PJ Uys scored right in the corner for Tuks early in the first half to take a 7-0 lead. He scored another one a minute later after UJ failed to gather the restart and he had nobody between him and the tryline.

Matters got worse when UJ had a man yellow carded for repeated infringements and Brendan Owen used the overlap to score Tuks’ third. It was 19-7 to Tuks at the break.

In the second half, Aphiwe Dyanti turned on the gas for UJ, slipping three tackles to run 60 metres and pull UJ back into the game.

Ronald Brown was on the end of one of the tries of the day when UJ worked the ball from their own tryline, with Brown receiving the ball on the halfway line and nobody could catch him. It was 19-14 to Tuks.

But WJ Strydom hit right back for Tuks a minute later after strong, straight running by his teammates set him free, and it was 26-14.

 UJ got a consolation try when Etienne Oosthuizen crossed over, but Tuks won the encounter, 26-19.