Southern Kings captain Michael Willemse says his team have to bounce back after being thumped 57-10 by the Scarlets in their PRO14 debut in Wales. Despite the one-sided scoreline at Parc y Scarlets arena in Llanelli, Willemse said the hastily assembled Kings had the ability to regroup against Connacht in Galway on Saturday. But the captain admitted errors were made and that the Kings needed to go back to the drawing board before the Connacht clash. At half-time the Kings were still in the game, but they were blown away by a powerful second-half display by the Scarlets who scored 42 points. SA made its PRO14 debut on Friday when the Cheetahs were beaten 42-19 by Ulster in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Things had looked promising early on for the Kings when wing Yaw Penxe scored a try which allowed his team to take a 7-5 lead after Kurt Coleman converted. Scarlets, the defending champions, led 15-10 at the break against the South African new boys. While Kings head coach Deon Davids was f...
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