On Sunday 9 September two of the forms teams who have met in a Varsity Netball final before, NWU and Maties, will battle it out improve their position in the top-three on the log. Maties wait at the Coetzenburg Indoor Centre. The centre pass is at 17:30 and can be followed live on SuperSport 11.
Head-to-head stats
Total played: 7 matches
NWU won: 6
Maties won: 1
Drawn: 0
Average score: NWU 47-38 Maties
- Only once (the last time they played) was the score difference less than seven.
- The 29 goals by Maties in 2013 are still their joint fewest in a match in the competition.
- Zandré Erasmus, a former goal keeper of NWU has been a thorn in the flesh of the Maties, claiming the FNB Player of the Match in each of the last three meetings between the teams.
Previous results, venues and FNB Player of the Matches:
2013: NWU 52-29 Maties @ Potchefstroom – Elsunet du Plessis (NWU)
2014: NWU 48-37 Maties @ Potchefstroom – Nadia Uys Pienaar (NWU)
2015: Maties 46-39 NWU @ Port Elizabeth – Melandi Pretorius (Maties)
2015: NWU 50-37 Maties @ Stellenbosch – Renske Stoltz (NWU) – final
2016: NWU 41-32 Maties @ Stellenbosch – Zandré Erasmus (NWU)
2016: NWU 61-50 Maties @ Stellenbosch – Zandré Erasmus (NWU) – semi-final
2017: NWU 37-36 Maties @ Pretoria – Zandré Erasmus (NWU)
- NWU will be weakened by the absence of Romé Dreyer (centre), Monique Reyneke (goal defence) and Sigi Burger (goal shooter) who will be in Australia for the Quad Series.
- Charmaine Baard, Sasha-Lee Petersen and Stephanie Brandt is the only three remaining members of the Maties team of 2015 who achieved their first and only victory over NWU in Varsity Netball.
- Three head and assistant coaches between the teams played for the Proteas. They are Zanele Mdodana (Proteas from 2005 to 2014, head coach, Maties), Adéle Niemand (2006-2015, assistant coach, Maties) and Elsunet du Plessis (2015, head coach, NWU).
The teams for the fixture:
Maties: Charmaine Baard (GS), Sian Moore (GS), Nichole Taljaard (GA), Abeline Olivier (WA), Adri Uys (WA), Carla Werth (C, captain), Sasha-Lee Petersen (WD/C), Zhane Petersen (WA), Alison Malgas (WD), Caleigh Stuart (GD), Lauren Adendorf (GD / GK), Stephanie Brandt (GK /GD).
NWU: Claudia van den Berg (GS), Jessica du Plessis (GA, captain), Anja Esterhuizen (GS), Louise Louw (GA), Jomari Myburgh (C), Keabetswe Mtshali (WA), Mirriam Maroba (WA), Zeandré Nel (C), Didi Keebine (WD), Nicolene van Heerden (GD), Leonie Maree (GK), Caitlinn Rousseau (GD).
