Visits by Springbok assistant coach Mzwandile Stick and Rugby World Cup winning prop Frans Malherbe added to the excitement in the last few days at the SA Rugby Academy in Stellenbosch as the players continue to show steady progress in the third week of the programme.

After a great start in Round One of the FNB Varsity Shield UKZN Impi have suddenly found themselves on the losing end in Rounds Two and Three.

Tragically some of the athletes who practice the hardest are not able to translate all that work into a winning performance in a match or race which can shatter their confidence.

FNB Varsity Shield teams for Thursday's matches at Tuks Stadium.

UKZN Impi got their 2021 FNB Varsity Shield campaign off on a positive start beating Rhodes University 62-15 at Loftus in Pretoria after leading 29-0 at the break, in Round One of the competition

Practice gives your muscles brains. Repetition is the pathway to automaticity which is the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low-level details required.