{"id":177571,"date":"2018-05-03T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/177571\/17-gcn-sport-rugb-lh\/"},"modified":"2018-05-02T22:15:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:15:09","slug":"17-gcn-sport-rugb-lh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/05\/03\/17-gcn-sport-rugb-lh\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrow defeat doesn\u2019t get club down"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Elsburg Rugby Club continued their charge in the Kestrel League with an away match against the Balfour-based Buffels Rugby Club. The match, played last Saturday, was narrowly won by the home team.<\/p>\n

The team knew that it would be a tough away game and gave it all they had on the field.<\/p>

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Leading the match throughout the first half, Elsburg dominated in the scrums and contested well for the ball.<\/p>\n

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However, this momentum did not carry the team to the end of the match and the home team was able to clinch the win with only a three-point difference.<\/p>

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The match\u2019s final score was 29-32 to Buffels.<\/p>\n

Though Elsburg did not win the match, they came off the field in high spirits singing the club\u2019s anthem.<\/p>\n

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The players plan to take the lessons they learned in this match and implement them in their next match.<\/p>\n

After a break over the long weekend, the club will host Vanderbijlpark Rugby Club in a home match at the Elspark Sports Complex, located on the corner of Heidelberg Road and Egret Street in Elspark, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Kick-off is at 4pm.<\/p>\n

The club is hoping the home ground advantage will help them secure a victory. They invite all supporters, old players of the club and their families to come and enjoy the game.<\/p>\n