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The 2016 Varsity Cup will be contested from 8 February to 11 April 2016. The tournament (also known as the ''FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International'' for sponsorship reasons) will be the ninth season of the Varsity Cup, an annual inter-university rugby union competition featuring eight South African universities. ==Competition rules and information== There will be eight participating universities in the 2016 Varsity Cup. These teams will play each other once over the course of the season, either home or away. Teams will receive four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points will be awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lose a match by seven points or less. Teams will be ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top four teams will qualify for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finishes first will have home advantage against the team that finishes fourth, while the team that finishes second will have home advantage against the team that finishes third. The winners of these semi-finals will play each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team. There will be relegation to the Varsity Shield at the end of the season. The 2016 Varsity Cup will use a different scoring system to the commonly-used scoring system. Tries will be worth five points as usual, but conversions will be worth three points instead of two, while penalties and drop goals will only be worth two points instead of three. All Varsity Cup games will also have two referees officiating each game, props' jerseys wil feature a special gripping patch to ensure better binding, intended to reduce collapsing scrums and the mark will be extended to the entire field. The Varsity Cup will also retain the White Card system introduced in 2015. Under this system, either team's coach or captain could refer incidents for further review, similar to the Umpire Decision Review System used in cricket. They could have incidents reviewed that they believed were either given incorrectly or went unnoticed by the on-field referees. Each team was entitled to one review in each half of the match; if a review proved successful, the team retained their white card review for that half, but if it was unsuccessful, they lost the right to further reviews for the remainder of the half. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2016 Varsity Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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