Selborne College and Grey High continue their long-standing rugby rivalry 

Selborne College and Grey High School are certainly not strangers on the rugby field, they have met for battle regularly and have each gone through periods of consecutive victories. The rivalry started nearly a hundred years ago and shows no signs of slowing down. 

Going back to 2009, Selborne held on to the title for three years up until 2011. Grey then flipped the script, winning three games from 2012 to 2014. 

This pattern has continued throughout their history, Grey even held an eight-game winning streak from 2000 until 2008. 

After a two-year hiatus, the competition recommenced in 2022, this saw Grey go on to take a 32-26 victory. 

Both sides have of course been strong this year, with Selborne leading by 10 wins to 9.

Additionally, both schools were represented by one of their players on the SA Schools ‘A’ side. Zuko Poswa, of Selborne College, and Imaani Pemba, of Grey High School.

Pemba will form part of the SA u18 squad that takes on France on the 15th of August and England on the 19th of August. 

Other fixtures in the Eastern Cape this weekend include Graeme College vs Muir College and Cambridge High School vs Queen’s College, amongst others. 

Graeme College will also have one of their players, Bathlo Hlekani, form part of the SA U18 squad that takes on the international rivals later this month. 

The teams: 

Selborne College: 15 Daniel Larkan (vice-captain), 14 Thomas Braun, 13 Siyamthanda Sakhela, 12 Chad de Beyer, 11 Anjolauluwa Sogbanmu, 10 Erich Gravett, 9 Paige Fennel, 8 Gcina Puzi, 7 Dewan du Preez, 6 Grant Day (captain), 5 Charles du Plessis, 4 Zuko Poswa, 3 Nathi Nthuli, 2 Jordan Luck, 1 Sandisiwe Msengana.

Grey High School: 15 Joshua Bands, 14 Dylan Garrod, 13 Kyle Callaghan, 12 Tobias Nota, 11 Kaiden Titus, 10 Divan Lamprecht, 9 Aza Ncula, 8 Mark Brombacher, 7 Likona Sodlaka, 6 Reece Miles, 5 De Wet Goedhals, 4 Josh Durrheim, 3 Aidan Wilkinson, 2 Jon Hobson, 1 Daniel de Lange.

The fixtures: 

12:30 – Dale College vs Hudson Park; 13:30 – Cambridge vs Queen’s College; 13:45 – Muir College vs Graeme College; 14:10 – Hoërskool Punt vs Hoërskool Nico Malan; 14:30 – Selborne College vs Grey High School; 14:50 – Die Brandwag vs HTS Daniel Pienaar; 15:00 – Hoërskool Framesby vs Marlow Landbou; 15:30 – Hoërskool Pearson vs Parel Vallei.