Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Kings playing in super rugby in 2013

The Southern Kings, a rugby team from the Eastern cape has been promised super rugby next year. Is this a realistic plan being that there are no Springboks currently playing for the the team and that they do not feature in the Currie cup premier division. Is this fair to place them in one of the toughest if not one of the best competitions in the world and have had no experience playing at the highest level. SARU says that SA cannot add another team which means that one of the current teams will have to be left out. Who of the current teams could you leave out? the Bulls who have won the competition numerous times, the Stormers who have led the log for the past few years or the sharks who have won the Currie cup in recent seasons. The obvious choices would be the Cheetahs or Lions but the Lions are current Currie cup champions and the Cheetahs are playing some of the most attractive rugby in the competition. Some of the possible solutions for this would be to join the Cheetahs and Lions to from the Cats which was the team in the past. The southern kings would be way out of their league being up against the likes of the Crusaders, The Reds and even local teams which they have never played before. They will embarrass not only themselves but South Africa as a whole. Only time will tell what will happen.

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