{"id":142381,"date":"2017-01-18T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/142381\/bears-victorious-weekend-2\/"},"modified":"2017-01-18T12:51:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T10:51:26","slug":"bears-victorious-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2017\/01\/18\/bears-victorious-weekend-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears\u2019 victorious weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bears Rugby League Club didn\u2019t waste time getting back into the swing of things as they were seen in action on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bears faced the Knights Rugby Club at the Elsburg Sports Grounds.<\/p>

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Bears won the match 50-16.<\/p>\n

The local team received the kick-off and dominated from the beginning with three early tries.<\/p>

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Bears flyhalf Ronald Botes offloaded to Zach van Loggenberg to score the first try.<\/p>\n

Knights’ defence couldn\u2019t stop the fast attacking Bears, who continued to dominate, ending the first half with a score 26-12 in favour of the Bears.<\/p>\n

The Bears ran away with the game in the second half, scoring more tries and seven conversions.<\/p>\n

Playing away, Knights had three tries and one conversion. The game was physical, with big hits from both sides and good ball skills displayed by both teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe enjoyed the game and we had a lot of support,\u201d said club chairman, Andries van der Merwe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to everybody who came, including our sponsors and the Elsburg Union Rugby, for the support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Botes was named the man of the match.<\/p>\n

Bears\u2019 try scorers:<\/p>\n