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The 2015 Varsity Cup was contested from 9 February to 13 April 2015. The tournament (also known as the FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring eight South African universities.
The tournament was won by UFS Shimlas, who beat NWU Pukke 63–33 in the final played on 13 April 2015. No team was relegated to the second-tier Varsity Shield competition for 2016.
Competition rules and information
There were eight participating universities in the 2015 Varsity Cup. These teams played each other once over the course of the season, either home or away.
Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).
The top four teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.
There was no relegation to the Varsity Shield at the end of the season.
The 2015 Varsity Cup used a different scoring system than the common scoring system. Tries were worth five points as usual, but conversions were worth three points instead of two, while penalties and drop goals were only worth two points instead of three.
All Varsity Cup games also had two referees officiating each game, props' jerseys featured a special gripping patch to ensure better binding, intended to reduce collapsing scrums and the mark was extended to the entire field.
The Varsity Cup also reintroduced the White Card system from 2015. Under this system, either team's coach or captain could refer incidents for further review, similar to the Umpire Decision Review System used in cricket. They could have incidents reviewed that they believed were either given incorrectly or went unnoticed by the on-field referees. Each team was entitled to one review in each half of the match; if a review proved successful, the team retained their white card review for that half, but if it was unsuccessful, they lost the right to further reviews for the remainder of the half.
Teams
The following teams took part in the 2015 Varsity Cup competition:
Standings
The final league standings for the 2015 Varsity Cup were:
= Round-by-round
=The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:
Fixtures
The 2015 Varsity Cup fixtures were released as follows:
All times are South African (GMT+2).
= Round one
== Round two
== Round three
== Round four
== Round five
== Round six
== Round seven
== Semi-finals
== Final
=Honours
The honour roll for the 2015 Varsity Cup was as follows:
Players
= Player statistics
=The following table contain points which have been scored in games in the 2015 Varsity Cup season:
= Squad lists
=The teams released the following squad lists:
CUT Ixias
Forwards
Gerard Baard
Anrich Bitzi
Daneel Botes
Fanie Coetzer
Jozua de Jager
Jean-Claude Fourie
Dean Kouprihanoff
Boetie Maketlo
Victor Maruping
Rayno Nel
JJ Nell
Len Noort
Jean Pretorius
Dean Rossouw
Jeandré Roux
Neil Schoombee
Ian Smith
Frans Sisita
Theunis Truter
Did not play:
Thabo Chirwa
Wikus Davis
Kyle Ess
Deon Gouws
Johann Grundlingh
Carel Frederick Janse van Vuuren
John Lonergan
Vincent Maruping
Ian van Wyk
Jasper Wiese
Backs
Luke Cyster
Jesse du Toit
Christiaan Erasmus
Marius Grobler
Charlie Hitchcock
Henry Immelman
Dean Jacobs
Ali Mgijima
Lethole Mokoena
Johannes Nel
Duan Pretorius
Mosego Toolo
Naudé van Biljon
Arrie Vosloo
Did not play:
Heinrich Bitzi
Chad de Koker
Noël Marx
Johan Nel
Hanro Pretorius
Werner Rembold
Makgema Setlaba
Clinton Toua
Coach
Skillie Bester
}}
Maties
Forwards
Wesley Adonis
Justin Benn
Lungelo Chonco
Craig Corbett
AJ de Klerk
Beyers de Villiers
Coenraad Fick
Neethling Gericke
Migael Grobler
Ian Groenewald
Marko Janse van Rensburg
Derick Linde
John-Hubert Meyer
Devon Nash
Niel Oelofse
Grant Prior
Wilhelm van der Sluys
Jacobus van der Merwe
Kobus van Dyk
Janco Venter
Did not play:
Human Carstens
Gareth Theunis de Bruin
Jacobus de Kock
Johan Roual de Villiers
Andreas Rufus Dercksen
Renier Ehlers
Athenkosi Gaqa
Liam Hendricks
Rees Keene
Freddie Kirsten
Boeta Kleinhans
Basil Liebenberg
Justin Moberly
GD Orlam
Tangeni Sindano Shatiwa
Willem Jacobus Smith
Attie Francois van Rensburg
Willem van Schalkwyk
Backs
Brandon Asher-Wood
Craig Barry
Bjorn Bernardo
Jamie Joseph
Kyle Leibrandt
JP Lewis
Koos Loubser
Remu Malan
Michael Muller
Jean Nel
Louis Nel
Ernst Stapelberg
Paul Streicher
Brandon Thomson
Christoff van Tonder
Did not play:
Louis Jordaan
Christopher James Keet
William Robin Keet
Jacquin Adrian Marthinus
Carlisle Nel
Ryan Oosthuizen
Jakobus Putter
Chris Smit
Chris Smith
Kyle Steyn
Jan Abraham Venter
Divan Visser
James Edward Vorster
Jason Worrall
Coach
Chris Rossouw
}}
NMMU Madibaz
Forwards
Laurence Christie
Ivan-John du Preez
Arno Ebersohn
Wynand Grassmann
Rob Louw
Marzuq Maarman
Andisa Ntsila
Philip Odendaal
Brenden Olivier
Tyler Paul
Jody Reyneke
Steven-Floyd Robbeson
Elandré van der Merwe
Dane van der Westhuyzen
CJ Velleman
Warrick Venter
Stephan Zaayman
Did not play:
Cody Basson
Ruben Fourie
Kevin Kaba
Marius le Roux
Sintu Manjezi
Zaine Marx
Tyrone Rankin
Nic Roebeck
Backs
Enrico Acker
Tythan Adams
Ruan Allerston
Eben Barnard
Michael Bernardt
Jarryd Buys
Steven Hansel
Andile Jho
Creswin Joseph
Devon Lailvaux
Ivan Ludick
Khaya Molotana
Yamkela Ngam
Brian Skosana
Did not play:
Aya Dlepu
Luan Nieuwoudt
Juan Smit
Franswa Ueckermann
MC Venter
Lindelwe Zungu
Coach
David Maidza
}}
NWU Pukke
Forwards
Wilmar Arnoldi
Molotsi Bouwer
Jaco Buys
Cayle Denner
Wian Fourie
John-Roy Jenkinson
Danie Jordaan
Armandt Liebenberg
Mogau Mabokela
Loftus Morrison
Marno Redelinghuys
Jeandré Rudolph
Joe Smith
Walt Steenkamp
Ruan Venter
Jacques Vermaak
Rhyk Welgemoed
Did not play:
Jaco Botha
Joshwine Cornelius
Funane Mabala
Mash Mafela
Lucky Ngcamu
PJ Uys
Backs
Rowayne Beukman
Myburgh Briers
Johan Deysel
Warren Gilbert
Dalen Goliath
Dillon Smit
Heinrich Smit
Rhyno Smith
Dean Stokes
Malherbe Swart
Marnus Tack
Johnny Welthagen
Juandré Williams
Percy Williams
Did not play:
Lucian Cupido
Tiaan Dorfling
Dries du Plooy
Arthur Festus
Sylvian Mahuza
Henko Marais
Alvino Montjies
Akhona Nela
Luther Obi
Adriaan Oosthuizen
Chriswill September
Coach
Robert du Preez
}}
UCT Ikey Tigers
Forwards
Guy Alexander
Mike Botha
Joel Carew
Mike Kennedy
James Kilroe
Jason Klaasen
Jade Kriel
David Maasch
Robin Murray
Mark Prior
Chad Solomon
Luke Stringer
Digby Webb
Kyle Whyte
Tino Zakeyo
Msizi Zondi
Did not play:
Brad Bosman
Gareth Ehret
Sebastian Ferreira
Olwethu Hans
Matthew Jones
Aiden Monk
Aphiwe Qaba
Kiernan Allan Rabie
Duncan Saffy
Rushdie Salie
Alva Senderayi
Joshua John Smallbones
Devon Stone
Stuart William Stopforth
Nyasha Tarusenga
Samuel Theron
Keagan Timm
Backs
James Alexander
Tom Bednall
Paul Cohen
Ryan Dugmore
Dean Gericke
Nick Holton
Nate Nel
Khanyo Ngcukana
Brendan Rodgers
Dylan Sage
Guy Schwikkard
Warren Seals
Richard Stewart
Lihleli Xoli
Did not play:
Greg Alexander
Daniel Ben Keys Anderson
Robert Anderson
Suwi Chibale
Steven Cullingworth
Stefano de Gouveia
Paul Hendry
Bradley Janse van Rensburg
Huw Jones
Karl Brian Martin
Gianluca Salvador Rizzo
Sebastian Roodt
Jarryd Sage
Justin Scott
Joel Smith
Dylan-Lee Tidbury
Steve Wallace
Storm Michael Winter
Coach
Kevin Musikanth
}}
UFS Shimlas
Forwards
Dolph Botha
Tienie Burger
Neil Claassen
Jacques du Toit
Elandré Huggett
Nicolaas Immelman
Niell Jordaan
Marco Klopper
De Wet Kruger
Daniel Maartens
Steven Meiring
Chase Morison
Ox Nché
Teunis Nieuwoudt
Gerhard Olivier
Fiffy Rampeta
Hennie-Schalk Theron
Joe van der Hoogt
Conraad van Vuuren
Boela Venter
Henco Venter
Did not play:
Murray Bondesio
Armandt Koster
Markus Odendaal
Justin Pappin
Ockie van Zyl
Backs
Renier Botha
AJ Coertzen
JP Coetzee
Maphutha Dolo
Kay-Kay Hlongwane
Stephan Janse van Rensburg
Tertius Kruger
Nico Lee
Vuyani Maqina
Niel Marais
Marco Mason
Zee Mkhabela
Arthur Williams
Did not play:
Pieter-Steyn de Wet
Ludwig Erasmus
Tanaks Takudzwa Matsinde
Francois Pretorius
Coach
Franco Smith
}}
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UJ
Forwards
David Antonites
Wian Conradie
Nico du Plessis
Brandon Landsberg
Werner Lourens
Gareth Milasinovich
Etienne Oosthuizen
Dylan Peterson
Kobus Porter
Phanta Qinisile
Raeez Salie
Baksteen Snyman
Kyle van Dalen
Griffith van Wyk
Did not play:
Dillon Bakos
Steven Barber
Pieter Jansen
Jeremy Jordaan
Kyle Kruger
Ruan Macdonald
Tiaan Macdonald
Vernon Petersen
Achmad Salie
Victor Sekekete
Waldo Weideman
Backs
Ronald Brown
Jamie Campbell
Robert de Bruyn
Aphiwe Dyantyi
Chuma Faas
Jaco Fourie
Dominic Kroezen
Bradley Moolman
Hilton Mudariki
Andries Oosthuizen
Adrian Vermeulen
Did not play:
Kofi Appiah
JJ de Klerk
Kallie Erasmus
Selom Gavor
Thato Marobela
Divan Johannes Nel
Jacques Nel
Godfrey Ramaboea
Lukas van Zyl
PJ Walters
Coach
Skollie Janse van Rensburg
}}
UP Tuks
Forwards
Andrew Beerwinkel
Clyde Davids
Jan Enslin
Justin Forwood
Neethling Fouché
Irné Herbst
Reniel Hugo
Pieter Jansen van Vuren
Jason Jenkins
Jannes Kirsten
Wiaan Liebenberg
Nqoba Mxoli
Juan Schoeman
Rudolph Smith
Ruan Steenkamp
Jan van der Merwe
Dayan van der Westhuizen
Heinrich Viljoen
Jaco Visagie
Dennis Visser
Did not play:
Derek Botha
Wesley Cloete
Christiaan de Bruin
Corniel Els
Pieter Johan Griesel
Primo Ncube
Backs
Riaan Britz
Dewald Human
JT Jackson
Jermaine Kleinsmith
Dan Kriel
Adrian Maebane
Duncan Matthews
Ryan Nell
Jacques Rossouw
Joshua Stander
Emile Temperman
Damian van Wyk
André Warner
Did not play:
Wesley Cupido
Carlo Engelbrecht
Andries Jacobus Kruger
Kefentse Mahlo
Ganfried May
JP Smith
Jade Stighling
Francois Tredoux
Leighton van Wyk
Impi Visser
Coach
Pote Human
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= Discipline
=The following table contains all the cards handed out during the tournament:
= Dream Team
=After the 2015 Varsity Cup, a Varsity Cup Dream Team was announced. This team would play against the South Africa Under-20s in Stellenbosch on 21 April 2015. The head coach of the champions UFS Shimlas, Franco Smith, was appointed as the coach of the side and UP Tuks lock Reniel Hugo was appointed as captain. Inny Radebe, who played for the 2015 Varsity Shield champions UKZN Impi was also named in the squad.
Dan Kriel and Jaco Visagie were originally selected in the 2015 Varsity Cup Dream Team, but subsequently replaced by Johan Deysel and Elandré Huggett respectively.
The Dream Team made the early running in the match, with two first-half tries – a penalty try and a try by full-back Rhyno Smith – giving them a 12–10 half-time lead over the South African Under-20s. Second-half tries by Dillon Smit and Elandré Huggett proved to not be enough, with the South African Under-20s running out 31–24 winners.
Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2015 Varsity Cup:
Rodney Boneparte
Ben Crouse
Stephan Geldenhuys
Quinton Immelman
Cwengile Jadezweni
Jaco Kotze
Pro Legoete
Tahla Ntshakaza
Francois Pretorius
Jaco Pretorius
Oregopotse Rametsi
Archie Sehlako
Lourens van der Merwe
Marius van der Westhuizen
See also
Varsity Cup
2015 Varsity Rugby
2015 Varsity Shield
2015 SARU Community Cup
2015 Vodacom Cup
References
External links
"Official site". Varsity Cup. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
"SA Rugby Competition – 2015 FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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