Grey College cancels Selborne tour after swine flu outbreak

Theherald · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · May 28, 2026 · 418 words · By Anathi Wulushe

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One of the most anticipated clashes in the schoolboy sports calendar, Selborne College vs Grey College this weekend, has been cancelled after some of the Bloemfontein institution’s boys contracted swine flu.

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Grey Bloem rugby, hockey and other sporting codes were to visit KuGompo City for the scheduled fixtures, but based on data and medical recommendations, it was decided it would be risky, the college’s acting headmaster Ludwig Koekemoer said in a letter.

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Swine flu is a highly contagious respiratory illness.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.theherald.co.za/sport/2026-05-28-grey-college-cancels-selborne-tour-…

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Claim 1: “Selborne College vs Grey College this weekend, has been cancelled after some of the Bloemfontein institution’s boys contracted swine flu.”

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The cancellation of the fixture due to swine flu at Grey College is reported by multiple independent sources including Dailydispatch, African News Agency, and other web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne (17 October 1859 – 26 February 1942), styled Viscount Wolmer between 1882 and 1895, was a British politician and colonial administrator, who served as H…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Palmer,_2nd_Earl_of_Se…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dale College Boys' High School, (commonly referred to as Dale College), is a well-established public English medium high school for boys located in Qonce, a town in the Eastern Cape province of South …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_College_Boys'_High_School

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Selborne College is a semi-private English medium male-only school situated in the suburb of Selborne and Belgravia (the suburb was named after the school) of KuGompo City in the Eastern Cape province…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selborne_College

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Claim 2: “Selborne will welcome Makhanda’s St Andrew’s to KuGompo City next week.”

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The upcoming fixture between Selborne and St Andrew's College of Makhanda is reported by Dailydispatch and confirmed by a web search result from June 6, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — St. Andrew's College is an Anglican high school for boys located in Makhanda (Grahamstown), Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It was founded in 1855 by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew's_College,_Grahamst…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 6, 2026 · Selborne College showing St Andrew's College who the turf belongs to in another #KingPriceDerbySeries clash! #DerbyDaysAreBack King Price ...
https://www.facebook.com/kingpricederbyseries/posts/selborne…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 4, 2026 · The 2026 schoolboy rugby season kicks off in a couple of weeks. If you'll be running out for King Edward VII School let us know which game you ...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/skolerugby/posts/24193471451…

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Claim 3: “Selborne toured the city of roses in 2025... with their first team beaten 103-14.”

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The 103-14 defeat of Selborne in Bloemfontein is reported by Dailydispatch and corroborated by multiple TikTok sources and web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grey High School is a semi-private English-medium high school (grades 8 to 12) for boys situated in the suburb of Mill Park in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is one of the t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_High_School

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Here are lists of single-sex education (schools which only admit boys, or those which only admit boys at certain levels/years/grades), or those which follow the Diamond Schools model (separating stude…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_boys'_schools

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Claim 4: “Swine flu is a highly contagious respiratory illness.”

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Multiple medical and health sources, including the CDC and Medscape, confirm that swine flu (H1N1) is a highly contagious respiratory illness.

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web search NEUTRAL — INTRODUCTION. Swine influenza is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease of pigs,[1] caused by one of the several strains of swine influenza A. The ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3099508/

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 26, 2026 ... Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses · Flu can cause mild to severe illness. · Most experts believe that influenza ...
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/index.html

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 14, 2023 ... Swine flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease in pigs caused by one of several swine influenza A viruses (see the image below).
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1807048-overview

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Claim 5: “Grey College last visited the city in 2024.”

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A web search result specifically stating 'Grey College last visited the city in 2024' corroborates this claim, and Wikipedia confirms the city's name change to KuGompo City in February 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, colloquially known as The Aud, was a multipurpose indoor arena in downtown Buffalo, New York. Opened on October 14, 1940, it was home to the Canisius Golden Griffins (NCAA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Memorial_Auditorium

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University at Buffalo (commonly referred to as State University of New York at Buffalo, UB, or sometimes SUNY Buffalo) is a public research university in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United Stat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ybor City ( EE-bor) is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States. It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ybor_City

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Claim 6: “After beating Queens College and Port Rex over the past two weekends, Selborne were fired up for the revenge”

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While one source mentions Selborne claiming the scalps of Queens College, another match report explicitly states 'Queen’s beats Grens 19-0', contradicting the claim that Selborne defeated them.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below is a listing of all rugby union players that have represented the South Africa Under-18 (South Africa Schools) side since 1974.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_Africa_national_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Royal Naval College, Osborne, was a training college for Royal Navy officer cadets on the Osborne House estate, Isle of Wight, established in 1903 and closed in 1921. Boys were admitted at about t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Naval_College,_Osborne

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Claim 7: “several learners have already been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus (swine flu).”

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The diagnosis of several learners with H1N1 at Grey College is reported by both the Dailydispatch and a specific web search result detailing the outbreak.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands"; shortened to the '00s) is the decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009. During this decade, the world population grew from 6.1 to 6.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arsenic is a chemical element; it has the symbol As and atomic number 33. It is a metalloid and one of the pnictogens, and therefore shares many properties with its group 15 neighbors phosphorus and a…
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