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In addition, Isuzu partnered with a consortium of black business people to purchase equity in the Southern Kings, making the team the first black-owned rugby franchise in South Africa. [85] On the field, the Kings started with a 16–32 defeat to Zebre [ 86 ] and a 22–27 defeat to the Dragons [ 87 ] on their early-season European tour.
In the 2019–20 rugby union season, the Southern Kings participated in the 2019–20 Pro14 competition, their third appearance since joining the competition in 2017–18. They remained in Conference B of the competition, which in 2019–20 featured Irish sides Connacht and Munster , Italian side Benetton , Scottish side Edinburgh and Welsh ...
In addition to Super Rugby, the Southern Kings also played first class matches against the British & Irish Lions during their 2009 tour to South Africa [1] and against Georgia, [2] Romania [3] and Portugal [4] in the 2011 IRB Nations Cup (under the name the South African Kings). The players that represented them in these fixtures were:
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In the 2017–18 rugby union season, the Southern Kings participated in the Pro14 competition, their inaugural appearance in the competition after losing their Super Rugby status after the 2017 season. They finished bottom of the seven-team Conference B, winning just one of their 21 matches.
A newly-established SARU Franchise Committee was tasked with determining the two teams to drop out of Super Rugby, [2] and on 7 July 2017, it was confirmed that the Cheetahs and Kings would not participate in the competition going forward, but would "explore alternative playing opportunities in other international competitions". [3]
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4 January 2016: SARU announced that prop Jacobie Adriaanse and lock Schalk Oelofse also joined the Kings for the 2016 Super Rugby season. In addition, Lukhanyo Am , Onke Dubase , Billy Dutton , Leighton Eksteen , Monde Hadebe , Ntando Kebe , Michael Makase , Mihlali Mpafi and Luzuko Vulindlu all joined the training squad on a trial basis.