2014 Varsity Cup

The Varsity Cup used a different scoring system to the regular system. Tries were worth five points as usual, but conversions were worth three points, while penalties and drop goals were only worth two points.[1]

All Varsity Cup games also had two referees officiating each game,[2] props' jerseys featured a special gripping patch to ensure better binding, intended to reduce collapsing scrums[3] and the mark will be extended to the entire field.[4]

There were eight participating universities in the 2014 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.

The bottom team in the Varsity Cup was relegated to the 2015 Varsity Shield competition, while the Varsity Shield winner was promoted to the 2015 Varsity Cup. There was also a promotion/relegation match between the 7th-placed team in the Varsity Cup and the Varsity Shield runner-up at the end of the 2014 season.[5]

Maties

NMMU Madibaz

NWU Pukke

UCT Ikey Tigers

UFS Shimlas

UJ

UP Tuks

Wits

Location of teams in the 2014 Varsity Cup

The following teams took part in the 2014 Varsity Cup competition:

The final league standings for the 2014 Varsity Cup were:[6]

The 2014 Varsity Cup fixtures were as follows:[7]

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

Round One

	3 February 2014	NMMU Madibaz	45–29	Maties	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	16:45	Try: Chris Cloete  4', 11', 49', 58', 63' Tim Agaba  32' Con: Gavin Hauptfleisch  12', 33', 50', 59', 64' (5/6) Cards: Ivan Ludick  78'	Scoreboard[8] Report[9]	Try: Mark Hodgkiss  55', 79' Clearance Khumalo  67' Reinier Ehlers  75' Con: Robert du Preez  67', 75' (2/3) Chris Smith  56' (1/1) Cards: Lungelo Chonco 63' to 73'	Referee: Christie du Preez & Rodney Boneparte

	3 February 2014	UP Tuks	18–18	UJ	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Rudolph Smith  19' Warrick Gelant  25' Rohan Janse van Rensburg  39' Con: Warrick Gelant  40' (1/3)	Scoreboard[10] Report[11]	Try: David Antonites  6' Robert de Bruyn  37' Con: Marais Schmidt  7', 37' (2/2) Pen: Marais Schmidt  40' (1/1) Jaco van der Walt (0/1) Cards: Marais Schmidt 11' to 22'	Referee: Jaco van Heerden & Ben Crouse

	3 February 2014	UFS Shimlas	31–15	Wits	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: Niell Jordaan  4' Divandré Strydom  12' Fanie van der Walt  51' Neil Claassen  55' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  5', 13', 52' (3/4) Pen: Gouws Prinsloo  40' (1/1)	Scoreboard[12] Report[13]	Try: JJ Breet  33' Ashlon Davids  63' Hannes Ludick  77' Con: Matt Torrance (0/3)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lourens van der Merwe & Jaco Kotze

	3 February 2014	UCT Ikey Tigers	24–47	NWU Pukke	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	17:00	Try: Ross Jones-Davies  2', 44' Shaun McDonald  13' Con: Dean Grant  3', 14', 45' (3/3) Cards: Jason Klaasen  60'	Scoreboard[14] Report[15]	Try: Juan Language  24' Sylvian Mahuza  26', 37' Luther Obi  49' Stompie de Wet  57' Francois Robertse  70' Danie Jordaan  75' Con: Tiaan Dorfling  27', 38', 58', 70' (4/6) Adriaan Engelbrecht (0/1)	Referee: Daniel Fortuin & Quinton Immelman

Round Two

	10 February 2014	Maties	16–33	UCT Ikey Tigers	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	16:45	Try: Johnny Kôtze  8' Robert du Preez  73' Con: Robert du Preez  9', 74' (2/2) Cards: Beyers de Villiers 20' to 30'	Scoreboard[16] Report[17]	Try: Jason Klaasen  22', 43' Lihleli Xoli  28' Liam Slatem  75' Con: Dean Grant  23', 44', 76' (3/4) Pen: Dean Grant  40', 60' (2/2)	Referee: Daniel Fortuin & Francois Pretorius

	10 February 2014	NWU Pukke	48–29	UFS Shimlas	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	19:00	Try: Tiaan Dorfling  31' Adriaan Engelbrecht  46' Sylvian Mahuza  48', 81' Johnny Welthagen  56' Edmar Marais  58' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  32', 47', 49', 57', 59', 82' (6/6) Cards: Edmar Marais  73'	Scoreboard[18] Report[19]	Try: Niell Jordaan  23', 40' Neil Claassen  52' Maphutha Dolo  79' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  40', 52', 79' (3/4)	Referee: Oregopotse Rametsi & Stephan Geldenhuys

	10 February 2014	UJ	15–21	NMMU Madibaz	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: Michael Haznar  14' David Antonites  48' Con: Marais Schmidt  49' (1/2) Pen: Marais Schmidt  74' (1/1) Drop: Jaco van der Walt (0/1) Cards: Michael Haznar 49' to 61'	Scoreboard[20] Report[21]	Try: Yamkela Ngam  31' Donovan Marais  44' Chris Cloete  80' Con: Gavin Hauptfleisch  32', 81' (2/3) Cards: Martin Ferreira 49' to 61'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jaco van Heerden & Ben Crouse

	10 February 2014	Wits	8–53	UP Tuks	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: Matt Torrance  9' Con: Matt Torrance  9' (1/1)	Scoreboard[22] Report[23]	Try: Dries Swanepoel  11', 16', 29' Wiaan Liebenberg  46' Reniel Hugo  64' Jade Stighling  69' Brummer Badenhorst  76' Con: Tian Schoeman  11', 30', 47', 64', 69', 76' (6/7) Cards: Dries Swanepoel  58'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tahla Ntshakaza & Jaco Kotze

Round Three

	17 February 2014	UJ	32–15	Wits	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	16:45	Try: Michael Haznar  12' Jacques Nel  27' Tiaan Macdonald  37', 71' Con: Marais Schmidt  13', 28', 38' (3/3) Jaco van der Walt  72' (1/1)	Scoreboard[24] Report[25]	Try: Jason Fraser  59' JP Jonck  64' Con: Matt Torrance  60' (1/2) Pen: Matt Torrance  3' (1/1)	Referee: Eduan Nel

	17 February 2014	UP Tuks	26–0	UFS Shimlas	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Roelof Smit  21' Wiaan Liebenberg  69' Reniel Hugo  81' Con: Tian Schoeman  22', 70', 82' (3/3) Pen: Tian Schoeman  76' (1/2)	Scoreboard[26] Report[27]		Referee: Gerrie de Bruin

	17 February 2014	NWU Pukke	21–33	Maties	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	19:00	Try: Luther Obi  45' HP Swart  52' Dillon Smit  70' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  52', 70' (2/3)	Scoreboard[28] Report[29]	Try: Beyers de Villiers  3' Johnny Kôtze  13' Robert du Preez  30' Louis Jordaan  54' Con: Robert du Preez  4', 31', 54' (3/4) Pen: Robert du Preez  72', 80' (2/2) Cards: Niel Oelofse 37' to 48'	Referee: Pro Legoete

	17 February 2014	NMMU Madibaz	13–26	UCT Ikey Tigers	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	19:00	Try: Michael Bernardt  25' Enrico Acker  58' Con: Gavin Hauptfleisch  26' (1/2) Cards: Martin Ferreira  46'	Scoreboard[30] Report[31]	Try: Shaun McDonald  4' Lihleli Xoli  39' Richard Stewart  79' Con: Dean Grant  5', 39', 80' (3/3) Pen: Dean Grant  45' (1/1) Cards: Shaun McDonald 30' to 40' Robin Murray 56' to 66'	Attendance: 7,650 Referee: Rodney Boneparte

Round Four

	24 February 2014	UCT Ikey Tigers	16–26	UP Tuks	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	16:45	Try: Liam Slatem  6' Huw Jones  81' Con: Dean Grant  7', 81' (2/2)	Scoreboard[32] Report[33]	Try: Juan Schoeman  40' Warrick Gelant  45' Duncan Matthews  65' Arno van Wyk  79' Con: Tian Schoeman  40', 80' (2/4) Cards: Leneve Damens  75'	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen & Cwengile Jadezweni

	24 February 2014	NMMU Madibaz	16–52	NWU Pukke	NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	19:00	Try: Michael Bernardt  64', 66' Con: Jarryd Buys  65', 67' (2/2)	Scoreboard[34] Report[35]	Try: Akker van der Merwe  4' Sylvian Mahuza  21', 73' Edmar Marais  27' Francois Robertse  42' Juan Language  47' Luther Obi  76' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  5', 28', 43', 48', 77' (5/7) Drop: Johnny Welthagen  24' (1/1) Cards: Lucky Ngcamu 51' to 61' Hoffmann Maritz 64' to 74'	Referee: Ben Crouse & Jaco van Heerden

	24 February 2014	Maties	18–15	Wits	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	19:00	Try: Frederick Kirsten  37' Jan de Klerk  53' Robert du Preez  56' Con: Robert du Preez  56' (1/3)	Scoreboard[36] Report[37]	Try: Jason Fraser  12' Ashlon Davids  24' Ruhan Nel  83' Con: Ashlon Davids (0/1) Matt Torrance (0/2) Cards: JJ Breet 34' to 44' Kyle Wood 51' to 61' Brent Crossley  81'	Referee: Francois Pretorius & Quinton Immelman

	24 February 2014	UFS Shimlas	52–13	UJ	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: Oupa Mohojé  5' Maphutha Dolo  12' Sethu Tom  22' Joubert Engelbrecht  36', 48' Tertius Kruger  39' Divandré Strydom  78' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  6', 13', 37', 49', 79' (5/7) Pen: Gouws Prinsloo  42' (1/1) Cards: Markus Odendaal 61' to 72'	Scoreboard[38] Report[39]	Try: Harold Vorster  62' Jacques Pretorius  65' Con: Marais Schmidt  62' (1/2) Cards: Michael Haznar 56' to 65'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Eduan Nel & Gerrie de Bruin

Round Five

	3 March 2014	Wits	12–18	NMMU Madibaz	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	16:45	Try: Brent Crossley  70' Con: Matt Torrance  71' (1/1) Pen: Matt Torrance  19', 24' (2/3) Cards: Rinus Bothma 31' to 41'	Scoreboard[40] Report[41]	Try: Chris Cloete  28' Jarryd Buys  55' Enrico Acker  81' Con: Jarryd Buys  56' (1/3) Cards: Michael Bernardt 18' to 28'	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen & Pro Legoete

	3 March 2014	UJ	29–37	UCT Ikey Tigers	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: PJ Walters  21', 79' David Antonites  33' Jaco van der Walt  57' Con: Marais Schmidt  22', 34', 58' (3/4) Cards: Jacques Pretorius 44' to 54' Shane Kirkwood 44' to 54'	Scoreboard[42] Report[43]	Try: Richard Stewart  2' Vince Jobo  8' Ross Jones-Davies  13' Guy Alexander  40' Lihleli Xoli  46' Con: Dean Grant  3', 9', 40', 47' (4/5) Cards: Huw Jones 18' to 28' Martin Sauls 49' to 59'	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge & Jaco van Heerden

	3 March 2014	UP Tuks	0–18	NWU Pukke	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00		Scoreboard[44] Report[45]	Try: Akker van der Merwe  37' Danie Jordaan  52' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  38', 53' (2/2) Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht  31' (1/1)	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jaco Pretorius & Gerrie de Bruin

	3 March 2014	Maties	13–13	UFS Shimlas	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	19:00	Try: Robert du Preez  42' Jean Nel  70' Con: Robert du Preez  43' (1/2)	Scoreboard[46] Report[47]	Try: Justin Pappin  20' Sethu Tom  32' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  21' (1/2) Cards: Tienie Burger  69'	Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni & Christie du Preez

Round Six

	10 March 2014	NWU Pukke	16–8	Wits	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	16:45	Try: Jacques Vermaak  25' Stompie de Wet  62' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  26', 63' (2/2) Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht (0/1) Drop: Johnny Welthagen (0/1)	Scoreboard[48]	Try: Ruhan Nel  64' Con: Ashlon Davids  65' (1/1) Cards: Brent Crossley 27' to 37'	Referee: Jaco Kotze & Jaco Pretorius

	10 March 2014	UJ	8–24	Maties	UJ Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: Van Zyl Botha  61' Con: Marais Schmidt  62' (1/1)	Scoreboard[49]	Try: Jan de Klerk  4' Beyers de Villiers  24', 34' Con: Robert du Preez  5', 25', 35' (3/3)	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge & Tahla Ntshakaza

	10 March 2014	UP Tuks	9–19	NMMU Madibaz	LC de Villiers Stadium, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Chris Massyn  51' Con: Tian Schoeman (0/1) Pen: Tian Schoeman  14', 24' (2/2)	Scoreboard[50]	Try: Tythan Adams  28' Roy Godfrey  47' Con: Gavin Hauptfleisch  48' (1/2) Pen: Gavin Hauptfleisch  6', 16', 54' (3/3)	Attendance: 200 Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys & Oregopotse Rametsi

	10 March 2014	UCT Ikey Tigers	25–5	UFS Shimlas	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	17:00	Try: Shaun McDonald  18' Ross Jones-Davies  49', 3' Jason Klaasen  6' Con: Dean Grant  19' (1/4) Pen: Dean Grant  63' (1/1)	Scoreboard[51]	Try: Gideon Bruwer  71' Con: Gouws Prinsloo (0/1)	Attendance: 950 Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen & Quinton Immelman

Round Seven

	17 March 2014	UFS Shimlas	34–33	NMMU Madibaz	Shimla Park, Bloemfontein
	16:45	Try: Neil Claassen  13' Jacques du Toit  22', 39' Maphutha Dolo  52' Gouws Prinsloo  67' Con: Gouws Prinsloo  23', 40', 53' (3/5) Cards: Oupa Mohojé 41' to 52' Armandt Koster  80'	Scoreboard[52]	Try: Michael Bernardt  4' Gavin Hauptfleisch  24' Martin Ferreira  61' Louis Fourie  80' Con: Gavin Hauptfleisch  5', 25' (2/3) Jarryd Buys  80' (1/1) Pen: Gavin Hauptfleisch  8', 35' (2/2) Drop: Gavin Hauptfleisch (0/1) Cards: Marcel Groenewald 39' to 51' Martin Ferreira 47' to 58'	Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni & Marius van der Westhuizen

	17 March 2014	Maties	41–24	UP Tuks	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
	19:00	Try: Robert du Preez  46' Craig Barry  53', 75' Caleb Smith  58' Chris Smith  80' Con: Robert du Preez  46', 54', 59', 76' (4/5) Pen: Robert du Preez  64', 79' (2/2) Cards: Mark Hodgkiss 39' to 49'	Scoreboard[53]	Try: Basil Short  4' Duncan Matthews  16' Andrew Beerwinkel  67' Con: Tian Schoeman  5', 17', 68' (3/3)	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Jaco Kotze & Rodney Boneparte

	17 March 2014	NWU Pukke	24–20	UJ	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	19:00	Try: Stompie de Wet  58' Hoffmann Maritz  64' Joe Smith  69' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  58', 65', 70' (3/3) Drop: Johnny Welthagen (0/1)	Scoreboard[54]	Try: Dylan Peterson  27' Michael Haznar  78' Con: Marais Schmidt  28', 78' (2/2) Drop: Jaun Kotzé  10', 49' (2/2)	Referee: Gerrie de Bruin & Eduan Nel

	17 March 2014	Wits	5–25	UCT Ikey Tigers	Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
	19:00	Try: Hannes Ludick  52' Con: Matt Torrance (0/1)	Scoreboard[55]	Try: Richard Stewart  5' Lihleli Xoli  13' Liam Slatem  60' Shaun McDonald  67' Nate Nel  76' Con: Dean Grant (0/2) Ross Jones-Davies (0/3)	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Oregopotse Rametsi & Archie Sehlako

Semi-Finals

	24 March 2014	UCT Ikey Tigers	20–8	Maties	UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town
	16:30	Try: Lihleli Xoli  41' Mike Botha  67' Con: Dean Grant  41', 68' (2/2) Pen: Dean Grant  49', 60' (2/2) Cards: Richard Stewart 24' to 34' Liam Slatem  71'	Scoreboard[56]	Try: Louis Nel  72' Con: Robert du Preez  73' (1/1)	Referee: Stephan Geldenhuys & Rodney Boneparte

	24 March 2014	NWU Pukke	19–18	NMMU Madibaz	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	19:00	Try: Rhyk Welgemoed  4' Luther Obi  7' Con: Adriaan Engelbrecht  5' (1/2) Pen: Adriaan Engelbrecht  45', 49' (2/2) Rhyno Smith  79' (1/1) Drop: Johnny Welthagen (0/1) Cards: Akker van der Merwe 28' to 38'	Scoreboard[57]	Try: Chris Cloete  30' Tythan Adams  59' Con: Gavin Hauptfleisch  31', 60' (2/2) Drop: Jarryd Buys  68' (1/2)	Referee: Jaco Kotze & Tahla Ntshakaza

Final

	7 April 2014	NWU Pukke	33–39	UCT Ikey Tigers	Fanie du Toit Sport Ground, Potchefstroom
	19:00	Try: Rhyk Welgemoed  14' Luther Obi  17' Akker van der Merwe  43' Dillon Smit  66' Francois Robertse  72' Con: Tiaan Dorfling  15' (1/2) Dillon Smit  67' (1/3) Pen: Dillon Smit  55' (1/1) Drop: Johnny Welthagen (0/1) Cards: Johan Deysel 37' to 47' Lucky Ngcamu 51' to 61'	Scoreboard[58]	Try: Huw Jones  4' Richard Stewart  25' Jason Klaasen  59' Mike Botha  75' Dean Grant  79' Nate Nel  83' Con: Dean Grant  75', 79' (2/5) James Alexander  84' (1/1) Cards: Lihleli Xoli  63'

The following referees officiated matches in the 2014 Varsity Cup:

• Varsity Cup
• 2014 Varsity Rugby
• 2014 Varsity Shield
• 2014 SARU Community Cup
• 2014 Vodacom Cup

• "Official site". Varsity Cup. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
• "SA Rugby Competition – 2014 FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.