Framesby on top against Grey High, Selborne victorious in exciting clash with Hudson Park

Jordan Luck started things off for Selborne College when they took on Hudson Park today, scoring a try just over three minutes into the game. It was a pushing war between both sides but Selborne managed to drive Hudson back over their line for Luck to put the ball down.

Daniel Larkin took on the position of fullback today instead of his usual flyhalf role, but one thing that did not change was his kicking abilities, easily making the conversion to put Selborne seven points ahead. It is evident why Luck and Larkin represented Selborne at Craven Week. 

Hudson did not take their time to respond, Landile Gidi booted the ball downfield and to the right to set off a lineout. They capitalized off this when Luthando Yase got a hold of the ball, steamrolled Selborne’s defence and earned a try. 

Anjolauluwa Sogbanmu finished off a great play by Selborne when he faked a pass, completely threw off Hudson’s defence and scored a try. 

Selborne’s teamwork definitely gave them the edge, ever pass would find its way to the right player at the right time. It was no exception when Amani Somana sent a low pass to the left, which was received by Larkin, he offloaded to Erich Gravett and it was try time. 

Hudson really hit their stride after their successful lineout about 21 minutes in; the ball was offloaded to Yase who broke through the defence, he passed it on to Siyamthanda Klass who stormed ahead to score a try. 

This built some momentum; quick hands would lead to another try by Landile Gidi not long after. When Gidi converted his own try, it was now an even 17-17. 

Selborne were determined to take the lead again in the second half, Gravett used a couple of dummies to get through the defence and with a well-timed offload, landed the ball with Larkin, who put Selborne’s fourth try on the board. When Larkin converted, the lead had been reclaimed. 

There was no selfish play from the Selborne side, Luck had possession and was charging downfield, he offloaded to Siya Sakhela, Sakhela sent it to Anjolauluwa Sogbanmu who earned his second try of the game. 

Sakhela went straight from creating an opportunity to seizing one as he scored the next try for Selborne. When Larkin put his third conversion through, it was 36-17.

Hudson would have the last play and the last say of the game with a try from Qiqa Qwesha, however, it was not enough to take the lead. 

Selborne played a very strong game and won the match 36-22.

Nico Malan succeeded in defeating a very strong Kingswood side today. 

Blaine Isaacs used full pace to evade Kingswood defence, offloading to Dominic Malgas who scored the first try for Nico Malan and of the game. Not even a minute and a half into the game.

Nico Malan maintained this five point lead for nearly 21 minutes of the game, at which point they increased that to a 12-0 lead with a try from Owen Breda and a conversion from Dominic Malgas. 

Kingswood were determined to put some points on the board before the end of the first half, and they did just that, with a try from Tadiwa Chikutiro. They spread out wide, got the ball to the far right and Chikutiro chased it down for the five points.

Kingswood opened the second half with a try to get back into the game, however, Nico Malan was ready to fight back. 

Nico Malan took the victory after a highly competitive game at 26-20.

Scorers:

Selborne College 36 – Tries: Jordan Luck, Anjolauluwa Sogbanmu (2), Erich Gravett, Daniel Larkin, Siya Sakhela. Conversions: Daniel Larkin (3) Hudson Park High School 22 – Tries: Luthando Yase, Siyamthanda Klass, Landile Gidi, Qiqa Qwesha. Conversions: Landile Gidi. 

Other results: 

Nico Malan 26, Kingswood College 20; Queen’s College 34, Hoërskool Grens 8; Dale College 41, Stirling 12; Framesby 17, Grey High School 15; Marlow Landbou 13, St Andrew’s College 10; Graeme College 31, Pearson 29.