{"id":80894,"date":"2025-08-18T14:19:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80894"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:19:18","slug":"selbornes-fortress-stands-strong-against-grey-invaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80894","title":{"rendered":"Selborne’s Fortress stands strong against Grey invaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Selborne College Head Boy and 1st XV hooker, Liam Hansen, dotted down twice as Selborne beat Grey High by 13 points in East London. Photo: Selborne College on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Selborne College<\/strong> continued to reign at their home-ground<\/strong>, “The<\/em> Fortress<\/strong>” and finished their season in memorable fashion with a well-earned 27-14 win over Grey High<\/strong> in their King Price Derby Series<\/strong> clash, in East London, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In a match in which both sides were outstanding on defence, but not quite as clinical on attack, Selborne scored a crucial try on the stroke of halftime to make it 14-14 at the break and then kept their Gqeberha rivals scoreless in the second period.<\/p>\n

On top of that, they seized their moments to outmanoeuvre the Grey defence at a lineout, which led to hooker Liam Hansen<\/strong> charging over for his second try.<\/p>\n

Complementing their try scoring efforts was the boot of fullback Bungqina Nuku<\/strong>, who had a brilliant day kicking for posts, slotting two penalties and three conversions for an unblemished record.<\/p>\n

Taking points when they were on offer, Selborne was able to build scoreboard pressure, and they then relied on their committed defence to keep the Grey attackers at bay.<\/p>\n

Grey was equally solid in protecting their line and the attempts by both sides to attack from close range were mostly nullified by the committed defending tacklers.<\/p>\n