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Maties and Tukkies will meet in the Varsity Cup Final for the second consecutive year after securing contrasting semifinal victories yesterday.
The three-time champion Maties were pushed to the absolute limit in their home semifinal by a determined Madibaz NMMU side who went down 16-15 in their first-ever play-off match.
The Eastern Cape side showed incredible fighting spirit in extremely windy conditions, and threw everything at Maties in the dying stages as they searched for an upset, but the home side held on to qualify for their fifth final.
Earlier, defending champions Tukkies blew UJ away in their trans-Jukskei semifinal, scoring eight tries on their way to a resounding 61-24 victory in Pretoria.
In the Varsity Shield Peter de Villiers' UWC side qualified for their first-ever Final with a 28-12 victory over Fort Hare in Bellville.
They will meet the CUT Ixias who kept their unbeaten run for the season going with a comfortable 42-20 victory over wooden spoonists TUT.
The final of the Varsity Young Guns competition will also see UP-Tuks take on Maties after both sides secured home semifinal
victories.
