SA Kings hold on against Romania
15 Jun 2011
The South African Kings fought hard for their 27-23 win over Romania on Wednesday, their second consecutive victory at the IRB Nations Cup.
It was a closely contested match for Alan Solomons’ charges in Bucharest, who were challenged well by the hosts until the death. Both teams had opportunities to seal the win in the dying seconds, but all those chances were missed and the SA Kings held on for the four-point win.
Former Cheetahs flyhalf Louis Strydom was the key man for the SA Kings as he scored a try and kicked 14 points with the boot through one conversion and four penalties. Wing Siyanda Grey also crossed the chalk while fullback Mzwandile Stick added a drop goal.
The SA Kings’ final group match will be against Portugal on 19 June.
6 Comments
15 Jun 2011, 21:17 pm
Pretty disgraceful, really.
15 Jun 2011, 22:11 pm
They can hardly beat an amateur team. Is this the team that is supposed to play Super Rugby?
15 Jun 2011, 22:23 pm
yeah and they had quite a number of big names on that field. Mzwandile Stick, Luke Watson, Lousi Strydom, Clint Newland (wtf is he doing playing for SA?), Barend Pieterse, Jaco Engels, Mpho Mbiyozo. With the way the Lions and Cheetahs are playing they can forget replacing one of them. They would just be replacing the Rebels at the bottom of the table.
Pretty lame.
15 Jun 2011, 22:40 pm
Don’t a lot of the Romanians play in the Top 14?
15 Jun 2011, 22:49 pm
Romanians and Georgians and Ruskis all play in the Top 14, at least some of the top notch up and coming forwards they breed over there.
15 Jun 2011, 23:15 pm
Romania is ranked 18th in the world. Damn outside of the top rugby nations the sport is very small.
Tier 1:NZL,AUS,RSA
Tier 2: FRA,ENG,Wales, Ireland, ARG and Scotland
..and then it trails off badly from there….
So i’m not too surprised at the results as the quality of the players is probably on par.
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