Hot on the heels of the news about Carl Bezuidenhout, another South African is on his way to play for Alan Solomons – and this one a Springbok too.
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Posts tagged with: Andries Strauss
Strauss joins Edinburgh too
6 Jan 14 09:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 1 Comment
EP Kings announce 2014 squad and fixtures
6 Nov 13 08:27 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 23 Comments
EP Rugby announced their pre-season friendlies and their squad for 2014 during a media briefing yesterday. The first round of friendlies see the Super Rugby Franchise, The Southern Kings, playing the Cheetahs on the 25th of January, the Lions on the 1st of February and the Stormers on the 7th of February, all three matches will be played at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. […]
Southern Kings make wholesale changes for Sharks
10 Jul 13 09:23 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 21 Comments
The Southern Kings have announced their team to take on the Sharks in Durban this weekend. The team looks a lot different to the one we’ve become used to over the last couple of months. […]
Southern Kings forced to make late change
4 Jul 13 11:00 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 18 Comments
The Southern Kings have been forced to make a late change to their starting line up for Saturdays clash against the Stormers. […]
Unchanged Southern Kings to face Stormers
3 Jul 13 10:33 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 10 Comments
The Southern Kings announced yesterday that they will field the same starting 15 against the Stormers that lost 48-18 to the Bulls this past Saturday. […]
Southern Kings again without Watson
26 Jun 13 09:31 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 4 Comments
The Southern Kings announced yesterday that their captain Luke Watson will be out for the rest of the year due to an ankle injury. Watson has been struggling with injuries for the last couple of months, injuring his ankle against the Leopards in the Currie Cup semi final last year and a knock to his throat in their first Super Rugby match against the Western Force sidelined him with very little game time. […]
Southern Kings forced to make changes against Stormers
31 May 13 09:36 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 28 Comments
The Southern Kings announced yesterday that their captain Luke Watson will not be making the trip down to Cape Town, due to flu. Andries Strauss, who has been stand in captain for most of their games, will be playing that role yet again in their match against the Stormers on Saturday. […]
Cheetahs to hunt for maximum points
26 Apr 13 09:09 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 7 Comments
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. […]
Watson to lead Kings
17 Apr 13 09:57 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 109 Comments
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
7 Mar 13 08:00 by Maria Delport (Letgo) | 35 Comments
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
6 Mar 13 09:56 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 16 Comments
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
5 Mar 13 15:12 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 38 Comments
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!
5 Mar 13 07:56 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 19 Comments
Sharks captain Keegan Daniel, as well as his unlikely “twin”, fellow flanker Jean Deysel, both celebrate their 28th birthdays today. […]
Kings: Team effort
27 Feb 13 11:30 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 18 Comments
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
19 Feb 13 14:57 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments
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. […]