{"id":197387,"date":"2019-02-18T16:22:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/197387\/webb-ellis-trophy-returns-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2019-05-20T10:29:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T08:29:36","slug":"webb-ellis-trophy-returns-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/02\/18\/webb-ellis-trophy-returns-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Webb Ellis Trophy returns to South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Rugby is bringing the prestigious cup to our shores and Heineken, the official sponsor of this year\u2019s tournament, will get first dibs when it lands in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, February 19, the beer company will host an exclusive viewing of the trophy at its captain\u2019s dinner, which will be held at the Nooitgedacht Estates in Stellenbosch.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bn9D-uKgX3V\/<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, join the conversation on Twitter (@Heineken_SA) #RWCTrophyTour #CaptainsDinner or on Facebook.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>You can also view the trophy on February 22, at the following venues:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foresters Arms:<\/strong> 3.30pm \u2013 5pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rascals<\/strong>: 6pm \u2013 7.30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premium Sports<\/strong>: 8.30pm \u2013 10pm<\/p>\n<p>The national rugby team, the Springboks, have lifted the cup twice &#8211; in 1996 and 2007.<\/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='0bcf5d20c1ab81d3392e222b855c1cdd'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The William Webb Ellis Trophy will make its return to South Africa as part of its 18-nation journey, ending with a trip to host nation Japan for this year\u2019s World Cup which kicks off in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6776,"featured_media":197388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Local Media","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24871,24872,24873,24874,24875],"class_list":["post-197387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news","tag-rwctrophytour","tag-national-rugby-team","tag-the-springboks","tag-webb-ellis-trophy","tag-webb-ellis-trophy-returns-to-south-africa"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["#RWCTrophyTour","national rugby team","the Springboks","Webb Ellis Trophy","Webb Ellis Trophy returns to South Africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6776"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}