Promotion already secured and Comets now focused on strong FNB Varsity Shield finish

It was mission accomplished for FNB Varsity College who have already secured their qualification for the FNB Varsity Cup 2026 season after finishing the group stages on top of the log, but the Comets have now turned their focus to the FNB Varsity Shield playoffs and finishing the campaign as champions.

Leading his charge, the calm and collected coach Jeremy McLaren made a name for himself and his team as they became the first team from KZN to host a home semi-final in the FNB Varsity Shield and qualify for the FNB Varsity Cup.

“It’s such a big honour to be able to qualify for FNB Varsity Cup. I don’t think it has really sunk in for all of us,” said McLaren.

“For the first time in history there’s a (FNB Varsity Shield) home semi-final in KZN.”

The focus for the FNB Varsity Cup bound Comets has now shifted to regrouping for a strong finish to the season, this beginning with a semi-final clash against FNB CPUT in Durban.

McLaren has cautioned his troops on complacency, stating his concern that the Comets should not be their ‘own worst enemies’.

“The reality for us is that now we need to play like a (FNB Varsity) Cup side.

“The only concern is that we might be our own worst enemies with regards to beating them in Cape Town and thinking the same will happen,” said the FNB Varsity College coach.

“We are only as good as our last game. So, we can never go and think that because we’ve beaten them (FNB CPUT) in Cape Town we just have to arrive.

“The focus should definitely be to try and be at our best and get ourselves going. We have to keep doing what we have been doing in the last few weeks” he added. 

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By Mpendulo Letsoalo