{"id":114386,"date":"2016-03-01T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114386\/top-teams-tackle-it-out\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T13:51:15","slug":"top-teams-tackle-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/03\/01\/top-teams-tackle-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Top teams tackle it out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 local rugby season is fast approaching.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for the season, the Germiston Simmer Rugby Club took part in the Golden Lions Club Sevens Tournament over the weekend.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The tournament was hosted at the Pirates Rugby Club in Greenside, in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s u-20 (junior) team was able to beat the Alberton side to play in the plate final against the Raiders Rugby Club.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The bounce of the ball favoured Raiders and the side lost the match 5-10, with Jason Harrison named the man of the tournament in the u-20\u2019s division.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the tournament, the Simmer u-20 team was named the sixth best sevens team in the Golden Lions Rugby Union for 2016 in their section.<\/p>\n<p>The Simmer senior team made it to the semi-finals before being knocked out by the Pirates Rugby Club.<\/p>\n<p>In the play-off for third place in the tournament, the Simmer senior side faced a strong Randfontein Rugby Club team and were defeated 5-41.<\/p>\n<p>This result means the team is ranked the fourth best sevens team in the Golden Lions Rugby Union for 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Powell was named the man of the tournament in the senior division.<\/p>\n<p>Simmer now turn their focus to the league starting on April 2.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s final preparation will include a friendly match against the Johannesburg Police (Bobbies) on Saturday, March 5, and a mystery trip against a mystery team on March 12.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s results throughout the weekend\u2019s tournament are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>The seniors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs UJ &#8211; won 20-19<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs Konsa &#8211; won 38-5<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs Diggers &#8211; won 20-5<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs UJ Soweto &#8211; won 34-5<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs Pirates &#8211; lost 0-12 (semi-final)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs Randfontein &#8211; lost 5-41 (third place play-off)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The juniors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs Diggers &#8211; won 28-19<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs Police &#8211; won 15-12<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs Randfontein &#8211; lost 7-40<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs Alberton &#8211; won 31-10 (plate semi-final)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Simmer vs Raiders &#8211; lost 5-10 (plate final)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/113674\/brand-new-drift-season-starts-on-a-high-note\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brand new drift season starts on a high note<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/113451\/top-eight-tournament-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top Eight Tournament continues<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/113530\/dis-chem-ride-for-sight-cycle-race-results\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dis-Chem Ride for Sight cycle race results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114208\/local-paddler-tackles-the-dusi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Local paddler tackles the Dusi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114190\/time-trials-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\">Time trials continue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='241a92726b87d670ae5f735faf80734c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simmer take on the Golden Lions Club Seven&#8217;s Tournament over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":114387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Leigh Hodgson","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,1122,1119,1724],"class_list":["post-114386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-rugby","tag-sport-2","tag-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","rugby","sport","sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}