Ikeys too strong for Victorians

The Ikey Tigers recorded their first win of the 2010 WP Super League - beating Stellenbosch's second team, Victorians, by 50-20 at the Green Mile on Saturday.

The home side ran into a 7-0 lead early on - impressing from the start and showing their intentions to play an expansive game. They led 21-12 at half-time - scoring three tries - and they scored another four five-pointers in the second half.

FNB UCT have now played two Super League matches this season - drawing 40-40 with Helderberg last weekend and beating a young Vics side that is yet to taste victory this season in three outings.

The Ikeys welcomed back Varsity Cup skipper Nick Fenton-Wells (pictured, right) for this game, having sat out last Saturday with a knee injury, with flyhalf Matt Rosslee serving as his deputy.

Fenton-Wells celebrated his return with two tries, whilst prolific winger Marcello Sampson also weighed in with a brace. UCT's other try-scorers were powerhouse inside centre Sean van Tonder, replacement winger Zubayr Abrahams and outside centre Mark Estherhuizen.

Rosslee, meanwhile, slotted six conversions and one penalty for a 15-point haul on the day.

The scorers:

For FNB UCT
Tries: Sampson 2, Fenton-Wells 2, Van Tonder, Abrahams, Esterhuizen
Cons: Rosslee 6
Pen: Rosslee

For Victorians:
Tries: Eksteen, Van der Merwe, De Villiers
Con: De Villiers
Pen: De Villiers

The teams:

UCT: 15 Marcel Brache, 14 Paul Cohen, 13 Mark Estherhuizen, 12 Sean van Tonder, 11 Marcello Sampson, 10 Matt Rosslee (vice-captain), 9 Nic Groom, 8 Nick Fenton-Wells (captain), 7 Enoch Panya, 6 Zandy Macdonald, 5 Bodo Sieber, 4 Don Armand, 3 Grant Kemp, 2 Mark Goosen, 1 Wes Chetty.
Replacements: 16 Matt Page, 17 Chris Heiberg, 18 Levi Odendaal, 19 Greg Mallett, 20 Sharief Hendricks, 21 Pete Haw, 22 Zubayr Abrahams.

Victorians: 15 Francois de Bruyn, 14 Nathanuel Pekeur, 13 Stephan van der Merwe, 12 Henk de Villiers, 11 Jason Poleman, 10 Koos Eksteen, 9 Gideon Strydom, 8 Kobus Kriel, 7 Christoff van Wyk, 6 André Lotz, 5 Dave Smith, 4 Hannes van Wyk, 3 Suan Havenga, 2 Gareth Light, 1 Kenny Langeveld.
Replacements: 16 Sidney Tobias, 17 Gareth Hartley, 18 Hendrik Stefan, 19 Stephen de Villiers, 20 Clayton Stewart, 21 Hugo Schreuder, 22 Pieter Greyling.

Other UCT scores (from Wednesday, April 14):
Eagles XV (UCT 2nd XV) 46 NNK (II) 15
Ish Dramat XV (UCT 3rd XV) 36 NNK (I) 7
UCT Under-20 (A1) 106 NNK (Under-20) 0

* Above picture courtesy of Peter van As.