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Saturday, 06 February 2010 23:10

Experienced utility back Pete Haw has been named on the left-wing for the Ikey Tigers for Monday afternoon's Varsity Cup grudge match against FNB NWU-Pukke at the Green Mile in Cape Town.

Haw - who missed out on the UCT matchday 23 at the 11th hour last week - will add plenty of experience to his team's backs division, having already featured in two previous FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International campaigns.

"It's a horses-for-courses selection," explained UCT head coach John Dobson.

"Pete's an experienced Varsity Cup campaigner, and performer, and although Paul Cohen [who drops out completely] is very, very unlucky, I have no doubt in my mind that we will see more of him in the tournament - this year already!"

Elsewhere in the Ikeys line-up, loose forward Yaya Hartzenberg replaces the injured Michael Morris in the No.7 shirt, with Greg Mallett - the cousin of Douglas - providing loose forward cover on the bench.

Hartzenberg made an impressive debut for the Capetonians last week - when he replaced Morris, who has a rib injury - whilst Greg Mallett will be hoping to get onto the field against Pukke in what would be his first-ever Varsity Cup appearance.

UCT and Pukke have met four times in the Varsity Cup - since 2008 - with the Men from Potchefstroom winning three times and UCT once.

Of course, the game the Ikeys won - the 2008 semifinal in Cape Town - will probably still rankle within the Pukke ranks... the Ikeys having fought back from 10-23 down at half-time, before winning 32-31 through a long-range Matt Rosslee penalty goal in injury-time.

Said Dobson: "History is not a big thing for us - it's about next week's game... and getting over the disappointment of the Shimlas match.

"Win or lose our games against Pukke have always been tight - I think the winner has never won by more than four or five points - so I am expecting another dog-fight against a quality team."

The FNB UCT team: 15 Therlow Pietersen, 14 Marcello Sampson, 13 Marcel Brache, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 Pete Haw, 10 Matt Rosslee, 9 Stu Commins (vice-captain), 8 JJ Gagiano, 7 Yaya Hartzenberg, 6 Nick Fenton-Wells (captain), 5 Martin Muller, 4 Don Armand, 3 Grant Kemp, 2 Dayne Jans, 1 Ash Wells.
Replacements: 16 Mark Goosen, 17 Chris Heidberg, 18 Greg Mallett, 19 Levi Odendaal, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Sean van Tonder, 22 Douglas Mallett, 23 Wes Chetty.

Head coach: John Dobson

Date: Monday, February 8
Venue: Groote Schuur
Kick-off: 4.30pm
Referee: Dilbert November

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