Super Rugby hit the halfway mark last weekend and there is still no clear front-runner in the South African Conference. The position is currently occupied by the Bulls on 28 the Cheetahs and the Sharks are both on 27. [...]
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Cheetahs to hunt for maximum points
Watson to lead Kings
Luke Watson will lead his Kings charges onto the Nelson Mandela Stadium pitch following his throat injury that ruled him out of the entire tour to the Antipodes. [...]
Sharks vs Kings at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
The Sharks will travel to Port Elizabeth where they will be taking on Super Rugby newcomers the Kings in their third local conference match in as many encounters in this year’s competition. This will be the first match for the Sharks at Nelson Madela Bay Stadium and the first Super Rugby match between these two teams and will kick off at 19:10 on Saturday. [...]
Sharks heading to the Friendly City
Coming off a 12-6 win over the Stormers in Durban this past Saturday, the Sharks will turn their attention to the Southern Kings for their first Super Rugby meeting at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth this coming weekend. [...]
Vleis starts for Kings
They say the wheel often turns slowly, but for one player in particular, it will have come full circle this weekend. Southern Kings loose forward Jacques “Vleis” Engelbrecht will finally have his chance to start a game of Super Rugby on Saturday – against the team who came within a whisker of including him in their own squad two years back. [...]
Happy birthday to the twins!
Sharks captain Keegan Daniel, as well as his unlikely “twin”, fellow flanker Jean Deysel, both celebrate their 28th birthdays today. [...]
Kings: Team effort
Saturday was truly an historic evening in Eastern Province rugby, not just for the fact that the Southern Kings played their first Super Rugby game but they also managed to secure their first win against the Western Force, also something none of the other newly added teams could do. [...]
Watson leads Kings
The Southern Kings have named their side to take on the Western Force in their historic first Super Rugby game, in Port Elizabeth this weekend. Luke Watson captains the side from the number 8 position. [...]
Watson back to lead Kings
The Kings have called on their big name signings and will bank on the return of their captain Luke Watson to give them a victory in their last preseason match before Super Rugby starts. [...]
No exemption for Kings
Even though an official announcement is yet to be made, SARU seem set to deny the Kings’ request of playing more than two foreign players in a match day 22. [...]
Kings name extended squad for Super Rugby
The newly-appointed Super Rugby franchise the Southern Kings had a day for the local media to meet and greet an extended squad for next year’s season on Saturday. [...]
Kings confirm Super Rugby signings
31 Oct 12 11:30 by Richard Ferguson | Cheetahs, EP Kings, Original Content, Super Rugby, WP | 12 Comments
The Kings have finally been able to confirm the signing of two players ahead of Super Rugby 2013, one of which has drawn speculation over the last few days after his Currie Cup heroics. [...]
Cheetahs name strong team for Kings clash
The Cheetahs team to face the Kings in the second promotion/relegation match has been announced, with a few changes to the team that beat the Kings so comprehensively last Friday night. [...]
First Division v Premier Division
23 Oct 12 10:14 by pierre_mackie | Cheetahs, Currie Cup, EP Kings, Original Content, Reader Submissions | 22 Comments
On Friday night we saw the first of a two leg promotion / relegation game between 1st Division Champions EP Kings and bottom of the Premier Division log The Cheetahs in Bloem. [...]
Injury concern and goodbyes for Cheetahs
In what has become somewhat of a norm, the Cheetahs have again lost players ahead of their second promotion/relegation match against the Kings this weekend. [...]
