Varsity Football kicked off yesterday with fans turning up in numbers to support their teams across the country.<\/p>\n
Here are the results of the first round. All the games had scores, meaning that 4 teams won and 4 lost, leaving it all to play for going forward.<\/p>\n
NWU 2-1 UWC<\/strong><\/p>\n North-West University (NWU), dubbed the noble boys of the tournament, did not disappoint as they delivered a solid and convincing 2-1 victory to their challengers and hopefuls University of Western Cape (UWC)<\/p>\n Debonairs Real Deal Save:<\/strong> Luzuko Jevuka (NWU) Scorers:\u00a0<\/strong> UWC: 1 Tuks 1-2 TUT<\/strong><\/p>\n Tshwane University of Technology out-maneuverered their Capital opponents, the University of Pretoria in a match where TUT made better use of their chances.<\/p>\n FNB Player of the Match:<\/strong> Lebogang Phatlane (TUT) Scorers:<\/strong> TUT: 2 UJ 7-1 UL<\/strong><\/p>\n The University of Johannesburg saw off the University of Limpopo 7-1 at the UJ Stadium,in University of Limpopo’s first appearance in Varsity Football since 2014.<\/p>\n FNB Player of the Match: Tebogo Mnyandu (UJ)<\/p>\n Scorers:<\/strong> UL: 1 UKZN 2-3 Wits\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n UKZN began their first ever Varsity Football\u00a0match like a house on fire but\u00a0Wits showed their composure to seal the win.<\/p>\n FNB Player of the Match:<\/strong> Baliwe Moyakhe (Wits) Scorers:<\/strong> Wits: 3 Round 2 will take place on August 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Varsity Football kicked off yesterday with fans turning up in numbers to support their teams across the country. Here are the results of the first round. All the games had scores, meaning that 4 teams won and 4 lost, leaving it all to play for going forward. NWU 2-1 UWC North-West University (NWU), dubbed the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":6694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,9],"tags":[8,277,150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentnews.africa\/sng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFNB Player of the Match:<\/strong> Tebogo Mokgobo (NWU)
\nSamsung Moment of Brilliance:<\/strong> Banele Hlophe (NWU)<\/p>\n
\nNWU: 2
\nGoals: Tshepo Baholo, Lebohang Phetlhu<\/p>\n
\nGoals: Simphiwe Mqandu<\/p>\n
\nSamsung Moment of Brilliance:<\/strong> Lebogang Phatlane (TUT)
\nDebonairs Real Deal Saver:<\/strong> Sikhumbuzo Ncube (TUT)<\/p>\n
\nUP-Tuks: 1
\nGoal: Mabaso<\/p>\n
\nGoals: Phatlane (2)<\/p>\n
\nUJ: 7
\nGoals: O\u2019Neil Hendricks, Mokete Mogaila (2), Tebogo Mnyandu (2), Karl Clements, Pogiso Mabote<\/p>\n
\nGoals: Freddy Matheba<\/p>\n
\nSamsung Moment of Brilliance<\/strong>: Matthew Carelse (Wits)<\/p>\n
\nUKZN: 2
\nGoals: Nkosinathi Nhleko, Nqubeko Dlamini<\/p>\n
\nGoals: Clinton Mphahlele, Sandile Mbatha, Baliwe Moyakhe<\/p>\n