Narrow away defeat for NMMU

FNB NMMU suffered a narrow away loss in the Super League Grand Challenge this past weekend - going down 23-27 to Uitenhage.

The Port Elizabeth-based students were outscored by three tries to two and they were up against it in the second half, after trailing 10-17 at half-time.

Winger Lonwabo Funde and No.8 De Wet de Lange - a stalwart during the 2010 Varsity Cup - scored NMMU's tries, with scrumhalf Carl van Niekerk adding the extras via his boot.

NMMU's scorers:
Tries: Funde, De lange
Cons: Van Niekerk 2
Pens: Van Niekerk 3

The NMMU team: 15 Jade Barkhuizen, 14 Lonwabo Funde, 13 Oscar Masaka, 12 Wade Roos, 11 Phiwe Lalendle, 10 Stefan de Klerk, 9 Carl van Niekerk, 8 De Wet de Lange, 7 Benjamin Bruckman, 6 Thamaso Forbes, 5 Jannie Fourie, 4 Chris Kelly, 3 Pierre Hammond (captain), 2 Werner Kapp, 1 Frans van der Walt.
Replacements: 16 Charlton van Jaarsveld, 17 Aggry Ndizhawano, 18 Somi Gazi, 19 Steyn van Eeden, 20 Ayabonga Lalendle, 21 Darryl Turner, 22 George Jacobs.