After two heavy defeats at home against the Sharks and Chiefs, the Southern Kings are now left to face two New Zealand giants in New Zealand over the coarse of the next two weeks. Seven time Super Rugby champions Crusaders and the 2015 runners-up Hurricanes will be looking forward to hosting the Kings in anticipation of picking up maximum points against the visitors. […]
Posts tagged with: Jacques Engelbrecht
Southern Kings off to New Zealand
14 Mar 16 10:12 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 29 Comments
Southern Kings to face Cell C Sharks
23 Feb 16 15:45 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 36 Comments
Experienced lock Steven Sykes was named as captain of the Southern Kings for their opening round Super Rugby match against the Cell C Sharks at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium this coming Saturday. […]
Kings reprieve for Vleis
12 Jan 16 11:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 32 Comments
After initially deciding to not include him in their small and select Super Rugby group, the SARU-controlled Southern Kings have relented and offered loose forward Jacques “Vleis” Engelbrecht a contract for the 2016 competition. […]
Enforced Kings changes for Pumas clash
19 Aug 15 10:29 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 33 Comments
EP Kings head coach, Brent Janse van Rensburg has had to make injury enforced changes to his side for their upcoming match against the Pumas at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Friday evening. […]
EP Kings to face Lions
6 Aug 15 17:32 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 45 Comments
ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division Rugby returns to the shores of the Nelson Mandela Bay this weekend, when the Eastern Province Kings face old foes the Golden Lions from Johannesburg at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. […]
Three changes for Bulls
29 May 14 09:18 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
The Vodacom Bulls have made three changes to their starting fifteen for this weekend’s derby against the Lions – a game that Frans Ludeke’s men have to win in order to stay in Super Rugby play-off contention. […]
Starting role for Matfield
8 Apr 14 09:58 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 11 Comments
The Bulls have not hesitated to switch Victor Matfield’s back-room tour role for a playing one; one game and a few injuries later and the big former Bok is right back in the starting lineup. […]
Flip starts at 5
2 Apr 14 12:54 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 3 Comments
Flip van der Merwe returns to the fray, in a straight replacement for Victor Matfield as Bulls number 5 and captain this week. His side faces the Hurricanes in their first tour game on Saturday. […]
Bulls tour group named
2 Apr 14 09:12 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
Frans Ludeke has been able to include Bok Flip van der Merwe in his 27-man tour squad that departed for New Zealand yesterday. […]
More loose forwards for patchwork Bulls
4 Mar 14 10:32 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
For a union that recruits quite so many juniors (around 45 new contracted under 19 players each year, by my count) and prides itself on succession planning, the Bulls sure seem to do a lot of panic buying. News out this morning is that two further loose forwards will join them on short-term contracts this week. […]
Bulls turn to Pottie
26 Feb 14 12:24 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 35 Comments
The Vodacom Bulls have named former Sharks flyhalf Jacques-Louis Potgieter as their general as they look to finally get their Super Rugby campaign off to a winning start against the Lions at Loftus this weekend. […]
Bulls lose their skipper
20 Feb 14 07:14 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 8 Comments
Bulls captain Pierre Spies has been withdrawn from their side to face the Cheetas in tomorrow’s Super Rugby clash in Bloemfontein. […]
Bulls named for Polokwane fling
29 Jan 14 14:29 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 28 Comments
Despite tidings of doom and gloom relating to their depth – or lack thereof – Bulls coach Frans Ludeke has managed to name two rather strong line-ups for Saturday’s double-header warm-up against the Lions and Stormers in Polokwane. […]
Bok mini-boost for Bulls
9 Oct 13 15:16 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 21 Comments
Gone, it seems, are the days when in the week after a Bok test, the Blue Bulls should expect to be boosted by a host of returning stars to strengthen their Currie Cup team. While the likes of Western Province and the Sharks have soared even without those Boks – and have this week been bolstered by five or more big names each – the Bulls’ own “Bok boost” looks a little apologetic by comparison. […]
Kings benched by Bulls
11 Sep 13 13:23 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 9 Comments
Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar has benched two of his former Kings players in Waylon Murray and Vleis Engelbrecht this week. […]