{"id":131183,"date":"2016-08-23T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/131183\/disappointing-weekend-for-eagles\/"},"modified":"2016-08-23T17:13:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T15:13:57","slug":"disappointing-weekend-for-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/08\/23\/disappointing-weekend-for-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappointing weekend for Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club travelled to Boksburg on Saturday to take part in the Boksburg Junior Rugby Club\u2019s rugby day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur teams faced off against teams from Boksburg, Heidelberg, Vereeniging and Springs,\u201d explained Tyron Smuts, chairman of the club.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Despite the teams\u2019 best efforts most suffered defeats with the u-15 team being the only team to draw their match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the disappointing results we thank all our players for their efforts. They played like stars,\u201d\u00a0Smuts said.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_131220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131220\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/IMG-20160820-WA0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131220\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/IMG-20160820-WA0001-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club's u-9 team.\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club&#8217;s u-9 team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The club\u2019s results are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0U-7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Game 1: lost 0-10 against Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2: lost 0-10 against Boksburg.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0U-8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Game 1: lost 0-7 Vereeniging.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2: lost 0-10 against Kempton.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0U-9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>League lost: 10-17 against Suikerbosrand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0U-10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>League: lost 5-31 against Suikerbosrand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0U-11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>League: lost 0-45 against Suikerbosrand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0U-12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>League: lost 5-10 against Suikerbosrand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0U-13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>League: lost 0-45 against Suikerbosrand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0U-15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>League: draw 22-22 against Vereeniging.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_131219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131219\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/IMG-20160820-WA0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131219\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/08\/IMG-20160820-WA0003-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club u-13 team take on Suikerbosrand.\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club u-13 team take on Suikerbosrand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe once again thank all the coaches, team managers and supporters for all their efforts,\u201d said Smuts.<\/p>\n<p>The club will travel to Benoni this Saturday for their next set of matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/130425\/tough-weekend-matches-for-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tough weekend matches for Eagles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/130035\/eagles-fail-to-fly-in-weekend-matches\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eagles fail to fly in weekend matches<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/129458\/eagles-kick-off-their-league-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eagles kick off their league season<\/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='aed0f5f7345412401d7f9a2328f3de68'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elsburg Eagles Rugby Club continued their league campaign at the Boksburg Junior Rugby Club\u2019s rugby 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