{"id":4475,"date":"2023-12-28T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T13:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rugby.org.il\/south-defeats-north-in-season-opener\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T15:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T13:29:04","slug":"south-defeats-north-in-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rugby.org.il\/en\/south-defeats-north-in-season-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"South defeats north in season opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No less than 120 of circa 300 senior players have been called up for military duty. We are proud of each and every one of them. With club rugby hampered coaches Nimrod Kaplan and  Adrian Reinstein  led a South v. North match to launch the season in Tel Aviv. 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