Chiefs cut down courageous Kings
15 Mar 2013
The Chiefs won in Port Elizabeth but the Kings continue to win respect through courage and conviction.
Super Rugby’s 2012 champions were made to fight for the 35-24 bonus point victory and their decision to twice kick for posts in the last three minutes was acknowledgement of the Kings’ effort.
The Chiefs led 18-13 at half-time and stretched the lead to 32-13 on the hour before the Kings produced an inspired 10 minutes to reduce the deficit to just eight points.
Many predicted humiliation for the Kings pre the season and in the last two weekends the Kings have played last season’s finalists and won huge favour with their commitment.
Home ground advantage and the emotion of playing in front of a passionate crowd has aided the Kings, but they really are struggling for quality players and already they have a handful of frontline players to injury.
It didn’t get any better on Friday when stand-in captain Darron Nell got hurt in the warm-up. Lock Steven Sykes took over the captaincy and he also left the field in the 60th minute. The Kings, in three matches, have had three captains. The attrition rate will only get higher for a team who have already won the hearts of the Kiwis and Australian neutrals because of their passion and refusal to be intimidated.
A week ago the Kings kept the 2012 finalists, the Sharks, tryless but they were always going to be stretched against the more creative Chiefs backs, for whom winger Leila Masaga scored a hat-trick.
Chiefs fullback Gareth Anscombe kicked well and Liam Messam celebrated his 100th Super Rugby appearance with victory. But the greatest roar again belonged to teenage winger Sergeal Pietersen who scored through an intercept.
Demetri Catrikilis also impressed as did No 8 Jacques Engelbrecht.
The Kings leave for New Zealand on Sunday and while they will struggle in the month overseas the side has exceeded expectation in the opening month of tournament in beating the Force and losing to the Sharks (by nine points) and the Chiefs (by 11 points).
By Mark Keohane
481 Comments
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15 Mar 2013, 19:59 pm
Perfect f ‘ng Justice. Now just stuff all these BullShitters and Sharkishits anti Kings sentimental naysayers in their glory hallelujah’s second half.
15 Mar 2013, 19:59 pm
What a lift of their spirits for the Kings just before half time.
Who would’ve thought? The Kings within reach of the Chiefs at half time.
15 Mar 2013, 20:00 pm
Any passes that have floated forward = forward pass.
Why is it different in this game?
It’s not. Meuwesen is just a d00s.
GO KINGS!
15 Mar 2013, 20:00 pm
@John Galt-81: Both passes were forward. Useless tmo getting it wrong. Try should never have been allowed for the Chiefs.
15 Mar 2013, 20:00 pm
The Chiefs ever dropped as many balls in a single game?
15 Mar 2013, 20:00 pm
Yes please, what a counter punch perfect momentum shift before half time!! GO KINGS!!
15 Mar 2013, 20:00 pm
GO KINGS GO!
15 Mar 2013, 20:00 pm
20 april …. Ep kings 23 – bulls 16
15 Mar 2013, 20:01 pm
Eight points gifted to the Chiefs,Kings should have the half-time lead
15 Mar 2013, 20:02 pm
@suffer_guy-89:
Gedra jou…
15 Mar 2013, 20:02 pm
@Tacitus-105: Yes against the Sharks at the Tank last year. SBW was terrible that day, had so many handling errors. In Durban it was due to the humidity though. Could be humid in PE as well have no idea how the weather is there, humid wise tonight.
15 Mar 2013, 20:02 pm
Eight points gifted to the Chiefs
Kings should have the half-time lead
15 Mar 2013, 20:03 pm
@Ashraf Ismail-109: For sure agree. Tmo should get dropped after that.
15 Mar 2013, 20:03 pm
@Tacitus-97:
Have to give the Kings credit.
They haven’t got (m)any worth raving about, but they play good rugby.
Sure as heck wouldn’t pick any of them for the Springboks on pure ability, but as a team they are impressive considering the situation they find themselves in.
No regrets waking up for this game. Come on Kings, give us a big 2nd half!!!
15 Mar 2013, 20:03 pm
@Tacitus-105:
Pressure…pressure…pressure.
Great defensive pressure by the Kings.
15 Mar 2013, 20:03 pm
yesses meuwesen!!!!
15 Mar 2013, 20:04 pm
@hendrikp-114: Good post agree.
15 Mar 2013, 20:04 pm
HELIOS this GREEK can JOL!!
15 Mar 2013, 20:05 pm
@Transformation-116: Enjoying your team tonight Transie. They were hard done by the useless tmo. Chiefs should never ever have been awarded that try.
Go Kings!
15 Mar 2013, 20:05 pm
@Ashraf Ismail-112:
Absolutely!!!
15 Mar 2013, 20:05 pm
@Ashraf Ismail-112:
Butterfly effect… It would be a completely different game had the right calls been made. Chiefs might have had a couple of break-outs and be leading by a bucketload if the right calls were made… who knows.
Still doesn’t make you any happier knowing how incompetent those officials are though hey.
15 Mar 2013, 20:05 pm
Us “sharkshits” are supporting the Kings tonight… But hey… Whatever tickles your fanny skop…
15 Mar 2013, 20:05 pm
@Captain Sam Vimes-118: Yip said so today. He is a very very good fh with bmt to boot.
15 Mar 2013, 20:05 pm
@hendrikp-103: Floating can be caused by momentum of the player moving forward. Kom nou Hendrik jy is slimmer as dit
15 Mar 2013, 20:06 pm
Do you think Transie found his seat?
15 Mar 2013, 20:06 pm
@Captain Sam Vimes-118:
MoM for the Kings so far.
15 Mar 2013, 20:07 pm
Well played so far Kings. The tackle ratio might become a challenge in the 2nd half. The Kings have to be absolutely exhausted already. Chiefs not a good side to get tired against. They can score lots of tries in a very short time.
Go Kings ! An upset here would mean a lot to the South African contenders !
15 Mar 2013, 20:07 pm
@skopdiekan-101: Al jou kakhuise afgeteken deur die voorman voorvelletjie?
15 Mar 2013, 20:08 pm
i nearly moered an all black supporter who was on my sit hehehe
15 Mar 2013, 20:08 pm
The Chiefs manipulate defenses so well. Kings need to try and slow their ball down a bit before they begin to run away with it.
15 Mar 2013, 20:09 pm
Awesome stadium. Glad it got used for something !
15 Mar 2013, 20:09 pm
So will the ref refer every try now to the TMO?
15 Mar 2013, 20:09 pm
@Puma-123: yep thoroughly impressed me as he did in the final of cc against your Sharks, that hit he put in on Nanai Williams was Lem like, run pass and kick and if he makes hits like this, then this kids gotta be a possible Bok bolter.
15 Mar 2013, 20:09 pm
@Transformation-129: Goeie werk!!!!!!
15 Mar 2013, 20:09 pm
Meeuwesen & Japhta = SARU lackeys
His Masters’ Voice
15 Mar 2013, 20:09 pm
Transformation… What is the all black supporter doing in kwanabuhle?
15 Mar 2013, 20:10 pm
The problem is the Chiefs wanting to run everything at the Kings. The Bulls will come here, kick for field position, drive from line outs, maul it up and break the Kings in the hard way before taking it wide.
The Chiefs’ expansive approach just plays into the Kings spoiling defensive approach.
15 Mar 2013, 20:10 pm
The Greek doing well his clearance kicks are great compared to pop gun Peter Grant and Joe Pietersen pity he left the Cape,would gladly welcome him back to the Stormers with open arms.
15 Mar 2013, 20:10 pm
On current form Catrakillis leaves Lambie pamby plus Jantjies eating his dust and I reckon he’s ahead of Steyn and Goosen in terms of all rounded gutsy courage and total game contribution. Best 10 in the country so far without a hint of any lacking confidence whatsoever
15 Mar 2013, 20:11 pm
People always come up with this “momentum” thing when discussing a forward pass when they are neutral. Until their team lose because the opponents score the winning try in the last minute from a “forward pass” due to momentum. Then all of a sudden that “momentum” thing is just plain kak and a forward pass is a forward pass, finish and klaar.
15 Mar 2013, 20:11 pm
The Greek doing well his clearance kicks are great compared to pop gun Peter Grant and Joe Pietersen pity he left the Cape.Would gladly welcome him back to the Stormers with open arms.
15 Mar 2013, 20:11 pm
How can dale steyn made 0 from 16 balls in a 44 over game….
15 Mar 2013, 20:12 pm
As much as I would like the Kings to win this game everybody claiming the tmo is an idiot for allowing forward passes don’t know their rugby rules……tmo’s nowadays when looking at forward passes are looking at the hands only, they don’t care about the floating of the ball. And in both cases referred to the hands were not pointed in a forward direction hence the call not forward.
Kings can be glad Chief’s have shocking handling tonight….they really Ar
15 Mar 2013, 20:13 pm
Chiefs handling is shockingly poor. Did Maku rub his head on the ball ?
15 Mar 2013, 20:13 pm
@Tacitus-137:
Absolutely
Treat them with some respect, don’t get white line fever and show patience.
@suffer_guy-142:
Also thought the same thing.
Then he got so angry after being bowled he hit his pads….. But missed
15 Mar 2013, 20:13 pm
@nama1-140: Whether fwd pass is indeed a fwd pass fully depends on point of view. I would love to see forum reaction, if copy&paste-wise Sharkies score tomorrow and it is not awarded.
15 Mar 2013, 20:14 pm
@skopdiekan-139: Oh my fark…..it starts……
15 Mar 2013, 20:14 pm
First Griekie mistake wrong time to miss touch
15 Mar 2013, 20:15 pm
@Transformation-129: sterkte vir die game
15 Mar 2013, 20:16 pm
@skopdiekan-139: Springbok flyhalf right now is Morne Steyn without a doubt. The rest are all clumped together in a group of mediocrity way, way below him.
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