You all know I’ve generally been pretty supportive of the Kings up until now, right? Well… this time the blighters have gone too far!
The picture below, courtesy of Beeld (photographer Werner Hills) shows Kings team-mates Luke Watson and Mpho Mbiyozo wearing the Kings’ new Super Rugby jerseys and like the Stormers did back in the late 90s, they’ve somehow seemed to think that black and white are their colours.
This is simply not on. The Kings – and EP before them – have always played in red and black and if they’re hoping to make a point in their first year of Super Rugby by usurping someone else’s colours, then by all means, maximise the red part and really rub the vanquished Lions’ noses in it. Black, though, is the Sharks’ colour. It simply isn’t on to design a jersey that so blatantly and obviously clashes with what the Sharks wear.
Be warned, Kings. No mercy will be shown!
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Amen
I want to see us whup them so hard that each guy on our team peals this affront to nature off his opposition number while the whole Kings team lies bloody and broken upon the field!
Onwards to WAR!
@PTAShark (Comment 2) : dude…. therapy… just saying 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 3) :
I think all y’all need therapy! 😆
Looks like those cheap skins you get from Mr.Price sports 😆 I feel sorry for these clowns 🙁
Sykes will feel at home, but will he know where he is when the Sharks and this crowd play each other.
It might be the same-ish colours, but that jersey with that logo is as ugly as I’ve seen in a long time.
There’ll always be imitators. 😉
I hope we give them the biggest hiding of all the teams in this years comp. BTW, the Kings jersey looks [email protected]!
I don’t understand ,their traditional red and black stripes were decent
So no headline sponsor for the Kings yet?
At least the Lions were aable to drum up some sponsorships other than the kit sponsor 😳
@Talent (Comment 9) : Its the Kings, these days its all about the black and white.
Must agree, I really liked those red and black colours..
Ackermans or pep should sponsor them.
@Salmonoid (Comment 12) : 😕 well we’ll have to teach them a lesson in courtesy
@robdylan (Comment 3) : The whupping will be my therapy…
Rob, lets be proud rather, you know what they say, “imitation is the best form of flattery!” Its now two teams that have imitated the Mighty Sharks
Let’s be honest, these guys are going to be in the comp for 1 year and then gone. Rather than get upset just let time pass and then they’ll be gone.
It would have been nice if they could have come into the comp to be competitive but they have really been given the short end of the stick. They can’t even beat a woefully under-strength Cheetahs team to get into the Currie Cup so they don’t have that “basic” level of competitiveness. Sure they’ve imported a few guys like Andries and Steven who will help them but the rest of the squad aren’t used to the level of intensity in Superugby.
Maybe they should have been given a “push” up into the Currie Cup to get used to that level for a few years before being dumped in (and very shortly out) of the biggest, most competitive regional rugby competition in the world.
Bunch of second hand Sharks wannabes. Wonder if Sykes had anything to do with it? 😉 Well I already bought my new beautiful Sharks jersey. Now that is a real beautiful black jersey.
They just want to be like us!!
i BITCHED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR ALREADY…
Morne – I’ll take you up on the offer. Thanks.
@PTAShark (Comment 15) : that’s got to be a contender for comment of the day 🙂
He he, well you used to be kissing cousins!
Much ado about nothing.
Since the red mist lifted and I actually looked at the picture, it really is a bloody ugly jersey. The White one looks like a second rate high school teams and the black like a soccer jersey.
@Big Fish (Comment 23) :
Agreed!
So how it married life treating you? 😀
I like the white Sharks jersey more in anycase, you can see who is loafing…
@Salmonoid (Comment 10) : Surprising…. 😈
@Salmonoid (Comment 12) : Damn….beat me to it.
@klempie (Comment 27) :
Jy kom nou net weer kak soek né? 😮
@KingCheetah (Comment 22) : Shhhh cheeky! 😛
What colour should they have chosen that would not have clashed with anyone?
So we are black and white. When we play them away we will wear white (our away strip) when we play them at home, they will wear white.
No issue really
@Pokkel (Comment 30) : Wat se jy jou maat?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 32) : 😕 It’s about tradition, man not distinguishability (sic).
When do we play these chump wannabes?
@klempie (Comment 33) :
Neuk aan. Gaan jy darem meer hier rondhang as die rugby begin? Of liewer meer kom kak maak as die rugby begin? 😈
@Pokkel (Comment 36) : Ek is vrek besig deesdae. Weetie as ek eers commentary sal kan doen nie.
@klempie (Comment 27) : @klempie (Comment 28) : 😆 I’ve been bored lately.
@klempie (Comment 35) : Hmmm….I see it’s 9 March. Bring it!
@Salmonoid (Comment 38) : Curiously, yours got through the moderator’s filter. Cudos to you, sir!
@klempie (Comment 33) : okay so what colours should they have chosen that would not have clashed with another union’s “tradition”?
@klempie (Comment 39) : his was subtle and a little bit clever. Yours was your usual “bull in a china shop” bollocks.
Perhaps you’ll learn one day? Or perhaps I’ll ban you again. I know where my money is
@KSA Shark © (Comment 40) : is “red and black” too obvious an answer for you to have thought of? 🙂
How pissed would the crusaders have been and the locals who support the Crusaders or as you mentioned in the article how pissed would the Lions have been?
The fact that its us is just bad luck
How about a Harlequins type jersey with red, black, (Border) brown, (SWD)green and a splash of white thrown in. It may look like a dogs breakfast but would at least represent their area and would not clash with any other team.
@robdylan (Comment 42) : Looks like the man is losing his marbles with old age! 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 43) : The Tradisional colours of EP rugby have always been Red and black…??
@Big Fish (Comment 23) : Was about to post the exact same phrase. Thanks for saving me the finger trouble 😉
@Ice (Comment 45) : looks like the man is making a point of being argumentative 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 41) : Uhhh….black and red?? 😕 😕
@robdylan (Comment 42) : I will give him that. My subtlety days are long gone.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 44) : Yes, but at least they’d have the traditional argument to defend themselves with. Right now they just look silly.
@robdylan (Comment 48) : Indeed, blerrie fighting fit! 😆
Ag don’t worry, we’ll just accept it like everything else 🙄
“Sê maar niks dan is daar niks” 🙄
Even If they went for a black home kit and red away kit it would have been better
we need to be brutal with this. give us at least a 50 pointer to us
Surely there must be some sort of legal action the Sharks can take against them?
If Sharks management is serious about protecting their brand they would.
@Original Pierre (Comment 58) : Come on dude…you’re not serious. 😕
@Original Pierre (Comment 56) : Unknot those knickers dude 😉
@Original Pierre (Comment 56) : I would contribute to something like that 😯
@Original Pierre (Comment 56) : you can’t trademark “black” 🙂
Much ado about nothing. Imho
Okay well if we can`t do anything about it at least we can hope they won`t be along for too long. . . 😈
We can’t trademark black but we do have a trademark slogan. Black and white nothing else matters….uhm…. That’s not suppose to include the kings.
Much ado about nothing…..let them be…for a season it might make them feel like Kings 😉
They couldve stuck with their old ‘Southern Spears’ kit. There is a pic of that somewhere on the site.
@robdylan (Comment 48) : me being argumentative because I choose not to kick up a fuss about another team having the same colours as us? Okay then.
No Rob, you have it wrong. Luke knows he only has one season of Super Rugby, so he is showing us that he still can like to be playing in black, ek se! 😯
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : dude, if I posted an article stating that the sun rose this morning, you’d argue with it. 🙄
@KSA Shark © (Comment 66) : I was just about to say, I think Robs comment is hardly about this issue only… 😳 @robdylan (Comment 68) :
@robdylan (Comment 70) : 😆 😆
@KSA Shark © (Comment 68) : @robdylan (Comment 70) : I don’t understand this. You guys used to get on so well together (especially when it came to meting out punishment on me). What’s happened? Trouble in paradise? Has the lack of a common enemy now started revealing core differences?
@klempie (Comment 71) : you give yourself too much credit 🙂
@klempie (Comment 71) :
Stop flattering yourself.
KSA is just gatvol with Plum and the Sharks and he’s taking his frustration out on SW. 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 72) :
Give KSA a break at least he hasn’t mentioned ‘The sock man’ recently! 😈
@robdylan (Comment 74) : What’s your explanation for trouble with the missus?
@Pokkel (Comment 76) : Who’s that?
@klempie (Comment 76) :
KSA has an issue with a certain Sharks back-up loosehead who’s socks are always down. 🙄
@Pokkel (Comment 79) : When did Mvovo switch to prop?
@klempie (Comment 78) : 😆 😆
@klempie (Comment 78) :
Jy moet ‘n bietjie meer rugby begin kyk die jaar…
@klempie (Comment 78) : Mvovo at least has his socks up when he runs onto the field, this clown doesn’t even do that.
@Pokkel (Comment 82) : @FireTheLooser (Comment 83) : Who are you guys talking about?
@FireTheLooser (Comment 81) : @klempie (Comment 82) :
Nuuskierig?? 😈
@Pokkel (Comment 85) : 🙄
Hoe oud is jy? 12?
@klempie (Comment 82) : holy shmokes ou, where you been in life…you sure you’re a Sharks supporter? 😉
We only have but one backup loosehead 😆
@FireTheLooser (Comment 87) : Chadwick?
@klempie (Comment 86) :
Bazinga!!
@Pokkel (Comment 89) : Hey, that’s my line… 🙄
@klempie (Comment 86) : No, the other backup loosehead 🙄 😆
@klempie (Comment 88) :
I thought it was Sheldon’s line?? 😀
@FireTheLooser (Comment 89) :
The poor bugger has suffered enough. At least he knows how to google.
@FireTheLooser (Comment 91) : @Pokkel (Comment 93) : No fair. Trick question. Chadwick is completely forgettable!
@Pokkel (Comment 92) : And hence mine. 😎 Sheldon = Klempie 2.0
@klempie (Comment 92) :
You’re easily tricked. I will remember.
and by the way everytime you come here you mess up the reply comment numbers. Sies man! 🙄
@klempie (Comment 93) :
Makes sense. You personalities and sense of sarcasm matches perfectly. 😀
@Pokkel (Comment 96) : Suck it! 😎
@Pokkel (Comment 97) : Thanks. 🙂
@klempie (Comment 97) : 😉
😆 😆
@SteelShark (Comment 101) : Waarvoor lag jy? 😛
http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Super15/Lions-no-grudge-against-Kings-20130207
Oh please! 😆
@klempie (Comment 100) : Vir di kak wat julle praat
@SteelShark (Comment 102) :
Niemand praat lekkerder kak as klempie nie. 😉
@SteelShark (Comment 104) : @Pokkel (Comment 105) : It’s always good times when I’m on the blog. 😎
I still don’t get this logo of the Kings….they managed to change the jersey from when they were supposed to be “the Spears”, but the logo they couldn’t change?! 🙄
Kings = Crown and/or royalty motif, not spears.
@Pokkel (Comment 73) : 🙂
@Pokkel (Comment 77) : Chumlee Chadwick
@klempie (Comment 92) : Plumtree also keeps forgetting how crap Chumlee is.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 106) : (as do most people here on Sharksworld 😉 ) 😈
@FireTheLooser (Comment 107) : Chiefs throw spears but Chiefs is already gone. 😆
@FireTheLooser (Comment 106) : I presume that the spear is the equivalent of a western kings crown or royal motif.
Trannie where are you?
@Pokkel..uh-uhhhmmmm uhhhmmm…
I do really like your avatar KSA…
This feels like, so 2012… this time last year all the Sharkie fans were positive and walking around with their chests out. Well, those that werent beating them after a half bottle of cane and creme soda.
Didnt last long last year, did it boys… 😛 😈
@VinChainSaw (Comment 111) :
Yours is pretty cool too Ice… 😉
@VinChainSaw (Comment 112) : My sentiments exactly. Sheep maybe, with Plumtree and Van Zyl being the herders? 😀
Ag dankie, Vinnie! 😉
@VinChainSaw (Comment 114) : @KSA Shark © (Comment 116) : I’m reserving judgement until the second or third week and I’ve got a clear picture of what gameplan Plum is going to open with this year. If he hasn’t learnt from last season’s results, then there reallly is no hope.
@VinChainSaw (Comment 113) : Errr uhmm it lasted longer than any other South African team, right up until the 3rd of August 2012.
http://www.supersport.com/Rugby/super-rugby/news/130207/Strong_Lions_side_for_Kings
Read the last paragraph, just before the team sheet! 😆
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/541610_4460732117855_1769823861_n.jpg
@Baylion (Comment 119) : We are black, we are white, we are we are….uhm….lions lite 😆
@VinChainSaw (Comment 112) :
I must say that I haven’t seen that many Sharks supporters being overly confident. I will be lying low for a while still.
@Pokkel (Comment 122) : I havent seen any around here at all, well a few with regard to this Leopards game and the Kings games, but as far as Super rugby goes – nothing at all.
@Salmonoid (Comment 122) : Vinnie need to go visit stormersworld if he really wants to see windgat! 😉
@Pokkel (Comment 124) : Its amazing what that Currie Cup win did for their egos.
@Pokkel (Comment 124) : Just spoke to a lady from NN on the phone, what a nice person.
@Salmonoid (Comment 125) :
Of course! 😀
JIPEEE! Drifta just arrived! let’s hope I have better luck than with the USB drifta I bought last year…helped me sweet blow all – did not work…took me till Dec to sort it out! 👿