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NMMU Madibaz won a great game of Varsity Cup Rugby against Wits last night in front of a boisterous home crowd at their PE Campus.
The two sides were deadlocked at 16-16 in the dying stages of the match, but a well-worked try from Madibaz No.8 Marius Oosthuizen clinched a tense victory for the PE students by 24 points to 16.
The result means that NMMU remain unbeaten this season, after drawing 5-5 to UCT last week.
Maties secured a 23-15 bonus-point victory over Shimlas in Bloemfontein to move to the top of the standings with a full house of ten log points from their first two games of the season.
Defending champions Tukkies beat UCT 24-16 in Pretoria.
In the Varsity Shield, Central University of Technology kept up their unbeaten streak with a 44-29 victory over Fort Hare in Bloemfontein.