{"id":14823,"date":"2023-04-21T13:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T11:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/?p=14823"},"modified":"2023-04-21T13:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T11:19:04","slug":"queens-college-always-a-tough-nut-to-crack-at-the-rec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=14823","title":{"rendered":"Queen&#8217;s College always a tough nut to crack at the Rec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14829\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Selborne-1st-vs-Stirling-BSD-2023-Page-Fennel-300x255.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Selborne-1st-vs-Stirling-BSD-2023-Page-Fennel-300x255.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Selborne-1st-vs-Stirling-BSD-2023-Page-Fennel-768x652.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Selborne-1st-vs-Stirling-BSD-2023-Page-Fennel.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>There\u2019s a storm brewing in Eastern Cape as <strong>Selborne College<\/strong> and <strong>Queen\u2019s College<\/strong> prepare for battle at Queen\u2019s 165th Reunion.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queen\u2019s College have had a near perfect season thus far, taking six wins out of their seven total games. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are surely still buzzing after last weekend\u2019s victory over Stirling, where they took a memorable win of 75-14 over their opponents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was one of many as Queen\u2019s defeated Kempton Park by 31-12 during the <strong>King Edward VII Easter Festival<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they showed their determination this game, scoring their first try at under eight minutes into the first half by means of their eighth man, while making it look incredibly easy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selborne is not going to give up an easy win to Queen\u2019s this Saturday, as they have played exceptional rugby this season with some great wins to their name. They too, defeated Stirling, earlier this year, with their final score reaching 29-0. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Selborne took on Nico Malan of Humansdorp, it was some of the most captivating rugby to watch. Each play brought them closer to the victory and the team grew more united in each minute. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outcome was 34-17 in Selborne\u2019s favour. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jordan Luck<\/strong>, hooker of Selborne, scored two tries within minutes of each other. <strong>Daniel Larkan<\/strong> (flyhalf), <strong>Amani Somana<\/strong> (scrumhalf) and James Bowles banded together to score a textbook try for Selborne. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the level of skill and determination they will bring on Saturday. This will be a phenomenal clash with an outcome to match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Grey High School<\/strong> and <strong>Dale College<\/strong> are going to be an interesting match-up; with their records being pretty even for this season. Grey has three wins and a draw, Dale has four wins. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dale did just defeat Ho\u00ebrskool Grens (46-17), and they would surely love to turn this into a streak. Grey did take a 40-7 win over the Golden Lions Invitational XV recently, so they are ready to put up a fight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no shortage of great games this weekend, Nico Malan is up against Despatch. Nico Malan currently has two back-to-back wins and are hunting for the hat trick. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marlow Landbou is set to battle <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Grens<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grens fir<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> team recently won all three of their games during the Mossel Bay tour, with their final game against Ho\u00ebrskool Douglas granting them a 22-12 win. Four players from Grens, namely Ruan Potgieter, Willem Kloppers, Jaco Muller and De Wet Nel, were also invited to be part of the Travel and Sports tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambridge will take on Graeme College this Saurday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambridge took a close victory over Winterberg earlier in April, ending the game at 20-18. Graeme is playing great rugby this season, taking some notable wins, most recently their 57-5 victory over Port Rex. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tirling will battle it out against Pearson, as Stirling will try to gain some solid momentum for the rest of their season, while Pearson recently made a notable triumph over Selborne. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Brandwag and Muir College will take the field against each other, after Muir College\u2019s recent victory over Stirling, they should be keen for the game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Brandwag took a near victory over Kempton Park in early April, and would surely love their next victory to have a bit more distance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hangklip and Winterberg Landbou will also be partaking in this weekends action, with both institutions hoping to earn champion status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The teams:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Queen&#8217;s College:<\/strong> 15 Mveli Mqulo, 14 Siya Konki, 16 Thina Fenako, 12 Lwanele Gaba, 11 Jameel Fleshman, 10 Itha Mbulana, 9 Jade Zindlu, 8 Axola Khatshwa (captain), 7 Uyanda Mlungwana, 6 Sisipho Mpaka, 5 Sambesiwe Timla, 4 Emihle Jaxa, 3 Abulele Bolotini, 2 Sbonga Mfeya, 1 Kyle Aylwin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selborne College:<\/strong> 15 Siya Sakhela, 14 Luke Hosking, 13 Cole Schonknecht, 12 Chad de Beyer, 11 Hayden McKay, 10 Daniel Larkan, 9 Amani Somana, 8 Dewan du Preez, 7 Grant Day (captain), 6 Gcina Puzi, 5 Josh Carr, 4 Zuko Poswa, 3 Nathi Nthuli, 2 Jordan Luck, 1 Sandi Msengana.<\/p>\n<p><b>Eastern Cape Fixtures (home sides mentioned first):<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>13:15 &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marlow Landbou vs Ho\u00ebrskool Grens<\/span><br \/>\n13:20 &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hangklip vs Winterberg Landbou<br \/>\n<strong>13:20 &#8211;<\/strong> Nico Malan vs Despatch<br \/>\n<strong>13:30 &#8211;<\/strong> Die Brandwag (Uitenhage) vs Muir College<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b>13:40 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambridge vs Grame College<br \/>\n<\/span><b>13:40 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stirling vs Pearson<br \/>\n<\/span><b>15:00 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queen\u2019s College vs Selborne College<br \/>\n<\/span><b>15:20 &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grey High School vs Dale College<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a storm brewing in Eastern Cape as Selborne College and Queen\u2019s College prepare for battle at Queen\u2019s 165th Reunion. Queen\u2019s College have had a near perfect season thus far, taking six wins out of their seven total games. They are surely still buzzing after last weekend\u2019s victory over Stirling, where they took a memorable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}