{"id":6694,"date":"2015-07-15T07:25:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T07:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/guma-of-kzn-coca-cola-hero-of-the-day-day-2\/"},"modified":"2015-07-15T07:25:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T07:25:08","slug":"guma-of-kzn-coca-cola-hero-of-the-day-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=6694","title":{"rendered":"Guma of KZN Coca-Cola Hero of the Day &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6693\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NewsG_Guma.jpg\" width=\"418\" height=\"276\" alt=\"NewsG Guma\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NewsG_Guma.jpg 448w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NewsG_Guma-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/>Xolisa Guma from KwaZulu-Natal has been named the Coca-Cola\u00ae Hero of the day for day 2 of the U18 Coca-Cola\u00ae Craven Week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The prestigious Coca-Cola\u00ae Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in recognition of a game changing \u2018hero\u2019 moment. Xolisa was selected for the award by a Coca-Cola appointed panel of rugby experts after he scored a match winning try during the last play of the game in his match against the Lions. Xolisa received the ball just inside the Lions half and stepped past his opposing number and the Lions fullback to score to win the game 18-16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Winning the Coca-Cola Hero of the day was a humbling experience, I had a lot of opportunities during the game and I did not take advantage of them but when this opportunity came I backed myself ran for the corner,&#8217; said Xolisa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fetsi Mbele, Coca-Cola South Africa\u2019s Senior Communications Manager: Brand Experience commented, \u201cCongratulations to Xolisa Guma of KwaZulu-Natal on being selected as Coca-Cola\u00ae Hero of the day for day 2 of the Coca-Cola\u00ae Craven Week. At Coca-Cola\u00ae we believe that it is essential to put platforms such as the Coca-Cola\u00ae Youth Weeks in place for players of all ages to reach their full potential. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Coca-Cola\u00ae Youth Weeks are Where Heroes Are Made and for many of the players here this week, this is just the beginning of a future in the game. I look forward to following the likes of Xolisa Guma as they carve out a career for themselves in South African rugby\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition to awarding the Coca-Cola\u00ae Hero of the Day to players at the u18 Coca-Cola\u00ae Craven Week, Coca-Cola has taken the \u201cHero of the Day\u201d concept to social media!* As an acknowledgement of the massive role that schools play in the development of South Africa\u2019s future rugby heroes, Coca-Cola is searching for South Africa\u2019s ultimate school rugby hero. Whether it\u2019s the star flyhalf, a dedicated supporter or the u13 water boy, they want to know their story. The winner and their school will be awarded with amazing rugby related prizes.*<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xolisa Guma from KwaZulu-Natal has been named the Coca-Cola\u00ae Hero of the day for day 2 of the U18 Coca-Cola\u00ae Craven Week. The prestigious Coca-Cola\u00ae Hero of the Day award is presented on each day of the tournament in recognition of a game changing \u2018hero\u2019 moment. Xolisa was selected for the award by a Coca-Cola [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}