{"id":5623,"date":"2009-04-19T11:26:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T11:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2020-05-27T11:27:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T11:27:02","slug":"fourth-time-lucky-for-eliker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623","title":{"rendered":"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000;\">Bramley\u2019s barnstorming second rower John Eliker is hoping to make it fourth time lucky in 2009 after missing out on the club\u2019s last three Grand Final appearances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was agonising to miss the end of season finale in each of the last three seasons and I\u2019m going all out with one purpose in mind this year!\u201d exclaimed John who was suspended for the 2006 final success at Warrington and missed out on the 2007 and 2008 defeats through injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never ever want to go through that again and it was made all the worse by watching my mates lose the last two!\u201d added the 26-year-old who started his playing career at the age of 10 with Stanningley\u2019s flourishing junior set-up.<\/p>\n<p>He played for a number of sides across West Leeds before making an instant impact with the Buffaloes in the second half of the 2006 season with 12 tries in 11 appearances. The 2007 season was a write off for John through injury but 14 tries in 14 matches in 2008 suggests the big forward will be near the top of Bramley\u2019s try scoring charts this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do enjoy getting over the line and get a great buzz from scoring but it\u2019s more important of course that we notch the victories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of hard work to do this season and I\u2019m particularly looking forward to the opening home game against Nottingham Outlaws,\u201d added John who counts last season Northern Rail clash at Salford as his career highlight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic club to play for and a real name in rugby league circles,\u201d added John \u201cand I\u2019m raring to go for the fans who have been terrific. It makes such a difference to know there\u2019s several hundred supporters right behind you as well as your team mates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new coach Buttsy has picked up the reigns from Paul Cook and has worked us very, very hard in pre-season and the spirit and confidence in the squad is just outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all pulling for each other,\u201d concluded John. His all action approach to the game of rugby league marks him out as one to watch in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bramley\u2019s barnstorming second rower John Eliker is hoping to make it fourth time lucky in 2009 after missing out on the club\u2019s last three Grand Final appearances. \u201cIt was agonising to miss the end of season finale in each of the last three seasons and I\u2019m going all out with one purpose in mind this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER? - Bramley Buffaloes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER? - Bramley Buffaloes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bramley\u2019s barnstorming second rower John Eliker is hoping to make it fourth time lucky in 2009 after missing out on the club\u2019s last three Grand Final appearances. \u201cIt was agonising to miss the end of season finale in each of the last three seasons and I\u2019m going all out with one purpose in mind this [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bramley Buffaloes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-04-19T11:26:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-27T11:27:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martyn Cheney\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martyn Cheney\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Martyn Cheney\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/89630e37adbdd1115184455ab5690024\"},\"headline\":\"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER?\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-19T11:26:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-27T11:27:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623\"},\"wordCount\":363,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623\",\"name\":\"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER? - Bramley Buffaloes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-19T11:26:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-27T11:27:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/89630e37adbdd1115184455ab5690024\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/\",\"name\":\"Bramley Buffaloes\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/89630e37adbdd1115184455ab5690024\",\"name\":\"Martyn Cheney\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/059ab46e246dd103d6b12dd4aaea5ab05a4695b5eba98097dee903b79b9f443b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/059ab46e246dd103d6b12dd4aaea5ab05a4695b5eba98097dee903b79b9f443b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Martyn Cheney\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER? - Bramley Buffaloes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER? - Bramley Buffaloes","og_description":"Bramley\u2019s barnstorming second rower John Eliker is hoping to make it fourth time lucky in 2009 after missing out on the club\u2019s last three Grand Final appearances. \u201cIt was agonising to miss the end of season finale in each of the last three seasons and I\u2019m going all out with one purpose in mind this [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623","og_site_name":"Bramley Buffaloes","article_published_time":"2009-04-19T11:26:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-27T11:27:02+00:00","author":"Martyn Cheney","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Martyn Cheney","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623"},"author":{"name":"Martyn Cheney","@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/89630e37adbdd1115184455ab5690024"},"headline":"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER?","datePublished":"2009-04-19T11:26:39+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-27T11:27:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623"},"wordCount":363,"commentCount":0,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623","url":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623","name":"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER? - Bramley Buffaloes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-04-19T11:26:39+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-27T11:27:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/89630e37adbdd1115184455ab5690024"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?p=5623#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FOURTH TIME LUCKY FOR ELIKER?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/","name":"Bramley Buffaloes","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/89630e37adbdd1115184455ab5690024","name":"Martyn Cheney","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/059ab46e246dd103d6b12dd4aaea5ab05a4695b5eba98097dee903b79b9f443b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/059ab46e246dd103d6b12dd4aaea5ab05a4695b5eba98097dee903b79b9f443b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Martyn Cheney"},"url":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/?author=3"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5624,"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5623\/revisions\/5624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bramleybuffs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}