Posted on February 18, 2025
A true team effort—that’s how UP-Tuks head coach Dewey Swartbooi described his side’s commanding 35-8 away victory over Wits in their 2025 FNB Varsity Cup opener. The build-up to Monday’s match was anything but smooth. Despite the setback, Tuks delivered a dominant...
Posted on February 14, 2025
Tharquinn Manuel holds a unique varsity rugby record—every time he has played for Tuks, the team has won a title. The final-year BEd student was part of the Tuks squad that lifted the FNB Varsity Cup in 2021 and 2022, as well as the team that clinched the FNB Varsity Shield last year....
Posted on February 12, 2025
Firsts and the TuksRugby Club have become almost synonymous over the years, but 2025 could be the year in which the "Boys in Stripes" achieve something that will probably never happen again in South African student rugby. That is to win the FNB Varsity Shield and the FNB Varsity Cup...
Posted on January 15, 2025
Older rugby fans will know who Japie Mulder is; he was, after all, a player of the first Springbok team that won the World Cup at Ellis Park in 1995. 30 years later, another Mulder played for the Boks. Jané Mulder proved that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when she played for the...
Posted on September 25, 2024
Most people would dread being stuck in a lift, but for the Tuks men's sevens team, this unexpected challenge became a source of motivation. On Sunday, 22 September, Tuks triumphed in the 2024 USSA Rugby 7s final, defeating Stadio 21-14. Adam Mkhuri secured the winning try with a perfectly timed...
Posted on August 19, 2024
"Proud and happy" are the words Dewey Swartbooi used to describe his feelings as his first season as head coach of Tuks' rugby team came to a close. He is justified to feel this way. With his appointment, Swartbooi was tasked to get Tuks to play Varsity Cup Rugby again. The mission was...
Posted on July 06, 2024
When glancing at the Springbok Women Sevens official squad going to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, it is clear that Tuks is where good players get an opportunity to be extraordinary. Five Springbok Women 7s players fine-tuned their rugby skills playing for the TuksWomensRugby Sevens side. Last...
Posted on June 12, 2024
"Let me have the ball, and I will give you speed" is the promise Anele Mgwazela made to her teammates before the kick-off of the 2024 FISU World University Championships Rugby Sevens in France. The Tuks student-athlete kept her word. She was involved in scoring tries against their group opponents...
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