Solly satisfied with Kings’ ‘trials’

Solly satisfied with Kings’ ‘trials’

17 Feb 2012

Kings coach Alan Solomons says their pre-season matches were all about giving players from across the region the chance to stake a Super Rugby claim.

The South-Eastern Cape franchise has fielded two different teams over the past three weeks against the five South African Super Rugby sides. The Kings team made up of EP players lost 16-12 to the Bulls and 38-13 to the Stormers in PE, and will play the Sharks at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Friday night. The Kings side drawn only from Border and SWD, the other two provinces in the franchise, went down 33-20 to the Cheetahs in East London before being thrashed 88-0 by the Lions in George.

‘To play five South African franchises in 20 days is a huge ask, in fact it’s physically impossible to do it with one side,’ Solomons told keo.co.za. ‘Having a combined Border-SWD team helped to break up that schedule. More importantly, it gave us the chance to see all the players in the region play against top quality opposition, which enables us to assess them better. That’s what we wanted to achieve from these five games, nothing more.’

Border players dominated the Border-SWD Kings side and while they were humiliated by the Lions, Solomons says he was pleased with their performance against the Cheetahs.

‘[Border centre] Dwayne Jenner did really well in that game and he’s going to play for us against the Sharks on Friday with Jaco Bekker being out. I was also impressed by [Border flank] Roy Bursey, a young boy from Selborne College who spent a year at the Sharks Academy. [Border flank] Gareth Krause and [SWD No 8] Michael Vermaak also played very well.’

Solomons, though, is realistic and admits the Kings will have to bring in players from outside the region if they are to be competitive in Super Rugby next year.

‘We will be going on a recruitment drive, targeting South Africans in Europe who will be out of contract in June at the end of the current northern-hemisphere season, as well as players from other South African provinces, especially those who hail from the Eastern Cape.’

Southern Kings (to play Sharks) – 15 Tiger Mangweni, 14 Marcello Sampson, 13 Dwayne Jenner, 12 Wayne Stevens, 11 Norman Nelson, 10 Shane Gates, 9 Falie Oelschig, 8 Vleis Engelbrecht, 7 Mpho Mbiyozo, 6 Boetie Britz, 5 David Bulbring, 4 Darron Nell (c), 3 Clint Newland, 2 Hannes Franklin, 1 Jaco Engels.
Subs: 16 Bobby Dyer, 17 Zane Killian, 18 Andre Schlechter, 19 Wayne van Heerden, 20 Reynier Bernardo, 21 Thembelani Bholi, 22 Siya Mangaliso, 22 Danie Faasen, 23 Earl Rose, 24 Matthew Tayler-Smith, 25 Kieran Goss.

By Simon Borchardt, in Port Elizabeth


401 Comments

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  • 51.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:04 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-48:

    Take a hike with that meaningless countdown of yours.

  • 52.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:05 am

    Haha

    15.2

    Southee to Ontong, OUT

    JL Ontong c & b Southee 32 (17b 0×4 4×6) SR: 188.23

  • 53.chch: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:05 am

    Can the umpire go upstairs on if the ball came off the bat or not?

  • 54.Taahirah: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:05 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-45: Really?
    Im missing out.

  • 55.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:07 am

    @chch(chch)-53:

    For a catch yes.

    @Tacitus(Deucalion)-51:

    Skip as dit jou plae, jy is mos goed daarmee poepol.

  • 56.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:07 am

    @the artist formerly known as gunther(gunther)-42: :lol:

  • 57.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:07 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-48: Dankie Edwill…hehehe

  • 58.the peanut gallery: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:08 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-48: i’m so excited i can hardly contain myself.
    a bit like dawn on a date with taccie…

  • 59.chch: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:08 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-55:

    Odd that he didn’t go upstairs then

  • 60.Taahirah: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:10 am

    @the peanut gallery(peanut)-58: Has “Die Ontug Wet” been repealed yet???
    Whats next? Women allowed to vote?
    Crazy I tell you!

  • 61.chch: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:12 am

    How the hell can they start asking for man of the match votes now.

    Just money making bolllocks

  • 62.the peanut gallery: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:14 am

    @Taahirah(Taahirah)-60: daar’s niks soos n bietjie ONTUG om die naweek mee te begin nie….

  • 63.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:15 am

    @chch(chch)-61: Hey thats not to bad… In Pakistan they do that sh it a week before the game!!

  • 64.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:17 am

    @Jeez(Jeez)-35:
    The Lions haven’t won anything at the Super Rugby level since 1993, better remember that winning the CC at a RWC year is nice but doesn’t really constitute a step into turning into a rugby power house, not yet.
    The defunct EP rugby union since 1996 will not be revived in the foreseen future: no infra structure, facilities turned to derelict under the comrades watch, clubs like Utinhage probably ceased exist.
    A willing and able paying fan basis is too small to support the minimum for a class1 rugby franchise, in short, no quick fix

  • 65.chch: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:17 am

    @KWAGGA ROBERTSE(KWAGGA ROBERTSE)-63:

    Would make no difference in Pakistan because man of the match is decided before the game :)

  • 66.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:17 am

    @KWAGGA ROBERTSE(KWAGGA ROBERTSE)-63: ha ha. And it’s surprisingly accurate.

  • 67.Taahirah: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:19 am

    @Hondo(Hondo)-64: Hi Hondo.

    You gonna indulge in some ontug this weekend?

  • 68.the peanut gallery: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:22 am

    @Taahirah(Taahirah)-67: fasta masta die medem kom

  • 69.chch: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:22 am

    Like in December when Kiwi Doug Bracewell took 9 wickets for 60 runs in Australia and the Australians still gave their own guy man of the match.

    http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-new-zealand-2011/content/story/545078.html

    Criminals they were, criminals they are :)

  • 70.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:24 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-66: So hoe lyk dit, gaan jou span hulle finansiele kak uitgesort kry. Wat gaan deesdae daar aan?
    Julle finansies en ons truie lyk ewe kak ;)

  • 71.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:24 am

    My meisie dra ‘n pasboek
    In neëntien vier en tagtig
    Sy sê vir my jou askoek
    Ek sê vir haar “jy’s pragtig”

    Op die stasies in lokasies
    Skep ons wrywingsituasies
    En daar is ontug in die lug
    Ontug onder die brug
    Ontug oral waar jy kyk, ja
    Dis ontugtyd vir jou en my

    My meisie is in die township
    En ek is in die Navy
    My kuif is blond soos botter
    En haar oë is bruin soos gravy

    Op die stasies in lokasies
    Skep ons wrywingsituasies
    En daar is ontug in die lug
    Ontug onder die brug
    Ontug oral waar jy kyk, ja
    Dis ontugtyd vir jou en my

    My meisie sê “vannaand moet ons gaan dans
    Want dis dalk jou laaste kans”
    Ons kan dit doen ons kan maar soen
    Want ons is altwee Afrikaans

    Op die stasies in lokkasies
    Skep ons wrywingsituasies
    En daar is ontug in die lug
    Ontug onder die brug
    Ontug oral waar jy kyk, ja
    Dis ontugtyd vir jou en my

  • 72.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:25 am

    @KWAGGA ROBERTSE(KWAGGA ROBERTSE)-70: Ek het vir Kevin ‘n tjek gestuur. Hulle’s okay vir nou, en waarskynlik vir die volgende ses maande of so. Sal maar sien wat daarna gebeur.

  • 73.the peanut gallery: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:27 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-71: kerkorrel?

  • 74.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:27 am

    @Slartibartfast(Slartibartfast)-28:
    Interest in cricket was fast waning, the public sector targeted by commercials and sponsors became too small to support the website.
    The standards and the excitement gone, so did the public interest

  • 75.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:27 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-71:

    Ai tog. Here we go again.

  • 76.chch: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:29 am

    Score looks a bit low but we will have to wait to see how NZ handle the wicket.

  • 77.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:30 am

    @Hondo(Hondo)-64: “clubs in uitenhage probably ceased to exist” yeah right, speak on things you have knowledge of.

  • 78.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:30 am

    Stake a place for inclusion in Super Rugby???

    Are the kings playing this year already???

    Geez, between Keo and Solly the ministry of propaganda is in full swing…

  • 79.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:31 am

    @the peanut gallery(peanut)-73: Letoit (before he became Kombuis).

  • 80.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:31 am

    @Tacitus(Deucalion)-75: Does that song make you uncomfortable? Does it stir things deep within you?

  • 81.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:32 am

    @stormersboy(stormersboy)-78:

    its a vetkoek accompli.

  • 82.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:32 am

    @chch(chch)-76: It’s not the wicket you should be concerned about. It’s blokes flinging the balls down it.

  • 83.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:33 am

    @Taahirah(Taahirah)-67:
    No!
    meaningless rugby still, no purse nor interest
    Next week would be different, the last Test season and the RWC were abysmal to watch, the Super Rugby couldn’t come a week too early
    Money talks!
    ;)

  • 84.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:34 am

    @stormersboy(stormersboy)-78: ****** mal. I reckon they should just put these okes up against a full strength Bulls Sharks or Stormers team and have them settle this crazy kak once and for all.
    Nobody wants to watch a game where the winner has a three digit score every week.

  • 85.chch: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:35 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-82:

    lol, that too

  • 86.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:36 am

    How did Solly do when he coached WP, dont know much about him cept my father didnt like like him as coach.

  • 87.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:37 am

    Wat is ontug.

  • 88.the artist formerly known as gunther: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:38 am

    @Dawn(Dawn)-87:

    Onanism.

  • 89.Hondo: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:38 am

    @Transformation(Transformation)-77:
    It based on knowledge of those who live there, like The Pirates in Greenside, it could be still active but no one seen any evidence of it.
    Just because some ‘comrades’ still collect some SARU allocation to a club it does not necessarily means it exists?
    ;)

  • 90.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:39 am

    Does it have to do with knaters

  • 91.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:39 am

    @Treehugger(Treehugger)-86: I’m a big Solly fan.

    Great coach, really talented and a very good man manager.

    It’s not his fault that he has to deal with the terrible twosome.

  • 92.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:39 am

    @Dawn(Dawn)-87: The illicit love across the colour line. There was a law specifically prohibiting it.

  • 93.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:40 am

    @Dawn(Dawn)-90: :lol:

  • 94.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:40 am

    @Dawn(Dawn)-87: In ET se geval is dit om jou tollie in n waatlemoen te druk en sy goose vang hom.

  • 95.Tacitus: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:42 am

    @>^..^< katman(katman)-80:

    I’m struggling for the right analogy here.

    You guys are like a bunch of toddlers who rebelled against their strict parents, who were the headmaster and headmistress of the school and were intensely disliked by the other kids.

    Eventually, they manage to get rid of the old folks to much cheering and celebrations.

    But now that the parents are dead they realise no one actually gives a sh*t about their patricidal effforts, and in fact, now that your parents are gone, the other kids want you gone too.

    So you sit around in a little corner, listening to old songs mocking your parents, cause it’s all that you have to cling to. Meanwhile the entire school is crumbling around you because the ill disciplined kids are now running the show.

    It’s just a bit pitiful, that’s all.

  • 96.Dawn: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:42 am

    You all get off Tac’s case today I’m warning you.

    I know people.

  • 97.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:42 am

    @stormersboy(stormersboy)-91: Huzzit :mrgreen: , so he was a good coach then. How come he left, was he canned or just moved on.

  • 98.>^..^< katman: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:42 am

    @KWAGGA ROBERTSE(KWAGGA ROBERTSE)-94: Dis ou nuus. Hy en die waatlemoen het al net na Kersfees saam ingetrek.

  • 99.stormersboy: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:43 am

    @KWAGGA ROBERTSE(KWAGGA ROBERTSE)-84: Well they’ve played some “warm up games against some of the Super Rugby teams and gotten a good snotting each time.

    It will take them a long time to get up to speed once admitted.

    The thing is, you can go and buy players but you cannot do that for positions 1 – 22. Or even the 30 required for a squad minimum. You have to make the majority of your squad from the existing structures with some bigger names in there.

    Still don’t see them winning a game for the first 2 years.

  • 100.Treehugger: Reply to this comment
    17 Feb 2012, 09:44 am

    @KWAGGA ROBERTSE(KWAGGA ROBERTSE)-94: :lol: :lol: :lol: hahahahahaha i understood most of that :mrgreen:

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