Luis stars for Unam

Unam fullback Lorenzo Luis scored 26 of his side's 56 points, as they beat Wanderers 56-31 in a top-of-the-table rugby clash at the university's sports ground on Saturday.

They have now regained top spot on the log.

Luis scored a try, converted six out of the seven scored by his team and added three penalty goals, to lead his side to an emphatic victory over the defending champions, who started the day second on the log, while Unam was on third.

Unam, who led 29-14 at halftime, scored their other tries through Paolo Andrews, Shreave Titus, Renier Benade, Cameron Langenhoven and replacements Clyde Besser and Enzio Kotzee.

Wanderers, who gave a good account of themselves, replied through MP Pretorius, who scored a hat-trick of tries, and with Wessels Bredell and Elmarco Beukes, who scored a try each, while Brandon Groenewald converted three and missed two conversions.

Following the victory, which came with two bonus points for the students, Unam moved to the top of the log with 46 points, while Wanderers moved to second on 43 points.

The two teams will meet again on Friday, 3 August at the Wanderers Sports Club.

Both teams went into the match missing several of their first team players, who are currently training with the national team - 12 from Unam and 16 from Wanderers.

Meanwhile, Kudus beat Reho Falcons 41-3 in the only other match played on Saturday.

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