The EP Kings will face another year of First Division Currie Cup rugby in 2014, with SARU’s General Council yesterday voting against expansion of the Premier Division. […]
Posts tagged with: Promotion-Relegation
Currie Cup expansion gets red light
1 Oct 13 09:25 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments
Kings player exodus?
2 Aug 13 12:33 by Scott Bevan (The Hobbit) | 75 Comments
If reports by 5FM morning’s sports presenter, Sias Du Plessis and SArugbymag website are correct then it looks like the Kings players have all but given up on retaining a place in the 2014 Super Rugby competition and are starting jump ship. This even before the 2nd and final play-off match gets underway. […]
Lions named for second promotion game
1 Aug 13 11:03 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 18 Comments
Lions coach Johan Ackermann has named a largely unchanged side to face the Kings at Ellis Park on Saturay, in the second leg of the Super Rugby promotion-relegation series. […]
Kings lose Solomons after 2nd playoff
30 Jul 13 14:03 by Scott Bevan (The Hobbit) | 11 Comments
Edinburgh have announced that they have secured the services of current Southern Kings director of rugby Alan Solomons. […]
Taute setback for Stormers (and Lions)
8 Apr 13 09:30 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 4 Comments
While I haven’t yet seen it “officially” confirmed anywhere, the talk on the grapevine is that Bok Jaco Taute’s horror knee injury, sustained in Bloemfontein on Friday, will keep him out of action for at least 9 months. […]
Semi-final refs announced
16 Oct 12 11:31 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 14 Comments
SA Rugby has confirmed the refereeing appointments for this weekend’s round of matches, which include the Currie Cup semi-finals. […]
Bulls get Visagie on loan
11 Oct 12 10:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 1 Comment
ProSport International are certainly having a busy morning. Another of their clients, hooker Callie Visagie, has apparently extended his contract with the Golden Lions for another year. […]
Bitter blow for Kings as Watson ruled out
8 Oct 12 08:39 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 15 Comments
EP Kings number 8 Luke Watson broke his ankle during his side’s big Currie Cup First Division semifinal win over the Leopards this weekend. […]
What to do with our sixth SupeRugby side?
26 Jan 12 12:01 by Stephen Smith (StevieS) | 56 Comments
How do we accommodate a sixth Super Rugby side and keep everyone happy (I am going to operate on the assumption that South Africa will continue to have six franchises. This seems logical as there has been no indication to the contrary.)? […]
Premier Division sides confirmed
29 Oct 10 18:59 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 29 Comments
So the promotion relegation matches are done and we have clarity on who plays in which division next season. […]
1st Division Finals
29 Oct 10 11:03 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 156 Comments
Before the Sharks and Western Province go head-to-head in the domestic showpiece in Durban on Saturday, two other very important games will take place – the final legs of the Currie Cup promotion-relegation series. […]
EP Kings start the mind games
20 Oct 10 20:45 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 11 Comments
The Pumas issued a blunt “hands off our captain” directive at the Eastern Province Kings, ahead of their two-match Currie Cup promotion-relegation series. […]
Natal given a sniff of Varsity Cup rugby
7 Jun 10 07:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 12 Comments
The creation of a second-tier Varsity Shield competition from 2011 onwards would appear to have opened the door to the KZN Rugby Union for a team from that province to play in the Varsity Cup proper from 2012 onward. While the province’s universities have never been a power-base for the game, it does remain somewhat galling that the Sharks are the only major franchise on the local rugby scene not to have the option of using Varsity Cup rugby as a drawcard to attract young talent to the province. […]
Cheetahs & Lions can sleep easy,for now
15 Apr 10 07:17 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 13 Comments
It seems there will be no push for inclusion in the 2011 Super 15 by the Southern Kings, meaning the Lions and the Cheetahs no longer have to have sleepless nights about their SuperRugby future. Well for the immediate future anyway. […]
Pumas eyeing Premier Division
17 Oct 09 05:04 by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©) | 62 Comments
The Pumas put the seal on one of their most successful seasons in decades when they took the First Division title with a comprehensive 47-19 thrashing of the luckless SWD Eagles in Witbank on Friday. […]