

home

  

Mon 4 Mar

FNB UP-Tuks 1

away

  

Mon 11 Mar

FNB Maties

home

  

Mon 18 Mar

FNB UCT 1st XV

away

  

This year also sees Wits fielding sides in the Steinhoff Koshuis Championship (Steinhoff Commerce), and in the Young Guns under-20 competitions, and will again compete in the Pirates Grand Challenge (PGC) and Predators League. Once again we'll be carefully nurturing our u-19's and u-21's through these competitions.

The 2013 Steinhoff Interfaculty Championship commenced in March. The competing teams are: Steinhoff Commerce, Steinhoff Engineers, Steinhoff Humanities, Steinhoff Knockando, Steinhoff Masakhane, Steinhoff Men’s Res, Steinhoff SHA, Steinhoff SAUJS, Steinhoff Monash and Steinhoff Medics. Come down to the Wits Rugby Stadium on Wednesdays and support your team.

Team practices will take place every Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 18h00 at the East Campus Rugby fields.

For more information, contact Andy Royle (head coach) on 082 557 1951 (andrew.royle@wits.ac.za) or
Yvonne Swanepoel (sports officer) on 011 717 9417 (yvonne.swanepoel@wits.ac.za).