Grey Bloem hope to end their 3 game losing streak

16 May, 2015 beet E/Cape, KZN 30

It’s almost never that one gets to use the terms Grey College and losing streak in the same sentence. SA’s most successful rugby school has lost three in a row but will be hoping to get their injury hampered season back on course with a win in East London. This is easier said than done. Selborne has a formidable side who have also been underachieving to an extent due to the injury enforced absence of their leaders Grant Venter (2) and Morgan Steyn (10).

SELBORNE GREY COLLEGE
1 Leon Lyons 1 Stef Brits
2 Mila Bomela / Cole van Tonder 2 Daniel Rust
3 Daniel Voigt 3 Gideo Beukes
4 Phumzile Maqondwana 4 George Rossouw
5 Daniel Froneman 5 Janco van Tonder
6 Heinrich Nieuwenhuizen 6 David Theron
7 Lutho Selem 7 Dian Schoonees
8 Darren Lemmer 8 Hardus Nel
9 Joshua Alderman 9 Rewan Kruger
10 Andile Koyana 10 Edward Janse van Vuuren
11 Thakga Boloko 11 Johan van der Walt
12 David Brits 12 PR Serfontein
13 Tristian Coetzer 13 Francois Agenbach
14 James Bruce 14 Marnus Boshoff
15 Michael Botha 15 Niel Durow

To put the result in perspective, in the last 20 and a bit seasons dating back to 1995, only 14 different South African schools have managed to get a win or draw against Grey College. Over that same period, Grey has had 9 unbeaten seasons.

Matches NOT won by Grey College 1995 – current

# YEAR GREY COLLEGE OPPONENT RESULT
1 2015 Grey College 18 29 Affies Lost
2 2015 Grey College 19 21 HJS Paarl BH Lost
3 2015 Grey College 7 17 Monument Lost
4 2015 Grey College 34 34 Diamantveld Draw
5 2014 Grey College 20 27 Grey HS Loss
6 2014 Grey College 10 10 Monument Draw
7 2013 Grey College 31 37 Affies Loss
8 2013 Grey College 20 22 Outeniqua Loss
9 2012 Grey College 18 28 HJS Paarl BH Loss
10 2012 Grey College 29 35 Affies Loss
11 2012 Grey College 29 45 Paarl Gim Loss
12 2011 Grey College 15 15 HJS Paarl BH Draw
13 2011 Grey College 16 16 Selborne College Draw
14 2009 Grey College 3 9 Paul Roos Loss
15 2006 Grey College 5 5 Jim Fouche Draw
16 2006 Grey College 13 18 Affies Loss
17 2006 Grey College 10 14 Glenwood Loss
18 2006 Grey College 11 16 Paul Roos Loss
19 2005 Grey College 19 29 Outeniqua Loss
20 2005 Grey College 13 15 Maritzburg College Loss
21 2005 Grey College 20 27 Affies Loss
22 2004 Grey College 14 17 Grey HS Loss
23 2004 Grey College 18 21 Paul Roos Loss
24 2001 Grey College 12 12 Affies Draw
25 2000 Grey College 10 17 HJS Paarl BH Loss
26 1998 Grey College 23 23 Affies Draw
27 1998 Grey College 10 15 St Mary’s (Dublin) Loss
28 1998 Grey College 15 16 Auckland Grammar (NZ) Loss
29 1997 Grey College 8 12 Paul Roos Loss
30 1996 Grey College 3 25 Affies Loss
31 1996 Grey College 8 13 Monument Loss
32 1996 Grey College 9 16 HJS Paarl BH Loss
33 1996 Grey College 14 15 Selborne College Loss
34 1996 Grey College 3 13 Grey HS Loss
  Original Grey College 1st XV results research done by Nelio of www.Rugby15.co.za It took Nelio 4 years to compile the data from scratch. The data used above is an extract used to portray a situation and is not an attempt to copy and paste his work.

30 Comments

  1. avatar
    #30 BOG

    @Playa: Thanks for the grammar lesson. Where I come from, English is not a second language, but a foreign one. Thankfully, my late mother and wife, uses the same vernacular.

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    18 May, 2015 at 12:52
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    #29 Playa

    @BOG: Some would say 45 points is a big score (45-29 vs Paarl Gim in 2012)…albeit the points difference being only 16 points, which I think is what you meant.

    Looks like Selborne have a very good formula going in their junior teams. Scary for us :mrgreen:
    I heard only good things about this game.Great comeback by the 1sts to pile on some points when people probably thought it was becoming a one-sided affair.I guess GCB were due a win, and Selborne just happened to be the ones to face them on the day.

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    18 May, 2015 at 09:15
  3. avatar
    #28 BOG

    Jammer, 2 weke

    ReplyReply
    18 May, 2015 at 05:04
  4. avatar
    #27 BOG

    @BoishaaiPa: Hy se dat julle n taai klap met n week vrygespring het :mrgreen:

    ReplyReply
    17 May, 2015 at 20:26
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    #26 BoishaaiPa

    @Djou: Dis n lang lys..gewoonlik so tussen 3 en 4 gemiddeld per seisoen..Boishaai se average oor laaste 50 jaar is so 4 verlore per seisoen..hulle het so net oor 80% winratio..waarvan Grey en Gim die bulk opneem van hulle verlore. Ek het nie al die ander skole se stats nie maar ek reken dis baie naby aan dieselfde. Almal weet Grey is die benchmark en hulle resultate is fenominaal. My vraag is..wat probeer jy nou eintlik sê?

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    17 May, 2015 at 18:20
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    #25 Cappie

    @4×4: As ek so vinnig tel was dit net 8 wat graad 11 was in die beginspan.

    ReplyReply
    17 May, 2015 at 15:59
  7. avatar
    #24 Djou

    I would love to see the list of MATCHES NOT WON of other boy schools such as Affies, Boishaai and Paul Roos.

    ReplyReply
    17 May, 2015 at 10:11
  8. avatar
    #23 Djou

    Ek dink Selborne het ongelukkig die nagevolge gekry van Grey se 3 verlore. Maar trots op my span vir die opstaan. #Grey!

    ReplyReply
    17 May, 2015 at 10:04
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    #22 Knight_CHS07

    @QC86: Grens 17-22 Dale was the final score. Dale had a penalty at the end.

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    17 May, 2015 at 08:25
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    #21 4×4

    Bog…baie geluk met Grey se wen gister. Hoop dit is hulle ommeswaai en glo die res van die seisoen sal suksesvol wees.

    Cappie…is dit so dat 10 van die seuns wat in die Affies se begin span teen Grey gespeel het Graad 11 is die jaar?

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    17 May, 2015 at 07:52
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    #20 BOG

    @AffiePa: By your definition, “recent times”, becomes relative. For the 7-yr old, 2005, is also not “recent”. We cannot be selective, so we take it from when there has been yearly fixtures, which is the 70s.

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    17 May, 2015 at 01:14
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    #19 akw

    @QC86: Tx, that is close.

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 18:26
  13. avatar
    #18 QC86

    Grens 17 Dale 19

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 18:13
  14. avatar
    #17 akw

    @QC86: Grens – Dale?

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 17:34
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    #16 QC86

    Selborne firsts given a rugby lesson today, well played Grey, travel home safe, thanks for a wonderful day, lots of little sporting gestures given and taken. :wink:

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 17:13
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    #15 akw

    That seemed easier than I anticipated.

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 16:46
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    #14 Cappie

    Baie geluk aan Grey, ek het geweet julle het nie ‘n af jaar nie. Net ‘n paar harde klippe gehad om te kou langs die pad. Sterkte met die res van die seisoen.

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 16:39
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    #13 AffiePa

    @BOG: I do concentrate – I was talking about ‘recent times’ – read my mail (and no, 1970 is not recent times) :mrgreen: Congratulations on your win against Selborne – I knew the Grey Boys will rise again. :lol:

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 16:27
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    #12 Grasshopper

    Heard Affies beat KES 92-0…..eish!

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 16:24
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    #11 McCulleys Workshop

    @BOG: Every reason why the top of the pops table doesn’t work.

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 15:01
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    #10 BOG

    51-21 FT. I guess that a few people who went there, in anticipation of a 4th successive loss, must be disappointed. But well done- it required a great deal of courage, hard work and determination. Also to the Selborne boys. I believe that they showed a great deal of sportsmanship when they stood up when the injured GCB player was taken off the field. Thats how I know them.

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    16 May, 2015 at 14:21
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    #9 BOG

    39-7 HT, with yet another serious injury, it would seem

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 13:30
  23. avatar
    #8 QC86

    Grey now up 32-7 ht

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 13:16
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    #7 BOG

    @AffiePa: Concentrate. These stats are from 1995. Overall, Monnas does have the best record and almost equal to them, is Queens College. If the stats go back to the 70s, your stats become less impressive.
    What strikes me about this list, is than even in GCBs struggle years, there was never really a big score against them

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    16 May, 2015 at 12:59
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    #6 QC86

    Cherries won 34-17
    Grey firsts up 10-0 played about 15 minutes

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 12:51
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    #5 Rugby@EC

    And well done to Selborne College u16A and 1st team hockey for beating Grey College as well today !

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 11:43
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    #4 QC86

    Selborne u14a won 19-14
    U15a lost 25-17
    U16’s won 8-7

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 11:20
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    #3 AffiePa

    Thanks @beet – amazing stats. Interesting to note that Affies appears 8 times on the list (if you add the 1998 draw), the next best school seems to be Boishaai at 5 followed by Paul Roos at 4. Not sure where BOG gets his stats that Monnas has the best record against GCB in recent times – they only in at 3.

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    16 May, 2015 at 11:19
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    #2 AffiePa

    @bloues: Yes 1998 was a draw – 23-23

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    16 May, 2015 at 11:08
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    #1 bloues

    What about 1998 against Affies…

    ReplyReply
    16 May, 2015 at 10:01

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