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In November 2015, the South African Rugby Union took control of the Southern Kings franchise [43] and revealed an operational plan on 4 December 2015; the plan included the appointment of SWD Eagles coach Deon Davids as the head coach for 2016, the identification of a fully transformed squad that they intended signing and a guarantee to pay the ...
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.
New Zealand 11-12 South Africa: All Blacks captain Sam Cane’s first-half red card proved decisive as the Springboks became the first four-time winners of the men’s Rugby World Cup
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 ...
World Cup champion South Africa will remain part of the four-nation SANZAAR rugby alliance for the immediate future, defying speculation it would throw in its lot with the northern hemisphere.
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.
25 November 2015: SARU announced the details of their operational plan for the Kings; the SWD Eagles head coach Deon Davids was named the head coach of the Southern Kings for the 2016 season, with Mzwandile Stick appointed the back coach, Barend Pieterse the forwards coach and Nadus Nieuwoudt the conditioning coach. In addition, a number of ...