News24.com | Swart scores hat-trick in Maties’ 50-point humiliation of UCT to book final spot

News24.com | Swart scores hat-trick in Maties’ 50-point humiliation of UCT to book final spot

Sean Swart. (Photo by Petri Oeschger/Gallo Images)

Sean Swart. (Photo by Petri Oeschger/Gallo Images)

Maties hooker Sean Swart scored a hat-trick as Maties saw off their old foe 58-19 UCT Ikeys in their Varsity Cup semi-final at the UCT Rugby Grounds in Cape Town on Monday.

Ikeys had finished second behind Shimlas in the Varsity Cup standings to book a home semi-final berth at the ground where they beat Maties 44-27 three weeks prior.

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But they could not repeat the trick as Maties ran them ragged almost from the first whistle in the windy Western Cape, scoring eight tries in total.

Victory meant the five-time Varsity Cup champions reached their 10th final of the competition’s history, an unparalleled

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