Wonderful Rugby at St Andrew's
The spirit between the boys was wonderful to see and the rugby remained tough and uncompromising.
The 1st XV played into the wind in the first half and put themselves under early pressure. The defence held firm until an awkward bounce of the ball resulted in a fortunate Selborne try. St Andrew’s bounced back strongly and scored a penalty of their own before Selborne scored another well worked try. St Andrew’s College finished the stronger of the two teams as the half drew to a close and the team went into half time at 14-3 to Selborne.
The second started much the same as the first and Selborne went straight onto the attack before scoring to extend their lead to 19-3. This seemed to spark the College side into action and for the first time they seemed to have Selborne under pressure through their attack. This resulted in two well worked tries for Matt More and suddenly the score was 19-17 and College had just a glimmer of hope. It was Selborne however who finished the stronger of the two sides and scored again just before the end in order to stretch the final margin of victory to 26-17.
Well done to all the boys on Saturday and especially to the good performances from our 3rds, 4ths, “Kouse” and 6th Teams as well as the 16Cs who all won their matches convincingly.
Scorers
For St Andrew's:
Tries: Matt More 2
Cons by: Chris Benjamin 2
Pen: Chris Benjamin
Teams
St Andrew's: 15 Ross Ferguson, 14 Angus Cook, 13 Matt More, 12 Chris Benjamin, 11 Timothy Bloem, 10 Craig Stow, 9 Oscar Evans, 8 Robert Quarmby, 7 Daniel Tiffin, 6 Kelvin Boateng-Aidoo, 5 Ikhe Nkhereanye, 4 Tristan Cooke, 2 Sanzi Sandi (captain), 2 James Wilson, 1 Harry Turner
Coaches: Gerry Posthumus, Harley Searle
Director of Rugby: Andrew Royle
Selborne: 15 Josh Armstrong, 14 Miles Norton, 13 Sibahle Khulane, 12 Sando Xamlashe (captain), 11 Afrika Ndinisa, 10 David Coetzer, 9 James Bruce, 8 Darren Lemmer, 7 Alex Greig, 6 A. Greig, 5 Storme Snelling, 4 Leon Lyons, 3 Cameron Moodie, 2 Mila Bomela, 1 Sande Msengane
Coaches: Kevin Taylor, Josh Fowles
Results Down the Years
Thanks to Mrs Lin Andrew of St Andrew's we have a complete list.
1931: St Andrew's won 19-3
1932: St Andrew's won 5-3
1933: Selborne won 8-3
1934: Selborne won 10-3
1935: St Andrew's won 11-0
1936-1954: No Matches Played
1955: St Andrew's won 9-5
1956: Selborne won 11-3
1957 & 1958: No Matches Played
1959: Draw 6-6
1960: St Andrew's won 21-3
1961: St Andrew's won 12-3
1962: Selborne won 3-0
1963: Selborne, score not known
1964: Selborne, score not known
1965: Selborne won 3-0
1966: St Andrew's won 8-6
1967: Selborne won 11-01
1968: St Andrew's won 15-3
1969: St Andrew's won 47-0
1970: Selborne won 9-0
1971: Selborne won 17-16
1972: St Andrew's won 12-3
1973: St Andrew's won 16-3
1974: St Andrew's won 11-7
1975: St Andrew's won 13-7
1976: St Andrew's won 9-6
1977: Selborne won 8-3
1978: St Andrew's won 29-12
1979: Selborne won 30-10
1980: Selborne won 4-0
1981: Draw 3-3
1982: Draw 3-3
1983: Selborne won 10-6
1984: Selborne won 16-9
1985: Selborne won 27-9
1986: St Andrew's won 18-0
1987: St Andrew's won 16-15
1988: Selborne won 9-4
1989: St Andrew's won 24-9
1990: Selborne won 44-0
1991: Selborne won 17-9
1992: St Andrew's won 31-10
1993: Selborne won 28-5
1994: Selborne won 32-3
1995: Selborne won 22-7
1996: Selborne won 20-12
1997: Selborne won 25-22
1998: Draw 18-18
1999: St Andrew's won 10-6
2000: Selborne won 25-23
2001: Selborne won 7-3
2002: Selborne won 29-5
2003: Selborne won 28-17
2004: St Andrew's won 34-3
2005: Selborne won 24-22
2006: Selborne won 26-6
2007: Selborne won 43-9
2008: Selborne won 32-19
2009: Selborne won 28-25
2010: St Andrew's won 39-7
2011: Rain, no play
2012: St Andrew's won 16-8
2013: Draw 17-17
2014: Selborne won 28-21
2015: Selborne won 43-19
2016: Selborne won 26-17