SUPER RUGBY
Kings will now hit the ground running
The Kings will play two warm-up matches in the build-up to the start of the Vodacom Super Rugby campaign
A year ago, the Southern Kings were still trying to find enough players to make up a team with less than a month to the start of Super Rugby. Twelve months on‚ they are in much better shape. But they are still way behind the progress of other Super Rugby franchises after a year of turmoil that saw the EP Rugby Union placed into liquidation in 2016. SA Rugby is still paying the wages of the Super Rugby squad and long-term planning is almost impossible‚ given that most of the squad have no contracts beyond this campaign. But coach Deon Davids does not concern himself with what-ifs and has rolled up his sleeves and got on with it. Before the end-of-year break, his team had put in eight weeks of hard work. That gives them a huge advantage compared to last January. The Port Elizabeth-based side returned to training this week following a two-and-a-half week festive season break and they are eager to complete their last leg of preseason preparations. They meet the Jaguares at the Nelson Ma...
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