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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 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:
This article lists the records of the Southern Kings.The team participated in Super Rugby in 2013, 2016 and 2017 and in the Pro14 since the 2017–18 season. In addition to those two competitions, they also played first class matches against the British & Irish Lions in 2009, played in the IRB Nations Cup in 2011 and played in two promotion/relegation matches after the 2013 Super Rugby season.
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]
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.
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 ...
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12 February 2013: The Southern Kings core training squad is further reduced to 35 players, with seven players – Boetie Britz, Wesley Dunlop, Ross Geldenhuys, Lizo Gqoboka, Scott Mathie, Siviwe Soyizwapi and Wayne Stevens – moving to the Vodacom Cup squad instead, while SWD Eagles prop Grant Kemp is a new inclusion in the squad.
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