{"id":129458,"date":"2016-08-02T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129458\/eagles-kick-off-their-league-season\/"},"modified":"2016-08-04T08:59:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T06:59:57","slug":"eagles-kick-off-their-league-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/08\/02\/eagles-kick-off-their-league-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles kick off their league season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club travelled to Ho\u00ebrskool Stoffberg, on Saturday, for their first league matches of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The event was hosted by Bobbies Rugby Club.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSome of Boksburg\u2019s age groups were unable to field teams, meaning that we automatically won these matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we did play a few social games to fill the empty time slots,\u201d explained Tyron Smuts, Elsburg Eagles club chairman.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0U-7 lost their game against Kempton Wolwe, and had an automatic win against East Rand United.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0U-8 won their game against the Vereeniging Rugby Club 2-1 and drew their game with the Benoni Grizzleys Rugby Club 2-2.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0U-9 lost their league match against Boksburg Uile Rugby Club 64-0.<\/li>\n<li>U-10 automatically won their league match against Boksburg Uile Rugby Club, and lost their social match against Brakpan Rugby Club 53-0.<\/li>\n<li>U-11 lost their league match against Boksburg Uile Rugby Club 29-0.<\/li>\n<li>U-12 automatically won their league match against Boksburg Uile Rugby Club.<\/li>\n<li>U-13 automatically won their league match against Boksburg Uile Rugby Club.<\/li>\n<li>U-15 automatically won their league match against Boksburg Uile Rugby Club.<\/li>\n<li>U-18 automatically won their league match against Boksburg Uile Rugby Club, and lost their social match against Springs Rugby Club 38-12.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The club was pleased with their teams\u2019 performances and is encouraging more players to get involved in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim is to develop players and improve their rugby skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have grown substantially but we still have a lot of open spaces to fill in all age groups,\u201d said Smuts.<\/p>\n<p>The club, which caters for age groups u-6 to u-18, practises from 6pm to 8pm on Monday and Wednesday, at the Elspark Sports Grounds, at the corner of Heidelberg Road and Egret Street, in Elspark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/123836\/children-learn-to-love-rugby\/\" target=\"_blank\">Children learn to love rugby<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/123832\/pick-up-the-whistle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pick up the whistle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/122951\/be-a-part-of-the-elsburg-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Be a part of the Elsburg Eagles<\/a><\/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='52a627c75aa6324767532f461b94bc30'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club travelled to Ho\u00ebrskool Stofberg for their league 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