RUGBY: VARSITY CUP 2011 Schedule...

The Varsity Cup has been a positive addition to the South African rugby calender and has quite a big following, especially because the games are televised on Mondays, which is similar to the 'American Monday Night Football'-concept.

This years competition was formally opened recently and here follows the schedule for all the upcoming games:

2011 Varsity Cup fixtures:
(Home teams first, TV games in brackets)

Monday, February 7 - Round One:
17.00: Shimlas v UCT, Xerox Shimla Park, Bloemfontein (TV)
19.00: Maties v NWU-Pukke, Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch (TV)
19.00: NMMU v Tuks, Xerox NMMU Stadium, Port Elizabeth
19.00: TUT v UJ, TUT Stadium, Tshwane

Monday, February 14 - Round Two:
17.00: NMMU v UJ, Xerox NMMU Stadium (TV)
19.00: NWU Pukke v UCT, Fanie du Toit Stadium, Potchefstroom (TV)
19.00: Tuks v TUT, Tuks Rugby Stadium, Pretoria
19.00: Shimlas v Maties, Xerox Shimla Park

Monday, February 21 - Round Three:
17.00: TUT v Maties, TUT Rugby Stadium (TV)
19.00: UJ v Shimlas, UJ Stadium, Johannesburg (TV)
19.00: NWU-Pukke v Tuks, Fanie du Toit Stadium
19.00: UCT v NMMU, UCT Rugby Fields, Cape Town

Monday, February 28 - Round Four:
17.00: UCT v TUT, UCT Rugby Grounds (TV)
19.00: Shimlas v Tuks, Xerox Shimla Stadium (TV)
19.00: UJ v NWU-Pukke, UJ Stadium
19.00: Maties v NMMU, Craven Stadium

Monday, March 7 - Round Five:
17.00: UCT v Maties, UCT Rugby Grounds (TV)
19.00: Shimlas v NWU-Pukke, Xerox Shimla Stadium (TV)
19.00: UJ v Tuks, UJ Stadium
19.00: NMMU v TUT, Xerox NMMU Stadium

Monday, March 14 - Round Six:
17.00: NWU-Pukke v NMMU, Fanie du Toit Stadium (TV)
19.00: Tuks v Maties, Tuks Rugby Stadium (TV)
19.00: TUT v Shimlas, TUT Rugby Stadium
19.00: UCT v UJ, UCT Rugby Fields

Monday, March 21 - Round Seven:
17.00: Tuks v UCT, Tuks Rugby Stadium (TV)
19.00: Maties v UJ, Craven Stadium (TV)
19.00: NMMU v Shimlas, Xerox NMMU Stadium
19.00: TUT v NWU-Pukke, TUT Stadium

Monday, March 28 - Semi-finals:
16.45: Semifinal One - Log position 2 v Log position 3, venue TBC (TV)
19.00: Semifinal Two - Log position 1 v Log position 4, venue TBC (TV)

Monday, April 11 - Final:
19.00: Final - Winner 1 v 4 v Winner 2 v 3, venue TBC (TV)

2011 Varsity Shield fixtures:(Home teams first, TV games in brackets)

Monday, January 31 - Round One:
17.00: University of Fort Hare (UFH) v University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Davidson Rugby Field (TV - live)
17.00: University of the Western Cape (UWC) v University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), UWC Sport Stadium (TV - delayed)

Thursday, February 3 - Round Two:
19.00: Wits v UWC, Wits Rugby Stadium
19.00: Central University of Technology (CUT) v UFH, CUT Stadium

Monday, February 7 - Round Three:
19.00: UWC v CUT, UWC Sport Stadium
19.00: UKZN v Wits, Peter Booysen Sports Park

Monday, February 14 - Round Four:
19.00: Wits v CUT, Wits Rugby Stadium
19.00: UZKN v UFH, Peter Booysen Sports Park

Monday, February 21 - Round Five:
19.00: UFH v UWC, Davidson Rugby Field
19.00: CUT v UKZN, CUT Stadium

Monday, February 28 - Round Six:
19.00: Wits v UFH, Wits Rugby Stadium
19.00: UKZN v UWC, Peter Booysen Sports Park

Monday, March 7 - Round Seven:
19.00: UWC v Wits, UWC Sport Stadium
19.00: UFH v CUT, Davidson Rugby Field

Monday, March 14 - Round Eight:
19.00: CUT v UWC, CUT Stadium
19.00: Wits v UKZN, Wits Rugby Stadium

Monday, March 21 - Round Nine:
19.00: CUT v Wits, CUT Stadium
19.00: UFH v UKZN, Davidson Rugby Field

Monday, March 28 - Round 10:
19.00: UWC v UFH, UWC Sport Stadium
19.00: UKZN v CUT, Peter Booysen Sports Park

Monday, April 4 - Final:
16.45: Team One v Team Two, venue TBC (TV)