{"id":74784,"date":"2025-06-09T10:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=74784"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:17:10","slug":"queens-and-st-andrews-college-run-rampant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=74784","title":{"rendered":"Queen’s and St Andrew’s College run rampant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a competitive first half, Queen’s College put the hammer down and ran away to a 47-point win over Port Rex Technical High. Photo: Queen’s College Boys’ High School on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a closely contested first half, Queen’s College<\/strong> found their rhythm in the second period to ultimately overwhelm a gutsy Port Rex Technical High<\/strong> outfit 57-10 in their clash on the Rec Field<\/strong>, in Komani, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The visitors fought hard to match their high-flying opponents, who are enjoying one of their best seasons in Eastern Cape schools’ rugby for many years.<\/p>\n

Port Rex scored a converted try and a penalty in the first half to make it 17-10 at the break, leaving the match very much in the balance.<\/p>\n

But Queen’s then showed how dangerous an attacking side they can be, ruthlessly exploiting their opponents’ defensive mistakes to run in six tries and 30 unanswered points to record a comfortable victory.<\/p>\n

The visitors simply ran out of steam as they tried to plug the gaps while Queen\u2019s attacked from all parts of the field.<\/p>\n

With their tails up, Queen’s didn’t hesitate to run the ball from deep inside their own half and, as spaces opened up, their dangerous backs, led by fullback Mveli Mqulo<\/strong> and wings Ncutu Kepe<\/strong> and Ayathanda Mtyando<\/strong>, took advantage to each cross for a brace of tries.<\/p>\n

Fittingly, it was their hardworking flank and captain Jeffery Niland<\/strong> who crossed for their ninth and last try as the home side completed a satisfying afternoon\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

It was a hard day for the underdogs because Cambridge High<\/strong> also found it tough going against St Andrew\u2019s College<\/strong> in East London, losing 31-70 after trailing 19-42 at the break.<\/p>\n

While the final gap was significant, Cambridge deserves plenty of credit for their fighting spirit. They never threw in the towel and crossed for five tries of their own.<\/p>\n

St Andrew’s hooker Amo Habi<\/strong> had a field day behind a dominant pack, dotting down four times, while their try scorers also included locks William Beamish<\/strong> (2) and Matthew Harvey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In a remarkable display of kicking accuracy, fullback Will Stevens<\/strong> converted all 10 tries scored by St Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n

SCORERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queen\u2019s College 57 (17) \u2013<\/strong> Tries: Ncutu Kepe (2), Mveli Mqulo (2), Ayathanda Mtyando (2), Bulumko Manqina, Jeffery Niland, Acwenga Saul. Conversions: Conversions: Mveli Mqulo (6). Port Rex Technical High 10 (10) \u2013<\/strong> Try: Lonwabo Mtwapi. Penalty: Ndimphiwe Songqwaba. Conversion: Songqwaba.<\/p>\n

St Andrew’s College 70 (42) \u2013<\/strong> Tries: Amo Habi (4), William Beamish (2), Asante Chivere, David Chorley, Matthew Harvey, Qhawe Madikizela. Conversions: Will Stevens (10). Cambridge High 31 (19) \u2013<\/strong> Tries: Lisakhanya Magoxo (2), Imange Roto, Lithemba Mpikwa, Luphumzo Maqabeni. Conversions: Mange Mhlonyeni (3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a closely contested first half, Queen’s College found their rhythm in the second period to ultimately overwhelm a gutsy Port Rex Technical High outfit 57-10 in their clash on the Rec Field, in Komani, on Saturday. The visitors fought hard to match their high-flying opponents, who are enjoying one of their best seasons in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":74793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74784","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\/74784","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\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}