{"id":75742,"date":"2025-06-20T12:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=75742"},"modified":"2025-06-20T12:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:04:56","slug":"local-derbies-on-the-card-in-east-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=75742","title":{"rendered":"Local derbies on the card in East London"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hudson Park faces Port Rex on Saturday. In their last East London derby, against Stirling, they cruised to a 34-point victory. Photo: Hudson Park High on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having successfully seen off the challenge of Stirling High<\/strong> last week, Hudson Park<\/strong> will be aiming to finish their second term programme on a high note when they host Port Rex<\/strong> in East London at 14.30 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Their derby clash continues a fascinating rivalry between the schools. Both teams will be fired up to ensure it’s an afternoon of celebration for their supporters.<\/p>\n

A comparative look at their results suggests that Hudson Park will start as strong favourites.<\/p>\n

Port Rex and Stirling drew 17-17, while Hudson cruised to a 41-7 triumph last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Against Queen’s College<\/strong>, Port Rex ran out of steam after a fighting display in the first half to leak 30 points in the second, going down 10-57 at The Rec<\/strong>, in Komani. Hudson, on the other hand, albeit playing at home, put in a stronger performance to lose 18-32 to Queen’s.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, both sides know that past results will count for nothing when the ref’s whistle signals the start of their match on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Port Rex wasn\u2019t in action last weekend so they will have to find their rhythm against a team who were impressive in dismantling the Stirling defence, with outside centre Lunathi Dolo<\/strong> their standout player.<\/p>\n

Bustling No 8 Sibabalwe Mtshini<\/strong> crossed for two tries in that game and he will again be one to watch, while the halfback combination of Likho<\/strong> and Landile Gidi<\/strong> have a close understanding, which could give them the edge.<\/p>\n

In the other match in East London, Stirling hosts Selborne College<\/strong> at 13:30. They will need to lift their game to match the visitors.<\/p>\n

The Selbornians were solid in defence against Cambridge High<\/strong> last Friday, and equally efficient on attack, running in six tries in a 42-0 victory.<\/p>\n

It would be a surprise if they were not able to build on that against Stirling. Allan Miles is an astute coach, and he will keep his Selborne side grounded for the showdown.<\/p>\n

Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hudson Park:<\/strong> 15 Mahle Zinto, 14 Bahlumile Mavusa, 13 Ukhona Kama, 12 Lunathi Dolo, 11 Masibulele Kwakwini, 10 Likho Gidi, 9 Landile Gidi, 8 Sibabalwe Mtshini, 7 Likhanye Mandila, 6 Phindokuhle Mdlalana, 5 Sange Gwarube, 4 Hlumelo Gobile, 3 Tyrique Peters, 2 Kwakokuhle Pasha, 1 Manyano Mpendu.<\/p>\n

Port Rex:<\/strong> 15 Phumelela Sheleni, 14 Deano Snyman, 13 Mivuyo Kongela, 12 Owam Nqweniso, 11 Hlalumi Tisane, 10 Ndimphiwe Songqwaba, 9 Lluthando Maseti, 8 Lonwabo Mntwapi (capt), 7 Lutho Majavu, 6 Siyo Dubula, 5 Kwakhanya George, 4 Ethan Schoeman, 3 Liam Botha, 2 Mlibo Makupula, 1 Siyema Mdyogolo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having successfully seen off the challenge of Stirling High last week, Hudson Park will be aiming to finish their second term programme on a high note when they host Port Rex in East London at 14.30 on Saturday. Their derby clash continues a fascinating rivalry between the schools. Both teams will be fired up to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":75743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75742","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\/75742","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=75742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}