​​After an excellent Varsity Cup season FNB Maties captain Beyers de Villiers was named 2016 Varsity Cup Forward that Rocks while Maties' fullback Craig Barry was named 2016 Varsity Cup Back that Rocks.

This offered some consolation after Matie hearts were broken on Monday when FNB Pukke managed to score a match-winning try deep into overtime of the 2016 FNB Varsity Cup final to clinch their maiden Varsity Cup title in front of a sell-out crowd in Stellenbosch.

In one of the tightest matches ever witnessed at the Danie Craven Stadium FNB Pukke scored and converted a late try to win the final 7-6. The half-time score was 0-0.

Maties scored ​the first points of the match in the second half through two penalties by flyhalf Chris Smith, who replaced regular flyhalf Ernst Stapelberg shortly before kick-off due to an injury Stapelberg sustained during warm-up​​.

Time was up on the clock and Maties led 6-0 when Pukke launched a 12 minute onslaught on the Maties try line. After several penalties and two yellow cards for Maties,​ Pukke finally broke through the Maties defence when flanker Marno Redelinghuys went over next to the posts in the 89^th minute. Fullback Ryno Smith slotted the conversion to break Matie hearts after an epic encounter.

Pukke were finally crowned Varsity Cup champions after losing in the final in both 2014 and 2015.

• The beautiful Joy Mashego, an Accounting student from Stellenbosch University, was crowned Miss Varsity Cup 2016 during halftime on Monday.​

Photo credit: Stellenbosch Centre for Photographic Services