Eastern Province Rugby said farewell to Michael Killian on Monday, after he announced his retirement from professional rugby to take on a new challenge. […]
Posts tagged with: Michael Killian
Michael Killian retires from professional rugby
29 Apr 14 09:10 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 12 Comments
Sykes to lead Kings against Stormers
5 Feb 14 10:17 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 16 Comments
The Southern Kings have made a few changes to their side that narrowly lost 12 – 19 to the Lions this past Saturday, when they face the Stormers at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Friday night. […]
Kings team to face Cheetahs
22 Jan 14 10:00 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 46 Comments
The Kings have named their team for the first of three warm-up matches, when they take on the Cheetahs at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. […]
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. […]
Focused on a different promotion / relegation
14 Aug 13 11:02 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 35 Comments
With the promotion / relegation for Super Rugby something of the past, and the departure of a few Southern Kings players, the EP Kings can now start focusing on getting their 1st Division campaign back on track and a possible promotion to the Premier Division of the ABSA Currie Cup. […]
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. […]
Petersen in as Kings face Waratahs
1 May 13 09:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 1 Comment
Southern Kings head coach Matt Sexton welcomes back teenage flier Sergeal Peterson this week as his team seeks to maintain their unbeaten run against Australian sides. […]
No exemption for Kings
28 Jan 13 08:23 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 14 Comments
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
26 Nov 12 11:19 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 24 Comments
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. […]
First Division v Premier Division
23 Oct 12 10:14 by Pierre McLeod (pierre_mackie) | 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. […]
Kings named to do battle in Bloem
17 Oct 12 08:30 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 16 Comments
The Kings team to take on the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday night has been announced, with a few changes to the team from their win over the pumas last week to lift the Currie Cup First Division trophy. […]
Killian returns home
7 Jun 12 08:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments
While we are yet to hear anything definitive from SARU regarding the Lions-v-Kings decision, it appears that a number of players seem to have already decided that Super Rugby will definitely come to the Bay next year – and that they want to be part of it! […]