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Varsity Cup teams (Round 1)

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Published on February 3, 2020

Ahead of the first round of the Varsity Cup, check out the teams that will be in action on Monday.

UP-Tuks vs NWU (Pretoria, 4:45pm)

UP-Tuks –15 Lionel April, 14 Marco Labuschagne, 13 Sango Xamlashe, 12 Wian van Niekerk, 11 Irvin Ali, 10 Theo Boshoff, 9 Raegan Oranje, 8 Jaco Bezuidenhout, 7 Hanru Sirgel, 6 Jacobus Smit, 5 Marius Verwey (c), 4 Marcell Barnard, 3 Jean-Pierre Smith, 2 Werner Fourie, 1 Andre van der Merwe.
Subs: 16 Keano Hendricks, 17 Ethan Burger, 18 Madot Mabokela, 19 Ewart Potgieter, 20 Keenan Opperman, 21 Cornelius Korff, 22 Zandre Kruger, 23 Kabelo Mokoena.

NWU – 15 Heinrich Botha, 14 Eugene Hare, 13 Evardi Boshoff, 12 Khulu Mcuma, 11 Lincoln Daniels, 10 Johannes Holtzhausen, 9 Riaan Genis, 8 Edmund Rheeder, 7 Wandi Mazibuko, 6 Morne Plater, 5 Danny du Plooy, 4 Malembe Mpofu, 3 Matimu Manganyi, 2 Tiaan du Randt, 1 Ruben du Plessis.
Subs: 16 Fanie Mare, 17 Jason Jansen, 18 Ruan Swiegers, 19 Jeandre Leonard, 20 Wihan Nel, 21 Caleb Louw, 22 AK Nela, 23 Lungelo Gosa.

Maties vs Shimlas (Stellenbosch 6:45pm)

Maties – 15 Adriaan van der Bank, 14 Munier Hartzenberg, 13 David Brits, 12 Waqar Solaan, 11 Mike-Junior Mavovana, 10 Reinhardt Fortuin, 9 Remu Malan, 8 Marcel Theunissen, 7 Adriaan Bester, 6 Geor Malan, 5 BJ Dixon (c), 4 Gerrit Huisamen, 3 Leon Lyons, 2 HJ Luus, 1 Dian Bleuler.
Subs: 16 Schalk Erasmus, 17 Ricky Nwagbara, 18 Christian Hamman, 19 Willem Liebenberg, 20 Gift Dlamini, 21 Luciano Elias, 22 Anton du Toit, 23 Lynn-Jay Hendricks.

Shimlas –15 Cham Zondeki, 14 Francois Agenbag, 13 JP Duvenage, 12 William Eybers, 11 Charl Pretorius, 10 Tiaan Schutte, 9 Rewan Kruger, 8 Albertus du Bod, 7 Mihlali Peter, 6 Janco Cloete, 5 Keanan Murray, 4 Sibabalo Qoma, 3 Gerrit Visser, 2 Hanno Snyman, 1 Bhekinkosi Qaba.
Subs: 16 Wihan Marais, 17 Danie Wessels, 18 Jan Meades, 19 Rholane Ncubuka, 20 Kamohelo Chabana, 21 Chadd Adams, 22 Keegan Haman, 23 Siyanda Cele.

UJ vs UCT Ikeys (Johannesburg, 7pm)

UJ – 15 Shaun Williams, 14 Matt Matsinya, 13 Musawenkosi Tshabalala, 12 Wynand Botha, 11 Nqubeko Mkwanazi, 10 PW Steenkamp, 9 Divan Henning, 8 Edwin Jansen, 7 Kwagga van Niekerk, 6 Kelvin Kanenungo, 5 Tyler Brown, 4 Andre Meyer, 3 Chergin Fillies, 2 Pierre Rabe, 1 Luke Fortuin.
Subs: 16 Darnell Osuagwu, 17 Nkosikhona Masuku, 18 Cohen Kiewit, 19 CJ Masuku, 20 Buhlebenkosi Qaba, 21 Mpho Kubheka, 22 Shaun-Christian Baxter, 23 Siphesihle Radebe.

UCT – 15 Athi Gazi, 14 Gerhard Pieterse, 13 Seb Roodt, 12 James MacDonald, 11 Rayno Mapoe, 10 James Tedder, 9 Kyle Bowman, 8 Liam Greenhalgh, 7 Busanda Mabena, 6 Nama Xaba, 5 Gary Porter, 4 Byron Bowes, 3 Ashwyn Adams, 2 Josh van Vuuren, 1 Gugu Nelhani.
Subs: 16 Devon Arendse, 17 Luthando Woji, 18 Cuan Hablutzel, 19 Byron Cranswick, 20 Neil Otto, 21 Liam Kloosman, 22 Siba Mzanywa, 23 Michael Brink.

UWC vs Wits (Cape Town, 7pm)

UWC – 15 Gilroy Philander, 14 Peter Williams, 13 Darren Jaftha, 12 Lyle Hendricks, 11 Lundi Msenge, 10 Keagan Fortune, 9 Clayton Daniels, 8 Adrian Paarwater, 7 Jaen-Louis de Lange, 6 Tinotenda Mavesere, 5 Curtly Thomas, 4 Matthew le Roux, 3 Justin Theys, 2 Jacques van Zyl, 1 Luvo Basi.
Subs: 16 Jason Alexander, 17 Dandre Degenaar, 18 Pieter-Steyl Swanepoel, 19 Godfrey Muzanargwo, 20 Branden de Kock, 21 Tiaan-Thomas Hendricks, 22 Hendrik Carstens, 23 Keon Links.

Wits – 15 Daniel Kasende, 14 Kwanele Ngema, 13 Sicelo Champion, 12 Aidynn Cupido, 11 Lwazi Monakali, 10 Kurt Webster, 9 Runaldo Pedro, 8 Travis Gordon, 7 Phillip Krause, 6 Constant Beckerling, 5 Anton Gerber, 4 Kevin du Randt, 3 Keagan Glade, 2 Justin Brandon, 1 CJ Greef.
Subs: 16 Mulalo Sadiki, 17 Jason Cloete, 18 Reynard Cronje, 19 Emmanuel Tshituka, 20 Cal Smid, 21 Hlumelo Ndudula, 22 Chris Humphries, 23 Matt MacDonald.

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