All hail the Kings

All hail the Kings

23 Feb 2013

The Kings scored an historic Super Rugby victory in their tournament debut in Port Elizabeth.

The Kings won 22-10 in front of a crowd exceeding 30 000 against Australia’s Western Force.

What a magnificent achievement. What a wonderful night for rugby in the Southern and Eastern Cape. What a night to remember.

South Africans be proud of a team that played for themselves, their region and their country.

Hopefully now the hatred with subside.

Luke Watson, a former Grey High captain, led out the Kings and proved inspirational in the opening 30 minutes before an accidental elbow to his larynx ended his evening. His replacement Jacques Englebrecht was as imposing as every Kings player stood tall in defence to turn a 10-5 deficit into a 11-10 lead and ultimately victory.

The Kings players with Super Rugby experience like hooker Bandise Maku, lock Steven Sykes and midfielders Andries Strauss and Ronnie Cooke were outstanding but it was a local teenager, winger Sergeal Petersen, who stole the hearts with a brace of tries to be named man of the match.

Petersen was in school at Grey High just three months ago and what made the night even more monumental was the first try should go to local lad from the region’s greatest rugby institution and that the player of the night should be a product of Grey High.

Kings Director of Rugby Alan Solomons deserves every accolade, as does coach Matt Sexton.

‘It was an incredible defensive effort,’ said Solomons. ‘We turned over a lot of ball and made a lot of mistakes but they will learn at this level. But their commitment can’t be faulted. It was a huge effort.’

Kings stand in captain Andries Strauss said the players were always confident they were good enough to win.

‘We will enjoy the night, but we are a grounded unit and we know it just gets tougher with each match.’

The Kings were given no price and no chance and done no favours.

The Kings lead the South African Conference after week one and that alone is a screen shot that makes this year among the most historic in South Africa’s Super Rugby history.

The Kings were everything but an embarrassment. They were an inspiration and they deserve every bit of applause for what was achieved in Port Elizabeth on Saturday night.

No new team in the competition has ever won in their first match. That bit of history belongs to the Kings.

By Mark Keohane


944 Comments

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  • 1.nortierd: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 16:48 pm

    Good luck new dragons

  • 2.BrumbiesBoy: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 17:01 pm

    May the Force……….be against you.

  • 3.Fern: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 17:03 pm

    Massacre ahead.

  • 4.cosca: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 17:04 pm

    Krismis in February ! Go Kings ! Just go Kings!

  • 5.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:18 pm

    @cosca-4: Yes go go go……… Go fark youselfs!!!

  • 6.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:19 pm

    @cosca-4: Yes go go go……… Go fark youselfs!!

  • 7.KWAGGA ROBERTSE: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:19 pm

    Are we clear?

  • 8.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:41 pm

    lekker lekker man…super rugby is in die baai…it’s not a dream

    :D

  • 9.RL: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:44 pm

    All over PE, in New Bright and Zwide, are thousands of CapeCrusaderShits waiting to see their harlot queens “show up”

  • 10.Guns: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:47 pm

    *****

  • 11.Guns: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:48 pm

    lol f.art seriously ????

  • 12.RL: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:49 pm

    Let’s sing again.

    O thou great Guppy

    Guide me, O thou great Guppy,
    Swimming through this sterile sea;
    I am weak, but thou art Mighty;
    Hold me with thy powerful fin:
    Ocean of heaven, Ocean of heaven
    Feed me frenzy till I want no more.
    Feed frenzy me till I want no more.
    Open thou the crystal Oyster
    Whence the healing stream shall flow;
    Let the fiery, cloudy water
    Lead me all my journey through:
    Strong deliverer, strong deliverer
    Be thou still my strength and scales.
    Be thou still my strength and scales.
    When I tread the verge of Posiedon,
    Bid my anxious fears foes subside;
    Death to choking, and winning trophies,
    Land me safe on Super Rugby glorious side:
    Dream of winning, Dream of winning
    I will ever give to thee.
    I will ever give to thee.

  • 13.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:51 pm

    @Transformation-8:

    What happens to a dream deferred?

    Does it dry up
    like a raisin in the sun?
    Or fester like a sore—
    And then run?
    Does it stink like rotten meat?
    Or crust and sugar over—
    like a syrupy sweet?

    Maybe it just sags
    like a heavy load.

    Or does it explode?

    :D

  • 14.Petri: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:52 pm

    Kings might surprise

  • 15.Rage: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:52 pm

    @ 6 Kwagga

    Uncalled for.Why do you feel the need to be nasty,have you got no other ways to vent your frustrations?

  • 16.fantasticbarnsmell: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:53 pm

    The time has come, all these years of waiting are finally over.

  • 17.Rage: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:53 pm

    Yislike who’s that fine English lass singing at the Eng/France game?

  • 18.kaksioek: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:54 pm

    This is going to be hilarious :lol:

  • 19.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:54 pm

    @RL-12:

    ‘Land me safe on Super Rugby glorious side’

    would be better as:

    Land me safe on Super Rugby’s glorious shore

  • 20.Dilligafrican: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:55 pm

    @RL-12: love it.

    This gonna be fun to watch. Kings’ season is going to be determined right here.

  • 21.kaksioek: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:55 pm

    Imagine what will happen when they play against a real team?

  • 22.John Galt: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:57 pm

    Guys lets all get behind the Kings here.

    The players I mean.

    What say ye?

  • 23.RL: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:57 pm

    @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-19: how right yo are.

    @Dilligafrican-20: :)

  • 24.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:58 pm

    @Guns-11:

    Farting is banned on keo. Seriously!

  • 25.Dilligafrican: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:59 pm

    Never heard of the vast majority of the kings players.

    Well, the spectators behind the poles will get to know them well

  • 26.kaksioek: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:59 pm

    @John Galt-22: No thanks. I’m going to watch some real rugby. Will watch this comedy later.

  • 27.Dilligafrican: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 18:59 pm

    Schadenfreude kings.

  • 28.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:00 pm

    @Rage-17:

    Laura Right, she also plays full-back for Rosslyn Park Ladies in south-west London.

  • 29.nortierd: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:00 pm

    @Rage-17:
    Yoh, what an outfit to go with that voice.

  • 30.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:01 pm

    Good luck to the Kings.

    But I went long the Force. Seriously long.

  • 31.ShaunB: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:03 pm

    Kings shouldnt be there. the way they got in sucked. But good luck to them.

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    they will need every bit of luck they can get.

  • 32.ShaunB: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:04 pm

    France v Eng might be a better game to watch

  • 33.Rage: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:06 pm

    @ 28 robzim

    Thanx! Shes a 15 you say… She must be the most beautiful rugby player in the world.

    @ 29 nortier

    Ja meneer,syt my asem skoon weggeslaan ;)

  • 34.ShaunB: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:06 pm

    Mostly kingsaders in the crowd?

  • 35.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:06 pm

    @ShaunB-32:

    Let me guess. You haven’t got pvr?

  • 36.ShaunB: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:08 pm

    @I am a stormer-35: lovely stadium, isn’t it.

  • 37.ShaunB: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:10 pm

    why the fck are the Kings playing in black?

    Don’t the sharks already own that strip?

  • 38.ShaunB: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:11 pm

    quite a pale looking team.

  • 39.Rage: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:11 pm

    It’s showtime!

  • 40.I am a stormer: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:11 pm

    The Kings in Black.

    Where did they get that idea from?

    This won’t go down well.

  • 41.Robzim: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:11 pm

    Fantastic crowd support for Kings.

  • 42.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:11 pm

    showtime

  • 43.nortierd: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:11 pm

    @Rage-33:
    Lambie will disagree with you, but Gareth Thomas will concede she beats him in the looks department
    :-)

  • 44.polaris: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:12 pm

    Kinks look like Sharks, only just blacker jerseys.

    At least jerseys are properly transformed.

  • 45.ShaunB: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:14 pm

    the black strip is so unoriginal. it has already been stolen once by the stormers.

  • 46.nortierd: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:15 pm

    @polaris-44:
    Skerp
    :-)

  • 47.fantasticbarnsmell: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:15 pm

    @Robzim-41: Ya it’s great to see

  • 48.Dusky: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:15 pm

    The green grocer has played quite well already. Stompies might be sorry they let him go and took on Jantjes.

  • 49.Rage: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:16 pm

    @ 43 nortier

    Hehehe!

  • 50.Dusky: Reply to this comment
    23 Feb 2013, 19:18 pm

    Sjoe these Kings players are playing dirty.

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