The tournament\u201a which has grown from eight universities in 2008 to 16 this year\u201a will welcome Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)\u201a Rhodes University (Rhodes) and Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in the Shield section.
The Varsity Shield section has grown from five to seven teams.
Last year’s Varsity Shield winners\u201a Wits University\u201a will re-join Varsity Cup after a few seasons of absence to grow the elite section from eight to nine teams.
This season\u201a each of the Varsity Cup and Varsity Shield teams have selected a local shelter or organisation that counsels and supports abused women and children.
Varsity Cup will give each university the right to commit support and donate funds to the amount of R25 000 and the players will also be physically involved\u201a along with each university\u2019s chosen Miss Varsity Cup and Miss Varsity Shield.
\u201cThere is definitely excitement from the three new universities\u201a\u201d said Varsity Cup Manager Xhanti-Lomzi Nesi.
\u201cThere is a long-standing rivalry between the University of Fort Hare and Walter Sisulu University\u201a both rugby-mad universities\u201a and we can\u2019t wait to see what they will deliver this season.\u201d
The Western Cape now boasts four teams in the tournament\u201a two teams in Varsity Cup (Maties and UCT)\u201a and two teams in Varsity Shield (UWC and CPUT).
Eastern Cape has one team in Varsity Cup (Madibaz) and three in Varsity Shield (University of Fort Hare\u201a Walter Sisulu University and Rhodes). – TMG Digital<\/p>\n

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