NWU came out of the blocks fast and scored an early try which left the home team shell shocked after 5 minutes, NWU with a 7-0 lead. Captain Louis Van Der Westhuizen dotted down for the try with Schalk Hugo making sure with the conversion. The early dominance by NWU grew even stronger when Jack Hart was shown a yellow card and the home side found themselves 14-0 down, with a lovely worked try by the backline, which was scored by Pienaar Van Niekerk.

NWU were by far the better team heading into the first strategic break after 20 minutes. The remainder of the first half saw NWU defend their tryline exceptionally with flyhalf Chunier Van Rooyen the standout player from the backline. He was the chief architect in the attacking moves and was the guardian in defense as the side from Potch held on for a 14-0 lead on halftime.

The partisan home crowd were cheering the Orange Army on at the start of the second half and the home team hit their first points courtesy of a penalty from Jeanluc Cilliers. The home sides, spurred on by the crowd would eventually get their first try of the match as the team attacked phase after phase saw the mercurial Cyprian Nkomo touch down, the resulting conversion was missed and the score was 8-14.

However NWU silenced the home side as winger Lungelo Gosa further extended the lead against the run of play. The match was 23-8 to NWU with 20 minutes to go. Play was then halted by potential lightning and thunder hovering over the UJ Stadium. The match officials evaluated the weather and came to the decision to postpone the match. The score was 23-8 to NWU with 13 minutes left to play.

Varsity Cup spoke to the official match referee who confirmed that the match was over and FNWU won the contest 23-8.

Scorers

UJ: 8 Tries: Cyprian Nkomo Pens: Jeanluc Cilliers

NWU: 23 Tries: Louis Van Der Westhuizen, Pienaar Van Niekerk, Lungelo Gosa Cons: Hugo Schalk (3)