The 2013 Varsity Cup got off to a flying start yesterday with defending champions Tuks going down 26-23 to NWU-Pukke in Potchefstroom.
Three time champion Maties beat UJ 29-8 in Stellenbosch for a bonus point victory.
In Cape Town, UCT and the NMMU Madibaz from Port Elizabeth battled to a 5-5 draw.
Wits were given a tough Varsity Cup initiation when they went down 61-7 to a rampant Free State Shimlas side in Johannesburg.
In the second-tier Varsity Shield, Fort Hare scored a bonus-point try at the death to seal a 32-6 victory over the TUT Vikings in Alice.
