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Mar 25, 19 •
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Former South African under-20 hooker Mike Willemse will join Edinburgh from fellow Guinness PRO14 side Southern Kings – the second of five signings to be announced on #MagicMonday. Willemse, 26, puts pen to paper on a two-year deal and will join the...
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Mar 8, 19 •
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A consortium of Eastern Cape business people has acquired a controlling interest in the Isuzu Southern Kings rugby franchise, SA Rugby was delighted to confirm on Friday. SA Rugby sold a 74 percent shareholding in SA Super Rugby (Pty) Ltd, the Isuzu Southern...
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Aug 21, 18 •
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AN exciting new era has dawned for the Southern Kings with the announcement of the proudly Eastern Cape-side’s proposed new owners today [Monday, 20 August]. Isuzu Motors South Africa will be partnering with a consortium of predominantly black business...
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Apr 13, 18 •
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Head coach Deon Davids has made five changes to his Southern Kings side that will return to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium for the Guinness PRO14 clash against Cardiff Blues on Saturday. The Kings lost 39-22 to Munster at Outeniqua Park in George last time out...
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Apr 6, 18 •
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Southern Kings Head Coach Deon Davids today named his team to take on Munster in a historic GUINESS PRO14 Championship encounter to take place at Outeniquapark in George on Saturday. It will be first time ever that the picturesque Garden Route city hosts an...
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Mar 27, 18 •
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The Southern Kings came desperately close to achieving back-to-back wins in the GUINNESS PRO14 Championship but it was ultimately not to be as they went down by a single point to Benetton Treviso at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday. Each team scored...
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Mar 20, 18 •
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There was exciting news for Southern Kings fans earlier today when the franchise announced the big-name signing of former Cheetahs and Waratahs scrumhalf Sarel Pretorius. The experienced Pretorius, who has also made three appearances for the Emerging...
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Mar 1, 18 •
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Minimal changes to the starting XV but some tinkering when it came to the replacements was the outcome when Southern Kings Head Coach Deon Davids named his team to take on the Dragons in a GUINNESS PRO14 fixture to be played at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium...
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Feb 22, 18 •
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There were a few changes made by Southern Kings Head Coach Deon Davids when he named his team to take on Leinster in a GUINNESSPRO14 championship clash tomorrow evening. Amongst the backline a shuffle of the back three saw Michael Makase, who played on the...
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Feb 22, 18 •
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Ospreys Rugby are delighted to announce James King as the latest player to extend his time with the region, signing a new three-year deal to stay at the Liberty stadium until the end of the 2020/21 season. The 27-year old, who has worn four, five, six, seven...
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Feb 15, 18 •
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The Southern Kings today named their team to take on Welsh outfit Ospreys in a GUINNESS PRO14 championship clash at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea tomorrow evening and opted for just a single change from the fifteen players who took to the field against...
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Feb 13, 18 •
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Saturday the 7th of April is set to be a red-letter day for rugby fans in the Southern Cape! That’s the date on which the city of George will, for the first time ever, play host to an international rugby franchise fixture, with the Southern Kings set to...
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Feb 8, 18 •
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Speedsters Masixole Banda and Anthonie Volmink will join former Junior Springbok flyer, Yaw Penxe, in an exciting back three combination in Ulster on Friday, where the Southern Kings will take on the home side in a GUINNESS PRO14 clash at Kingspan Stadium....
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Feb 2, 18 •
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There were few surprises when Southern Kings Head Coach Deon Davids today named his 28-man squad for the team’s upcoming three match tour of Europe. The local franchise face a daunting schedule, with GUINNESSPRO14 championship matches against Ulster,...
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Jan 30, 18 •
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PRO14 Rugby can confirm that the Round 15 Guinness PRO14 Championship fixture between Ospreys Rugby and Southern Kings will take place on Friday, February 16 at 19.35 UK (21:35 SA). The game will be broadcast live in the UK on BBC2 Wales as part of their...
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Jan 24, 18 •
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Bruising back-to-back GUINNESSPRO14 encounters with the Toyota Cheetahs have created a few problems on the injury front for the Southern Kings as they prepare for a tour of Europe that includes fixtures against Ulster, Ospreys and Leinster. Team doctor...
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Jan 19, 18 •
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The return of captain Michael Willemse at hooker was the most noteworthy change made to the Southern Kings starting XV by Head Coach Deon Davids when he named his team to take on the Toyota Cheetahs in a GUINNESSPRO14 fixture in Bloemfontein on Saturday, 20...
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Jan 17, 18 •
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After last weekend’s first-ever South African Derby in the Guinness PRO14 the Toyota Cheetahs will host the Southern Kings in Bloemfontein to complete their back-to-back fixtures. The Cheetahs showed a lot of muscle in last weekend’s game in Port...
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Jan 12, 18 •
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Southern Kings Head Coach Deon Davids today named his team to take on the Toyota Cheetahs at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday, 13 January in what will be the first-ever SA derby fixture in the GUINNESSPRO14 Championship. Amongst the forwards the...
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Jan 10, 18 •
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The Toyota Cheetahs and the Southern Kings will meet this weekend in the first of their back-to-back Derby games in the Guinness PRO14. The game takes place at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth where the teams last met in July when they made...
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Jan 4, 18 •
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The Southern Kings team to face Edinburgh at Myreside tomorrow night (19:35 UK/21:35 SA) has been named by Head Coach Deon Davids. As the Kings return from their winter break, a number of familiar faces are included in the starting XV. The team will be...
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Nov 30, 17 •
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Southern Kings Head Coach Deon Davids today named his team to take on Edinburgh in the GUINNESS PRO14 championship at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Friday evening. Amongst those missing from the side that did duty against Scarlets last weekend was flyhalf...
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Nov 30, 17 •
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The Southern Kings team to face Edinburgh at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Friday night (7.30pm local time) has been named by head coach Deon Davids. Yet again the Kings came close to their first victory in the Guinness PRO14 against reigning champions...
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Nov 25, 17 •
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The Southern Kings team named by Head Coach Deon Davids today to take on Scarlets on Sunday shows a number of changes from the one that ran Ulster so close in their last fixture. Recent loan-signing from the Lions Anthony Volmink has immediately been included...
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Nov 17, 17 •
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Sunday, November 26 will be a red-letter day for the Southern Kings when they host reigning champions, Scarlets, in a GUINNESSPRO14 Championship clash at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. Despite suffering a heavy loss away to the Welshmen in their opening...
