{"id":221066,"date":"2019-10-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/221066\/team-makes-history-for-club-by-winning-league\/"},"modified":"2019-10-21T09:58:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T07:58:25","slug":"team-makes-history-for-club-by-winning-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/10\/21\/team-makes-history-for-club-by-winning-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Team makes history for club by winning league"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elsburg Eagles Junior Rugby Club members and players are celebrating after the u-11 team lifted the trophy in their division of the Valke Rugby League last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The youngsters\u2019 campaign picked up momentum when the boys beat Boksburg in the semi-final 15-5.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe game was won in the first half with the Eagles forward pack dominating the collisions, as well as some aggressive defense and a lot of pressure applied by the Eagles backline,\u201d said Chris Fritz, one of the coaches of the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis caused a lot of errors from the Boksburg side and the Eagles capitalised and scored the opening try.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>With the semi-final win in the bag the youngsters prepared themselves for the final against Bobbies.<\/p>\n<p>It was a tough encounter from the get go with both sides giving their all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the match progressed the Eagles forward pack came more into the game with their dominance at the break downs supplying their backline with quick balls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe backs came into their own with some sublime handling, running riot with all the balls they received from the forwards,\u201d said Fritz.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/217146\/elsburg-eagles-hold-successful-rugby-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elsburg Eagles hold successful rugby day<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/205916\/junior-rugby-players-can-learn-new-skills-at-club\/\" target=\"_blank\">Junior rugby players can learn new skills at club<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The team left their best rugby of the season for last with the forwards and backs interacting as one.<\/p>\n<p>They scored four tries in the process and the defence tackled like Trojans never giving the Bobbies an opportunity to score points.<\/p>\n<p>The u-11 team won the final 22-0 making their two coaches Alwyn Venter and Fritz extremely proud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy winning the Valke u-11 final they became the first team in the Elsburg Eagles Junior Rugby Club\u2019s history to achieve this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club thanks all their supporters for the support during the season,\u201d said Fritz.<\/p>\n<p>The winning team was made up of Ehrig Strydom, Juandr\u00e9 Smith (captain), Declan Roberts, Ivan Venter, Xavier Bruwer, Wian Oosthuizen, Jordan Nortje, Tiaan Roets, Jayden Pretorius (vice captain), Ethan Swanepoel, Taku Marufu, Antonie Pieterse, Jayden Roodt, Dwaine Jooste, Evan van der Merwe, Jordon van der Walt, Aidan Austen, Ethan van der Berg, Sibusisi Azola and Lian le Roux.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<article id=\"post\" class=\"post-217196 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-local-news category-top-stories tag-community-2 tag-east-rand tag-ekurhuleni tag-gcn tag-germiston tag-germiston-city-news tag-leigh-hodgson tag-south-africa content-print\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by 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