University of the Western Cape’s Rugby make it six-from-six against UKZN at wet Operation Room

The home team ran in five unanswered first-half tries through a brace by Will Vraagom, and a try a piece by Almore Kuilders, Mauritz Swart, and Lubelo Scott.

UWC headed into halftime 31-11 ahead. Points for UKZN in the opening half were courtesy of two Jarryd Nicholls penalties and a try by Trent Coetzee.

It was a dominating display by UWC who enjoyed most of the possession and territory throughout the match.

A 79th-minute converted try via replacement forward Liam Tattersall and an earlier penalty try were the only points in the second half.
Zinzan Magerman


It was a masterful performance from UWC scrumhalf Conwill Conradie. How he marshals his forwards around the set pieces is a strong reminder of how his father and former Bok and Western Province legend, Bolla Conradie, used to do it.
MATCH FACTS
FNB UWC 45 (31) – Tries: Will Vraagom (2), Penalty Try, Almore Kuilders, Mauritz Swart, Lubelo Scott, Liam Tattersall. Conversions: Conwill Conradie (3), Ethan Diston.
FNB UKZN 11 (11) – Try: Trent Coetzee. Penalties: Jarryd Nicholls (2).
FNB Player That Rocks: Zinzan Magerman (UWC).
UWC Starting XV: 1 Keanuh Michaels, 2 Mauritz Swart, 3 Franco Ceasar, 4 Bilaal Moerat, 5 Carel van der Merwe, 6 Almore Kuilders, 7 Louan de Lange, 8 Zinzan Magerman, 9 Conwill Conradie, 10 Elkan Willemse, 11 Hlomla Ncana, 12 Lubelo Scott, 13 Bryan Breda, 14 Will Vraagom, 15 Ethan Diston.
Head coach: Paul Treu