The FNB Tuks got their first victory in five years over the FNB NWU-Pukke as they surged to a 43-28 victory in the FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International’s round nine on Monday night.
Dewald Naude went over for what he thought was his first try, but the TMO disagreed.

In the 11th minute, it was Andre Warner, from Tuks who opened the scoreboard for the visitors as he went over the tryline for a seven-point try to give his team a 9-0 lead.
With a solid drive from a line-out five metres from the Pukke’s tryline Elden Schoeman crashed over to narrow the lead to 9-7 in the favour of Tuks.

Tuks’ Clyde Davids went over in the corner for a try in the 21st minute to extend the lead to 18-7. Tinus De Beer successfully converted his second kick of the match.

With eight minutes remaining before halftime Dewald Naude finally got his first try to keep the scoreboard ticking to 25-7 for the men in blue.
After halftime, the NWU-Pukke’s Walt Steenkamp went through a gap to secure a try for the home side underneath the poles. Schalk Hugo converted successfully to leave them on 25-14.
In the 47th minute, the Pukke were punished as Tuks’ De Beer converted a penalty kick successfully to put them on 28-14.
It was the teamwork of the NWU-Pukke’s Wilmar Arnoldi and Schalk Hugo who managed to narrow the gap to 28-21 as Arnoldi went over the tryline and Hugo nailed the conversion.
The show belonged to Warner from Tuks as he drove over the line from a scrum to secure his second try of the match to leave his team on 35-21.

After a long decision by the TMO, it was Loftus Morrison for Pukke who scored the bonus-point try in the 70th minute to narrow the deficit to 35-28. Hugo once again converted.

De Beer stretched his team’s lead once again with a penalty kick for his Tuks team to lead 38-28.
In the final movement of the match Sibahle Maxwane from Tuks crossed the whitewash and rubbed salt in the wounds of the Pukke as the visitors claimed a well-deserved 43-28 victory.

SCORES
FNB Tuks: 43 Tries: Andre Warner (seven-pointer; five-pointer), Clyde Davids (seven-pointer), Dewald Naude (five-pointer), Sibahle Maxwane (five-pointer) Conversions: Tinus De Beer (4) Penalties: Tinus De Beer (2)
FNB NWU-Pukke: 28 Tries: Elden Schoeman (five-pointer), Walt Steenkamp (five-pointer), Wilmar Arnoldi (five-pointer), Loftus Morrison (five-pointer) Conversions: Schalk Hugo (3)