{"id":8728,"date":"2019-04-22T13:54:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/selborne-college-on-top-in-eastern-cape-tussle-against-framesby\/"},"modified":"2019-04-22T13:54:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T13:54:09","slug":"selborne-college-on-top-in-eastern-cape-tussle-against-framesby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=8728","title":{"rendered":"Selborne College on-top in Eastern Cape tussle against Framesby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-8727\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/NewsGMtungaMaponsela.jpg\" alt=\"NewsGMtungaMaponsela\" width=\"400\" height=\"322\" \/>The third match on the final day was a much-anticipated game between two Eastern Cape powerhouse teams, Selborne College and Hoerskool Framesby.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The two evenly matched teams spent most of the first half playing in midfield, with defensive patterns preventing either side from getting near the try-line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The first points came after 20 minutes when Warrick Day converted a penalty for Selborne to lead 3-0.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Five minutes later, Selborne centre Mtunsa Maponsela broke through the defence to score under the crossbar, converted by Day, for Selborne to lead 10-0 at the break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The second half livened up after coaches had had their say at halftime and it was Framesby prop Luhan Fourie who went over.&nbsp; The reliable boot of Jaundre Liebenberg added the extra points to narrow the lead to three points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Selborne\u2019s Day converted his second penalty for Selborne to lead 13-7.&nbsp; Framesby came close to scoring but Selborne\u2019s defences held.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A clever kick through the advancing defence saw wing Lawula Bata touch down just ahead of the Framesby defence.&nbsp; Day converted for the East Londoners to lead 20-7.&nbsp; In the final move of the game, Fourie scored his second try for Framesby, well converted from the touchline by Liebenberg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The game was won by Selborne 20-14 for their second festival win after their Saturday fixture against Glenwood was abandoned due to lightning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Scorers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Selborne:<\/strong> Tries Maponsela, Bata; Conversions Day (2); Penalties Day (2)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Framesby<\/strong>: Tries Fourie (2); Conversions Liebenberg (2)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third match on the final day was a much-anticipated game between two Eastern Cape powerhouse teams, Selborne College and Hoerskool Framesby.&nbsp; The two evenly matched teams spent most of the first half playing in midfield, with defensive patterns preventing either side from getting near the try-line. The first points came after 20 minutes when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8728","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\/8728","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}