Southern Kings team to tackle the Cheetahs
Southern Kings team announced to take on the Cheetahs
The Southern Kings, currently under the guidance of caretaker coach Robbi Kempson, will take to the field against the Cheetahs with a mixture of experience and young up-and-coming players this weekend.
The team will be captained by rugby stalwart Darron Nell, who shared the captaincy role for the Southern Kings with Luke Watson and Andries Strauss in their Super Rugby debut season last year, with Ronnie Cooke – EP Kings Player of the Year last year – as vice captain.
Kempson said the team had been putting in the hours during their pre-season training and were keen to get out and play some rugby.
He said while the Southern Kings would not be playing Super Rugby themselves this year, theyrealised that these warm up matches were very important to the opposition teams.
“Obviously for the Cheetahs, Lions and Stormers these matches are an important part of their preparations for the Super Rugby season ahead and we want to ensure that we give them enough competition so that they have the best opportunity to prepare,” he said.
Nell said the mood among the players was high and that they were eager to take on the Cheetahs this weekend.
“There are a lot of youngsters and new faces in the team which has brought a new energy to the training. They have also had to learn a lot of new plays and lineout calls, but they’re really adapting well,” he said.
Nell said from a strength and conditioning point of view, the players were also in good form.
“While we did have a two and a half week break over Christmas, there were still training programmes that we had to follow, and all the guys tested well when they came back, and have worked really hard,” he said.
Nell said the players had also been working on a few new things, and said Kings supporters could expect to see some entertaining and exciting rugby.
“We have always had good support at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and would love to have the fans come out and support us on Saturday,” he said.
The Southern Kings play the Cheetahs at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday, the 25th of January. Gates open at 16:00 and the game kicks off at 17:00. Tickets are just R50 and are available through Computicket or the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium’s ticketing office.
The Southern Kings team:
BG Uys
Dane van der Westhuyzen
Pieter Stemmet
Steven Sykes
Rynier Bernardo
Paul Schoeman
Darron Nell (Captain)
Devin Oosthuizen
Jaco Grobler
George Whitehead
Michael Killian
Dwayne Jenner
Ronnie Cooke(VC)
Sergeal Petersen
Siviwe Soyizwapi
Replacements:
Albe de Swardt
Brenden Olivier
Vukile Sofisa
Stephan Zaayman
Stephan Greef
Thembelani Bholi
Claude Tshidibi
Sonwabo Majola
Shane Gates
Ntabeni Dukisa
Brian Skosana
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