{"id":124630,"date":"2016-06-14T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/124630\/elsburg-eagles-face-brakpan-east\/"},"modified":"2016-06-13T14:54:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T12:54:36","slug":"elsburg-eagles-face-brakpan-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/06\/14\/elsburg-eagles-face-brakpan-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Elsburg Eagles face Brakpan East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday the Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club\u2019s junior u-12 side hosted the Brakpan East Rugby Club in a friendly match.<\/p>\n<p>This was the club\u2019s first friendly home match of the rugby season and offered the young players some exposure.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124632\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/IMG_1424_70499.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124632\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/IMG_1424_70499-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club (green) and Brakpan East Rugby Club (yellow) prepare to scrum.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/IMG_1424_70499-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/IMG_1424_70499-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/06\/IMG_1424_70499.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club (green) and Brakpan East Rugby Club (yellow) prepare to scrum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately Eagles suffered a defeat against the visiting team, going down 15-29 with tries being scored by Jaden Smiles and John Steyn.<\/p>\n<p>The week before the club\u2019s u-8 and u-12 teams were invited to take part in the Bobbies Rugby Club for their social club day.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The teams faced off against teams from Springs and Heidelburg at the event, held at Laerskool Morewag in Brakpan.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the club or to join call Tyron Smuts, the club chairman on 083 285 9470.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/123836\/children-learn-to-love-rugby\/\" target=\"_blank\">Children learn to love rugby<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/123832\/pick-up-the-whistle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pick up the whistle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/122951\/be-a-part-of-the-elsburg-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Be a part of the Elsburg Eagles<\/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='9d471eba6e7769d2b2b9bece96a9378c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club\u2019s junior u-12 team were defeated in their match against the Brakpan East Rugby 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