{"id":6699,"date":"2015-07-16T07:11:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T07:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/van-der-bank-is-coca-cola-s-hero-of-the-third-day-at-craven-week\/"},"modified":"2015-07-16T07:11:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T07:11:23","slug":"van-der-bank-is-coca-cola-s-hero-of-the-third-day-at-craven-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=6699","title":{"rendered":"Van der Bank is Coca-Cola&#8217;s hero of the third day at Craven Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-6698\" src=\"https:\/\/rugby.supersportschools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NewsG_Boland6.jpg\" width=\"390\" height=\"260\" alt=\"NewsG Boland6\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NewsG_Boland6.jpg 448w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NewsG_Boland6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>Adriaan van der Bank from Boland has been named the Coca-Cola\u00ae Hero of the day for day 3 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. Adriaan was selected for the award by a Coca-Cola appointed panel of rugby experts after he kicked a 45m penalty goal and a drop goal in the dying minutes of the game to help his team beat Border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2018Our fullback, Riaan van Rensburg, normally takes the long kicks for post but when we got the penalty my captain believed in me so I took the kick. The wind was blowing from behind and I knew that I could do it,\u201d said Adriaan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cA couple of minutes later we found ourselves back in their half and with time running out I knew that if I got a drop kick Border will not be able to win the game. The forwards won the ball for me and I got a great pass from our scrumhalf Louis Strydom, which gave me time to kick it over.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fetsi Mbele, Coca-Cola South Africa\u2019s Senior Communications Manager: Brand Experience commented, \u201cCongratulations to Adriaan van der Bank on being selected as Coca-Cola\u00ae Hero of the day for day 3 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. 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 Adriaan 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>Adriaan van der Bank from Boland has been named the Coca-Cola\u00ae Hero of the day for day 3 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. Adriaan was selected for the award by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6699","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\/6699","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=6699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}