Selborne host Queen's

The cold spell sweeping the country has hit Queenstown hard and they must be relieved to go down from their mountain and thaw. On Tuesday night it reached -2°C while East London was 9°C. The distance between the two is about 190 km by road.

There is also a difference between the seasons of the two teams so far.

Season So Far

Selborne is currently ranked 14th on the FNB Top 20 of teams in South Africa. Queen's is unranked even though in the first round of matches Queen's beat Selborne.

Queen's have lost seven of their 16 matches, Selborne three of their 15.

Queen's have played against three Top 20 teams, Selborne against five.

Results against Common Opponents

Dale: Queen's lost 17-3; Selborne won 24-19

Framesby: Queen's won 20-12; Selborne won 36-10

Hudson Park: Queen's won 23-7 and lost 20-14; Selborne won 34-7

Port Rex: Queen's won  105-20; Selborne won 109-10

St Andrew's: Queen's lost 31-23; Selborne won 26-17

Achievements

Craven Week

Queen's: Aaron Brody, Cameron Cato, Gareth Heidtmann, Christopher Hollis, Siyamthanda Jwacu, Tristan Wailer,

Selborne: Josh Armstrong, Milan Mbombela, James Bruce, David Coetzer, Darren Lemmer, Leon Lyons, Sande Megan, Sango Xamlashe, Luke Dalbock (Border Country Districts)

Academy Week

Queen's: Keith Kroutz, Sitsaba Moyake, Ilano Smith

Selborne: Alexander Greig, Sibahle Kuhlane, André Rust

Teams

Queen's: 15 Sakhele Ngeno, 14 Christopher Hollis, 16 Justin Kuyler, 12 Ilano Smith, 11 Asi Mrubata, 10 Bulela Sotyelelwa, 9 Edumisa Njumba, 8 Tristan Wailer, 7 Mihlali Peter (captain), 6 Cameron Cato, 5 Luyolo Dapula, 4 Aaron Brody, 3 Sitsaba Moyake, 2 Gareth Heidtmann, 1 Adam Joyner

Replacements: 17 Coenraad Pieterse, 18 Siya Matanda, 19 Siya Jwacu, 20 Bryan Bless, 21 Gareth Greyvenstein, 22 Aviwe Mancotywa, 23 Keith Kroutz

Note: In 1951 Vince Maitland died in a motor accident. He, a prop, wore 13. Since then Queen's have played without a number 13, using 16 instead.

Selborne: Selborne: 15 James Bruce, 14 Josh Norton, 13 Sibahle Khulane, 12 Sando  XVamlashe (captain), 11 Miles Norton, 10 David Coetzer, 9 James Monaghan, 8 Darren Lemmer, 7 Alex Greig, 6 Abndre Rust, 5 Storme Snelling, 4 Brandon du Toit, 3 Cameron Moodie, 2 Mila Bomela, 1 Leon Lyons  

Replacements: 16 Onthatile Mavuso, 17 Sande Msengane, 18 Luke Dalbock, 19 Kais Schoeman, 20 Sisonke Mbadlanyana, 21 Mitchell Connellan, 22 Afrika Ndinisa, 23 Musawenkosi Sili

Rugby Programme

A Field

09.00: Under-14A        

10.10: Under-15A            

11.20: Under-16A     

12.30: 3rd XV    

15.00: 1st XV    

15.45: 2nd XV

B Field

08.30: Under-15B        

09.40: 5th XV        

10.50: 4th XV        

12.00: 6th XV    

C Field    

08.30: Under-16C

09.40: Under-16B     

10.50: Under-14C

11.50: Under-14B

12.50: Under-15C