Maties make light work of Pukke
The team from Stellenbosch took the lead in the 14th minute when fullback Craig Barry eased through a gap in the Pukke defence to score.
Pukke got a try of their own a few minutes later when Malherbe Swart went over.
However, it was all Maties after that with two nine-point tries from Edwill van der Merwe and Paul Streicher giving the Cape side a 27-5 lead.
Maties captain Beyers de Villiers got on the score sheet as well and the Stellenbosch side led 32-5 at the break.
Pukke was the first to score in the second half through a try by flyhalf Bernhard Janse van Rensburg, but that was before Barry kicked a loose ball to regather and score a seven-point try.
With 20 minutes left, the Matias had a 35-point lead after flyhalf Ernst Stapelberg added a few more points with some penalties.
Although they had a big lead, there was no let up from the Maties as their backline made light work of the Pukke defence. Another swift move saw Duncan Saal's name added to the list of try scorers late in the game.
The scorers:
For Maties
Tries: Barry 2, E Van der Merwe, Streicher, De Villiers, Saal
Cons: Stapelberg 3
Pens: Stapelberg 2
For NWU-Pukke
Tries: Swart, Janse van Rensburg
Maties: 15 Craig Barry, 14 Duncan Saal, 13 Paul Streicher, 12 Braam Venter, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Ernst Stapelberg, 9 Remu Malan, 8 Kobus van Wyk, 7 Janco Venter, 6 Beyers de Villiers, 5 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 4 Ian Groenewald, 3 John-Roy Jenkinson, 2 Freddie Kirsten, 1 Niel Oelofse.
Replacements: 16 Marko Janse van Rensburg, 17 Wesley Adonis, 18 Johan Momsen, 19 Saud Abrahams, 20 Geor Malan, 21 Christopher Smith, 22 Jason Worral, 23 JE van der Merwe.
NWU-Pukke: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Nkululeko Mcuma, 13 Sylvian Mahuza, 12 Johan Deysel, 11 Dean Stokes, 10 Bernhard Janse van Rensburg, 9 Malherbe Swart, 8 Marno Redelinghuys, 7 Jeandre Rudolph, 6 Jaco Jordaan, 5 Walt Steenkamp, 4 Loftus Morrison, 3 Bart le Roux, 2 Wilmar Arnoldi, 1 Johan Smith.
Replacements: 16 Louis van der Westhuizen, 17 Mashudu Mafela, 18 Daniel Jordaan, 19 Christiaan Liebenberg, 20 Kurshwill Williams, 21 AK Nela, 22 Elden Schoeman, 23 Mogau Mabokela.
