Whether it is challenging your suburban neighbour to a winter lawn grow off, dicing the ‘gae’ in his supped up Honda civic to the next red light, racing that annoying granny to the last barbeque chicekn sandwhich at 24 hour woolworths or just taking on those loud mouth sea point motherfuckers at a not-so-friendly game of Clifton 4 touch competition rages hard within the human spirit!
When competition is alive something kicks into the human psyche and you take on the task of opening that can of whoop ass with enormous relish! However, it is the ingredient of facing your arch-rival that converts the match from a backyard slap around to a test match of epic proportion.
This weekend heralds the advent of one huge such epic derby. No not the Crusaders hosting the Brumbies, no not the 'Tahs hosting the Canes and no certainly not the ‘blue and white striped’ men of SACS hosting the marauding Westerford mauves in the Dean Street Derby. The event? Intervarsity!
Maties hosting Ikeys has years of history to it that will ensure that any clash to come in the future is based on such a rich vein of importance that either side will stop at nothing to take the glory. Fair the history of the results indicate a theme of one sidedness through time in favour of those boerewors eating, brandy drinking, first channel bashing barbaric Mongoloids but that increases the hype as a UCT victory is so unexpected that when it does happen it is monumental.
Bar David Ricketts leading a mediocre side to an unanticipated victory in 2004, Varsity hasn’t beaten Maties at home in 29 years. Yet eight busloads of inebriated UCT supporters (half of which will be horny first year girls) will venture to the other side of the boerewors curtain to watch their teams take their chances against one of the most respected rugby clubs in the world. It is going to be epic.
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