In 2017, the Southern Kings participated in the 2017 Super Rugby competition, their third appearance in the competition after also playing in 2013 and 2016. They were included in the Africa 2 Conference of the competition, along with , and .

In April 2017, SANZAAR announced that three clubs would be cut from Super Rugby for the 2018 Super Rugby season, with two of those teams coming from South Africa. A newly-established SARU Franchise Committee was tasked with determining the two teams to drop out of Super Rugby, and on 7 July 2017, it was confirmed that the and Kings would not participate in the competition going forward, but would "explore alternative playing opportunities in other international competitions". On 1 August 2017, the European-based Pro12 announced that the competition would expand to 14 teams — being rebranded the Pro14 — and that the Cheetahs and Kings would be the teams joining the expanded tournament from the 2017–18 season onwards.

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Kings coaching and management staff for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:

2017 Kings coaches and management Position Name Head coach Deon Davids Forwards coach Barend Pieterse Backs coach Vuyo Zangqa Attack and fundamental skills coach Dave Williams Kicking coach Henning van der Merwe Conditioning coach Nadus Nieuwoudt Doctor Dr Conrad van Hagen Physiotherapist Kim Naidoo Team manager Zingi Hela

Squad

The following players were named in the Kings squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season:

2017 Kings squad Player Union Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Kings Apps Pts Apps Pts Eastern Province Kings Hooker – – – – Border Bulldogs Fly-half / Fullback – – – – Eastern Province Kings Hooker 41 15 7 0 Eastern Province Kings Flanker 9 5 9 5 Griquas Winger – – – – Eastern Province Kings Fullback 11 0 – – Pumas Flanker 9 20 9 20 Eastern Province Kings Fly-half 17 54 – – Eastern Province Kings Number eight – – – – Eastern Province Kings Fly-half – – – – Border Bulldogs Utility back – – – – Eastern Province Kings Prop 43 15 27 15 Eastern Province Kings Prop – – – – Eastern Province Kings Prop 40 0 – – Eastern Province Kings Winger 5 0 5 0 Golden Lions Centre 6 0 – – SWD Eagles Hooker – – – – Eastern Province Kings Prop 23 0 – – Eastern Province Kings Lock – – – – Eastern Province Kings Fullback 10 10 10 10 Eastern Province Kings Centre – – – – Pumas Number eight 3 0 – – Eastern Province Kings Lock – – – – Sharks Prop – – – – Eastern Province Kings Lock / Flanker 2 0 2 0 Border Bulldogs Winger – – – – Sharks Winger – – – – Eastern Province Kings Fly-half – – – – Sharks Winger 14 35 4 15 Eastern Province Kings Lock 13 0 – – Eastern Province Kings Centre 71 40 8 0 SWD Eagles Flanker 2 0 2 0 Eastern Province Kings Lock / Flanker – – – – Eastern Province Kings Winger – – – – Border Bulldogs Lock – – – – Eastern Province Kings Scrum-half 66 10 – – Eastern Province Kings Scrum-half – – – – SWD Eagles Scrum-half – – – – Eastern Province Kings Utility back – – – – Eastern Province Kings Scrum-half 17 25 – – Eastern Province Kings Prop 25 5 – – Northampton Saints Lock – – – – Eastern Province Kings Prop – – – – Griquas Scrum-half – – – – Eastern Province Kings Flanker 10 0 10 0 SWD Eagles Winger / Centre 20 15 11 10 Eastern Province Kings Hooker 4 0 – – Eastern Province Kings Flanker 11 0 11 0 Griquas Lock – – – –

Log

Matches

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Kings in 2017 is as follows:

2017 Kings player statistics Player name App Try Kck Pts Schalk Ferreira 1 1 1 1 17 17 17 7 0 0 0 Mike Willemse 2 2 2 2 16 2 2 2 16 2 2 2 12 1 0 5 Ross Geldenhuys 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 13 0 0 0 Irné Herbst 4 5 4 4 4 19 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 13 0 0 0 Mzwanele Zito 5 5 19 4 19 19 19 19 19 8 0 0 0 Andisa Ntsila 6 6 20 7 7 7 20 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 14 1 0 5 Stefan Willemse 7 7 20 20 20 20 6 7 8 0 0 0 Ruaan Lerm 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 2 0 10 Louis Schreuder 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 14 1 0 5 Lionel Cronjé 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 14 2 126 136 Malcolm Jaer 11 11 11 15 15 15 15 15 15 9 6 0 30 Waylon Murray 12 12 13 12 12 23 6 0 0 0 Berton Klaasen 13 13 23 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 0 0 0 Makazole Mapimpi 14 14 14 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 14 11 0 55 Chrysander Botha 15 15 2 0 0 0 Martin Bezuidenhout 16 16 16 20 2 2 2 2 16 16 16 11 1 0 5 Schalk van der Merwe 17 17 17 17 1 1 17 17 17 1 1 1 12 0 0 0 Chris Heiberg 18 18 17 17 1 17 17 7 0 0 0 Tyler Paul 19 4 4 19 19 20 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 15 1 0 5 Chris Cloete 20 20 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 14 2 0 10 Rudi van Rooyen 21 21 21 3 1 0 5 Masixole Banda 22 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 21 21 22 11 3 0 15 Luzuko Vulindlu 23 22 12 23 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 3 0 15 Kurt Haupt 16 16 16 2 16 16 16 16 8 0 0 0 Justin Forwood 18 18 18 3 3 1 1 7 2 0 10 Thembelani Bholi 19 7 20 20 20 20 20 7 0 0 0 Pieter-Steyn de Wet 23 22 22 22 23 23 23 22 22 22 10 10 2 16 26 Ricky Schroeder 9 21 2 0 0 0 Wilhelm van der Sluys 19 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 11 0 0 0 Johan Steyn 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 8 0 0 0 Alshaun Bock 11 11 14 14 14 5 2 0 10 Johann Tromp 23 1 0 0 0 Yaw Penxe 14 14 14 23 23 5 2 0 10 Dayan van der Westhuizen 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 10 0 0 0 Wandile Mjekevu 22 22 14 14 14 14 14 7 3 0 15 Stokkies Hanekom 22 23 23 23 22 5 0 0 0 Giant Mtyanda 19 5 19 19 5 4 6 1 0 5 Mzamo Majola 17 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 Stefan Ungerer 21 22 22 3 0 0 0 Ntabeni Dukisa 23 1 0 0 0 Tango Balekile 0 0 0 0 Christiaan de Bruin 0 0 0 0 Siyanda Grey 0 0 0 0 Cameron Lindsay 0 0 0 0 Sintu Manjezi 0 0 0 0 Neil Maritz 0 0 0 0 Garrick Mattheus 0 0 0 0 Wandile Putuma 0 0 0 0 CJ Velleman 0 0 0 0 penalty try – 2 – 14 Total 15 49 142 391

Tango Balekile, Christiaan de Bruin, Siyanda Grey, Cameron Lindsay, Sintu Manjezi, Neil Maritz, Garrick Mattheus, Wandile Putuma and CJ Velleman were included in the 2017 squad, but were never included in a matchday squad.

See also

Southern Kings 2017 Super Rugby season

References