Team makes history for club by winning league

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.

The youngsters’ campaign picked up momentum when the boys beat Boksburg in the semi-final 15-5.

“The 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,” said Chris Fritz, one of the coaches of the team.

“This caused a lot of errors from the Boksburg side and the Eagles capitalised and scored the opening try.”

With the semi-final win in the bag the youngsters prepared themselves for the final against Bobbies.

It was a tough encounter from the get go with both sides giving their all.

“As 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.

“The backs came into their own with some sublime handling, running riot with all the balls they received from the forwards,” said Fritz.

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The team left their best rugby of the season for last with the forwards and backs interacting as one.

They scored four tries in the process and the defence tackled like Trojans never giving the Bobbies an opportunity to score points.

The u-11 team won the final 22-0 making their two coaches Alwyn Venter and Fritz extremely proud.

“By winning the Valke u-11 final they became the first team in the Elsburg Eagles Junior Rugby Club’s history to achieve this.

“The club thanks all their supporters for the support during the season,” said Fritz.

The winning team was made up of Ehrig Strydom, Juandré 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.